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a spouse | a person's husband or wife (formal) | In 60 percent of the households surveyed both spouses went out to work. | |
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marital status | the fact of someone being married or not | Could I ask you about your marital status? | |
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a bond | a close connection joining two or more people | In societies with strong family bonds, people tend to live longer. | |
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a lineage | the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her (formal) | She's very proud of her ancient royal lineage. | |
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an ancestor | a person related to you who lived a long time ago | There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room. | |
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a descendant | a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild | They claim to be descendants of a French duke. | |
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folks | someone's parents (informal) | Hey, you really must call your folks this evening. | |
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to foster | to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent | Would you consider fostering a child? | |
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to adopt | to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your own child | They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to adopt. | |
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an adoption | the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own | The last ten years have seen a dramatic fall in the number of adoptions. | |
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a separation | an arrangement, often legal, by which two married people stop living together as a couple | Couples may agree to divorce each other after a separation. | |
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brotherly | showing the kindness, interest, or love that you would expect a brother to show | Can I give you some brotherly advice? | |
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a widow | a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again | There once was a poor widow who had a beautiful daughter. | |
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a widower | a man whose wife or husband has died and who has not married again | At younger ages, a widow had more chances of remarrying (1 out of 5), but still less than widowers (1 out of 2). | |
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to inherit | to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died; to be born with the same physical or mental characteristics as one of your parents or grandparents | Who will inherit the house when he dies?. Rosie inherited her red hair from her mother. | |
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to take after | to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character | to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character - He takes after his mother's side of the family. | |
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a godparent | a person who, at a baptism ceremony, promises to help a new member of the religion, usually a child, in religious and moral matters | It was a privilege to be asked to be a godmother to a triplet. | |
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to sing to sleep | to sing softly and sweetly to someone until sleep comes. | She sang her baby to sleep every night. |
You are probably familiar with verbs such as eat up and write up, which carry a meaning of completion. Here are some more examples:
1. Wrap up – to complete or finish something.
She wrapped up a deal just before she left on vacation.
We’re hoping to wrap up the negotiations this week.
2. Use up – use all of a stock or supply of something.
Don't use up all the milk - we need some for breakfast.
The earth's resources are being used up at an alarming rate.
Up can also carry the meaning of upward movement or relating to an upper position:
3. Pick up – to lift someone or something using your hands.
I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor.
I went to pick up the phone/receiver, but it had stopped ringing.
We say “I went into the garden and picked some flowers.” Don’t say “picked up some flowers”; pick up is used for things which are on or have fallen to the ground.
Another meaning of up in phrasal verbs is maintain in an upright position or strengthen, prevent from falling down or failing:
4. Prop something up or prop up something – to place or lean someone or something (against something else) in such a way as to keep them or it upright.
He was sitting upright in his hospital bed, propped up by pillows.
I propped Tom up on the wall of the bar while we waited for a taxi to take us home.
4.1. Prop up – to give support to something, especially a country or organization, so that it can continue to exist in a difficult situation.
Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar.
My father propped my business up for the first few years to help keep me afloat. It's only just now that I can begin paying him back.
Up can also mean increase or improve:
5. Pep something up or pep up something – to make someone or something more energetic or interesting.
The show needs to be pepped up with some decent songs.
The show was going really poorly until the host came out and pepped the audience up.
Other phrasal verbs with up:
6. Play up – if a machine plays up, it does not work as it should.
The starter motor was playing up again.
The engine had been playing up.
7. Do up – to fasten something.
Do up your coat or you’ll get cold.
Mari did up the buttons.
7.1. Do up – to repair an old building or car, or to improve its appearance.
They did up an old cottage in the Scottish Highlands.
The apartment was done up in Viennese style.
You are probably familiar with verbs such as eat up and write up, which carry a meaning of completion. Here are some more examples:
1. Wrap up – to complete or finish something.
She wrapped up a deal just before she left on vacation.
We’re hoping to wrap up the negotiations this week.
2. Use up – use all of a stock or supply of something.
Don't use up all the milk - we need some for breakfast.
The earth's resources are being used up at an alarming rate.
Up can also carry the meaning of upward movement or relating to an upper position:
3. Pick up – to lift someone or something using your hands.
I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor.
I went to pick up the phone/receiver, but it had stopped ringing.
We say “I went into the garden and picked some flowers.” Don’t say “picked up some flowers”; pick up is used for things which are on or have fallen to the ground.
Another meaning of up in phrasal verbs is maintain in an upright position or strengthen, prevent from falling down or failing:
4. Prop something up or prop up something – to place or lean someone or something (against something else) in such a way as to keep them or it upright.
He was sitting upright in his hospital bed, propped up by pillows.
I propped Tom up on the wall of the bar while we waited for a taxi to take us home.
4.1. Prop up – to give support to something, especially a country or organization, so that it can continue to exist in a difficult situation.
Investments in the U.S. money market have propped up the American dollar.
My father propped my business up for the first few years to help keep me afloat. It's only just now that I can begin paying him back.
Up can also mean increase or improve:
5. Pep something up or pep up something – to make someone or something more energetic or interesting.
The show needs to be pepped up with some decent songs.
The show was going really poorly until the host came out and pepped the audience up.
Other phrasal verbs with up:
6. Play up – if a machine plays up, it does not work as it should.
The starter motor was playing up again.
The engine had been playing up.
7. Do up – to fasten something.
Do up your coat or you’ll get cold.
Mari did up the buttons.
7.1. Do up – to repair an old building or car, or to improve its appearance.
They did up an old cottage in the Scottish Highlands.
The apartment was done up in Viennese style.
2. What tenses are used in building a sentence in Second Conditional?
3. What is the function of Third Conditional?
4. What are mixed conditionals?
5. How does the sentence structure change in mixed conditionals?
6. What are the rules in sequences of tenses?
7. When do we use reported speech?
2. What tenses are used in building a sentence in Second Conditional?
3. What is the function of Third Conditional?
4. What are mixed conditionals?
5. How does the sentence structure change in mixed conditionals?
6. What are the rules in sequences of tenses?
7. When do we use reported speech?
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