I. Topical Vocabulary

People and Relationships

THE FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

a casual relationship, an extramarital relationship, a business relationship, a doomed relationship, a platonic relationship, a romantic relationship, a sexual relationship, a love-hate relationship, growing up, a baby, a toddler, childhood, a teenager, an adult, in twenties, mid twenties, in thirties, late thirties, middle-aged, in middle age, retirement, to be retired, old age, elderly, romance, nearest and dearest, newlyweds, a community, a generation, contemporaries, relatives, to inherit, an only child, first name, family name \ surname, middle name, full name, partner, fiancé/fiancée, bride, (bride)groom, husband-/wife-to-be,ex- (husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend), acquaintance, backgrounds, date, to go out with, to get much in common, breadwinner, foster homes, make friends, split up, to break up, house on fire, civil ceremony, good company, on speaking terms, break the ice, for the sake of, to get on one’s nerves, to be happily married, baby of the family, blood is thicker than water, fight like cat and dog, two peas in a pod, the black sheep of the family, own flesh and blood, like father, like son; tie the knot, to have a soft spot for someone, to be at each other’s throats, to have rows, to get on with someone like a house on fire, see eye to eye, no love lost between, a shoulder to cry on, through thick and thin, ups and downs, fight like cat and dog, clear the air, to have an affair with, to respect the elders, to make up, a household, single-parent household/ one-parent family/single-parent family, the extended family, the nuclear family, childbirth, birthrate, bear children, have kids, bring up children, to raise children, move out of the family home, share expenses, financial support, orphan, foster parents, adopted child; stepfather/mother/brother/sister, half-brother/sister; widow, widower

MARRIAGE

wedlock, matrimony, wedding, postpone marriage, legal marriage, a marriage of convenience, civil/ church marriage, misalliance, a Registry Office, to sign the document of marriage, a marriage certificate, go on honeymoon, get pregnant, have a stag party/ a stag night, a hen party/ a hen night, propose to, walk down the aisle, to settle down, get engaged, a marriage counsellor, get separated, get divorced, to get close, get back together, physical/ mental abuse, prenuptial agreement, to sign a contract, to contest the divorce, divorcee, divorce rate, end in divorce, no-fault system/ distribution of property, infidelity: to cheat on sb/ to be unfaithful, do with/ without smb, loosen one’s bonds with smb

LIFE STAGES AND EVENTS

Birth, childhood, puberty, teen age, adolescence, coming of age, adulthood, getting together, dating, engagement, wedding, marriage, starting a family, divorce, middle age, retirement, old age, senility, passing away, funeral

GENERATION GAP

adolescent, mature/ immature, an outcast, to go through a stage, beyond control, to crop up, to feel at peace with, abuse a child, beat a child, adopt a child, discipline a child, educate a child, mistreat a child, indulge a child, neglect a child, look after a child, spoil a child, do away, get away with, look back on, run out of, go on about, stand up to, look down on, grow out of, fool around with, siblings, teenage rebellion, sibling conflict, peer pressure, to bully

BIRTH

medical history, womb, conception, deliver, delivery, fertilization, pregnancy, labour, Caesarean section, placenta, uterus, placenta, fallopian tubes, ovaries, foetus/embryo, ectopic pregnancy, pregnant, to expect a baby, termination, cradle, twins/triplets/quads, identical twins, Siamese twins, to conceive a child (naturally), positive pregnancy test, morning sickness, ante-natal clinic, breathing exercises, infertility, childless couples, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), fertility drugs, artificial insemination, to be inseminated, donor sperm/eggs, to freeze one’s sperm/eggs, assisted reproductive technology (ART), surrogate mother, surrogacy, pregnancy, to grow outside womb/uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, ectopic pregnancy,, to expect a baby/to be expecting/to have a baby on the way, to be due, to have one’s first scan, to hear baby’s heartbeat, to feel the first kick, confinement (at home), gynaecologist, obstetrician, to induce labour, deliver (by Caesarean section/C-section), placenta, to result in termination, miscarriage, abortion, complications, premature baby, a forceps delivery, a straightforward birth, go into labour/ be in labour, to give birth to, maternity ward, birth certificate, (to be entitled to) a maternity/paternity leave, breast-/bottle-fed, post-natal depression, joys of motherhood, naming ceremony.

DEATH AND FUNERAL

to live to a ripe old age, longevity, senile, late, to live in sheltered accommodation, life expectancy, as old as the hills, an old shoe, to get one foot in the grave, to be pushing up the daisies, to be at death’s door, to be on one’s last legs, to pass away, to pass on, to kick the bucket, to pop one’s clogs, to go to meet one’s maker, to mourn, mourners, will, cremation, to scatter one’s ashes, to die from natural causes/ of old age, obituary, fatality, perished, slaughtered, the deceased, to bequeath, a bequest, to inherit, an inheritance, to die intestate, grave, condolences, coffin, funeral service, cemetery/graveyard, burial, headstone, RIP

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