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FAMILY LIFE VOCABULARY

Phasal Verbs
• To take after your mum/dad
• To bring up a child
• To fall out ( with your sister)
• To make up
• To get on (well) with sb
• To get along with sb

Verbs
• To raise your children
• To adopt
• To quarrel with your siblings
• To get divorced/ to be divorced
• To share ( a bedroom)
• To cohabit/kəʊˈhabɪt/
• to start a family

Expressions
• To have (a lot of) things in common
• To get together
• (A cousin) on my father’s side
• To be close to
• (not) to see eye to eye
• To be the main breadwinner= the person in the family who earns the highest
income
• to be under age
• to come of age

Nouns
• A family gathering/ reunion /get-together
• Childhood
• Birth rate
• Birth order
• relationship
• Immediate or nuclear/extended family
• Twin
• a spouse
• Sibling (rivalry)
• A parent
• your significant other = A spouse or long-term sexual or romantic partner
• one-parent families
• In-laws
• Exhusband
• Half brother
• relationship
• Step brother
• A relative
• Ancestors=a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from
whom one is descended:
• An only child
• good memories
Adjectives
• traditional and non-traditional family
• single parenthood
• Close knit family

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