Лексика по теме «Семья» (Vocabulary “Family”)
I. Relatives.
Relation = relative
father
mother / Mum, Mummy (Brit. E). / Mom, Mommy (Am. E.)
child (children)
only child
baby
brother
sister
twins
twin-sister/ brother
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
son
grown up son
senior son (junior son)
dad (daddy)
daughter
aunt
uncle
nephew (niece)
brother elder / older brother
cousin (f) (cousin (m))
second cousin
grandparent
grandfather / grandpa
grandmother / granny / grandma
grandson (granddaughter)
great-grandfather (great-grandmother)
foster
foster father
foster family
mother-in-law (father-in-law)
in-laws
stepfather
step-mother
step-child
step-father
stepson
siblings
ancestors
descendant
hereditary
descent
distant
distant relative
remote kinsman
elder brother (younger brother)
to take after sb
to be the image of sb
to be related to sb.
on one’s mother’s side
the whole family/all the family
member of a family / family member
a family of three / four / five etc
a close /close-knit family
immediate family
nuclear family
family background
one-parent family /single-parent family
family resemblance
family gathering (=when members of a family who do not live together arrange to meet)
II. Dating and Marriage:
Friend
acquaintance
female friend (male friend)
fiancé (fiancée)
boyfriend (girlfriend)
to go out with sb.
to date sb.
to make a date
to propose to sb
proposal
to be engaged to sb.
to break one’s engagement
bride (groom)
to marry sb. / to get married
to marry for love / to marry for money
civil (silver, golden) wedding
wedding ring
prenuptial agreement
newly-weds
best Man / bridesgroom
maid of honour / bridesmaid
honeymoon
a (married) couple
family man / family woman
partner
married person;
hubby /husband
wife
to divorce sb.
divorced
ex-husband
to have a son by one’s first marriage
to adopt
to bring up 3 children
orphan
spinster / old maid
bachelor
to be pregnant (with one’s first child)
to give birth (to a child)
Godfather / Godmother
Lover
unmarried
single
single parent
spouse
widow (of a woman)
widower (of a man)
widowed
divorce(n)
divorce(v)
divorced
separate
separated
separation
extended family
familial
marital
matrimony
parent
parental
parenthood
parenting
pedigree
upbringing