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Relationships
Life Upper Intermediate Unit 1 Set a
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bond | A close or strong relationship |
| brother-in-law | the brother of your husband or wife |
| faithful | loyal and supportive |
| fiancée | a woman to whom someone is engaged to be married |
| fiancé | a man to whom someone is engaged to be married |
| flatmate | a person who shares a flat or apartment with another person |
| good mate | close friend |
| mutual | shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more |
| odd | strange or unusual - not matching |
| a passing acquaintance | when you have met someone but don not know them well |
| acquaintance | A person known to you,, but usually not a close friend |
| stuff | things |
| associate | to link; to group together |
| candy | small treats made with sugar - usually called lollies in Australian English or sweets in British English |
| considerate | showing concern for the needs or feelings of others |
| definite | certain or sure to be true |
| dependable | capable of being relied on; trustworthy |
| energetic | active and lively |
| get on well with | to have a good relationship with someone |
| go round to | to visit |
| hang out with | to spend time with |
| hound dog | a hunting dog |
| keep up with | to stay in contact with or to stay at the same point/level as |
| laid-back | very relaxed, not seeming to be worried about anything |
| outgoing | sociable; eager to mix socially with others |
| sanctuary | A place of protection |
| sociable | interacting with others; friendly |
| stand by | to help and support someone when they have problems or difficulties |
| striking | noticeable |
| unreliable | not able to be trusted or depended on |
| burden | A hardship; something difficult to bear |
| dutiful | respectful; obedient |
| ideology | A set of beliefs or opinions that influence the way people choose to live and organise themselves |
| material benefit | something that helps to make people's lives more comfortable |
| nursing home | A long-term care facility that provides nursing care and supervision for residents who require a high level of care. |
| overtake | to develop or increase more quickly than someone or something else and become more successful, more important, or more advanced than them |
| rebellious | showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention |
| slang | informal language used by particular groups of people |
| supportive | providing encouragement or emotional help |
| ancestral roots | your family, the places they lived, and the things they did a long time ago |
| approval | the belief that someone is doing something right |
| characteristic | A quality or feature that is typical of a person or thing |
| common sense | (n) the ability to behave in a sensible way and make practical decisions |
| free spirit | someone who does exactly what they want to do in life. |
| inherit | a characteristic you got from your older relatives or to receive something from someone after that person's death |
| make sense | to be logical or understandable |
| melting pot | society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
| sense of belonging | feeling like you are part of a community, cause, religion, etc |
| sense of direction | the ability to find places or to know which direction to go |
| sense of duty | A motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
| stepmother | the woman who is married to someone's father but who is not their birth mother |
| trace | to follow the course of something back to it's beginning |
| turn to | to go to for advice or support |
| hug | embrace |
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