The Flint Education

Module 4:
Relationships

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Vocabulary: Common topics

Family & Friends Greeting People

Neighbor(hood)s Marriage
 Vocabulary

11:25 AM

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 I. Relationship development

In order of decreasing level of Relationship status: …-mate:

closeness: Single
↓ roommate/flatmate
Best friends/family/spouses - In a/an (open) relationship, schoolmate
Your nearest and dearest, domestic partnership, cellmate/prison-mate/inmate
loved ones, civil union
beloved fam members ↓ Parents & Children:
↓ Engaged
Close friends ↓ parents/birth mother/father
↓ Married caretakers/guardians
Friends ↓
↓ Separated the adopted/foster child = adoptee
Acquaintances ↓ the foster parents = adopter
Divorced housechild
↓
Widowed to have/to be in custody of sb

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 II. Relationship development

1. Start a relationship: 3. Love/Treasure: 4. Care:

to get to know sb Affection (for sb) solicitude for sb/sth: anxious care for sb/sth
to enjoy one’s company a sudden feeling of (attraction)
to get on well with sb a fleeting emotion of (affection) =/= caress (v)
to be well-matched
to get on/along like a house on fire to be close/dear/near to somebody’s 5. Propose /& Get married:
to strike up relationship heart to pop the question
(S1&S2) to hit it off Hold sb/sth dear to ask for one’s hand in marriage
To be sb’s (your) nearest & dearest
2. Like: to be crazy/nuts/wild about to tie the knot
Crush to be mad for to settle down
(to have a) soft spot for sb/sth
to adore
to fall for
to fall head over heels in love with
sb
to love at first sight
to be smitten with

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 II. Relationship development
6. Fight/Conflict:
to be out of tune with sb/sth
to quarrel
to have a fight
to fall out/to have a falling out with sb
to dispute sth with sb = to have a dispute
over/between sth with sb
(S1&S2) to have bickering at each other
(S1&S2) to have a big row
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7. Leave:
(S1&S2) to drift apart
to take a break
to emotionally detach from sb
to break up
(S1&S2) to split
to walk away/withdraw from a relationship
to put an end to the relationship = to end the relationship
to disown/abandon (responsibility: parents-children)
To ditch (no longer want/like)
 II. Relationship development

8. Harmony/ Get back together: 9. Maintain:

to be (back) in tune with sb/sth to cement a relationship

to change one’s tune/to sing a different tune A close-knit family
to restore harmony in the family/community Blood is thicker than water
to settle a dispute/disagreement /differences with sb
(S1&S2) to kiss and make up
to bury the hatchet/your differences
to reconcile with sb
to make it up with sb
to patch things up with sb
To have ups and
to rekindle (a feeling/a rela)
= to reawaken (a feeling/emotion/memory)
to get the spark back
downs

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 Practice

11:25 AM

Part 1
Do you see your friends very often?
What do you like about your friends?
How long have you known each other?
How do you maintain your relationships?
Do you prefer to spend time with your family or
with your friends?

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 III. Growth and comparison

Giống: Khác:
to be born and bred in
to be X (Hanoian) through and through
to be like chalk and cheese
to grow up → physically to resemble to be as different as chalk and
to grow into → characteristics to take after cheese
to look exactly alike to have nothing in common
stay out: chơi bên ngoài can’t tell sb apart (two ppl/things) to be poles apart
to have a lot in common
curfew: giờ giới nghiêm to be a far cry from sth
to be remote from sth
to follow in one’s footsteps: nối nghiệp ai

to be adj in every way = to be completely adj

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 Practice

9:22 AM
Describe a person you are very close
to. You should say:

Part 2 – who this person is

– when you met them
– where you met them
and say what it is about them you like
so much.

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 Practice

Part 3
Do you think marriage is important?
What do you think is the ideal time to get
married?
Is it important to keep in touch with your friends
when you’re in a romantic relationship?
What might be the pros/cons of being in a
relationship?
How would you describe a “good relationship”?

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That’s the
end of
Module 4!