Vocabulary |
‘11.1 FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS
ook up to my older brother. You're lucky that you take We've b
look up to somebody after your intelligent mother. formann
Uhave respect and admiration take after somebody close tnd
for someone} thavecharacterstics ofa parent or elatve] fenend
They brought up their children
to be polite and respectful. .
2 It is important to grow up
brig unser A in acaring environment.
[care for a child and teach them growup ve bi
how to behave} [evelop from achildto anadutt] thave a chil
She got along with her colleagues. My siblings fell out ‘a We used
get along with somebody / sect othentor afewiyears: see eyel
get on with somebody fall out with somebody see eye to
with somebody] afte afte on argument] to somebay
We fell in love while we were Ibroke up with him
traveling across Europe together. after a big argument.
fall in love with somebody break up withsomebody 2
{begin to love somebody] lend aromantic relationship]
They drifted apart after they stopped
Our par
working for the same company. i Imade friends with her
drift apart along time ago. up fore
slowly become less fienaly or close make friends with somebody stick up f
to somebody] i [become friendly witha person] [speak outibd
We've been close friends
for more than 20 years.
close friend
[a friend who you know very well]
My sister gave birth toa
baby girl a few months ago.
give birth to somebody
{have acl]
We used to fight a lot, but we
see eye to eye nowadays.
see eye to eye with somebody
[agre with or have similar opinions
tosomebody)
We bumped into her teacher
in the supermarket.
bump into somebody
[meet someone unexpectedly}
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lam really surprised by how
much we have in common.
have something in common
{share an interest or opinion]
Curly hair runs in the family.
run in the family
[be a common feature of a family]
As soon as | met Tom,
we just clicked,
click with somebody
{lke somebody quickly and easily]
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My dad is putting his foot
down about doing chores.
put your foot down
fe strict about something &
J Our parents taught us to stick {think the world of my
up for each other at school. first grandchild.
stick up for somebody think the world of somebody
i [speak out in support of somebody] [have avery high opinion of somebody]
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