# Family & Friends Upper Intermediate

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- CEFR: B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- Theme: Society & Culture
- Words: 20
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Family & Friends vocabulary for relationships once they get complicated, including upbringing, custody and acquaintance, covering loyalty, distance and…

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## Word list

* **upbringing** /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/: The way your parents cared for you and taught you to behave when you were young. — “She often talks about her strict **upbringing** in the countryside.”
* **household** /ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld/: All the people who live together in one home, sharing meals and daily jobs. — “Everyone in our **household** takes a turn cooking dinner.”
* **ancestor** /ˈænˌsɛstər/: A member of your family who lived a very long time ago. — “My **ancestors** worked on farms in the north.”
* **nuclear family**: A family made up of two parents and their children, without other relatives living in the same home. — “They live in a typical **nuclear family** of four.”
* **blended family**: A family formed when parents with children from earlier relationships start a new family together. — “After the wedding, the two households became one **blended family**.”
* **immediate family**: Your closest relatives, usually your parents, children, and brothers or sisters. — “Only **immediate family** were invited to the small ceremony.”
* **dependant**: A person, often a child or elderly relative, who relies on someone else for money or care. — “He lists his two children as **dependants** on his tax form.”
* **custody** /ˈkʌstədi/: The legal right and responsibility to care for a child, especially after parents separate. — “The court gave the mother **custody** of both children.”
* **biological** /ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/: Describes a parent or child who is related by birth, not by adoption or marriage. — “She met her **biological** mother for the first time at thirty.”
* **adoptive** /əˈdɑptɪv/: Describes a parent or family that has legally taken on a child who is not related to them by birth. — “His **adoptive** parents raised him from the age of two.”
* **reunion** /riˈunjən/: A meeting of people who have not seen each other for a long time. — “Our school **reunion** is happening at the old sports hall.”
* **acquaintance** /əˈkweɪntəns/: Someone you know a little, but who is not a close friend. — “He's just a business **acquaintance**, not a real friend.”
* **loyal** /ˈlɔɪəl/: Always supporting the same person or group, even when things become difficult. — “She's a **loyal** friend who's never once let me down.”
* **mutual** /ˈmjutʃuəl/: Shared by two people, or felt by both of them in the same way. — “We were introduced by a **mutual** friend at a wedding.”
* **befriend** /bɪˈfrɛnd/: To become someone's friend, especially someone who was lonely or new. — “She **befriended** the new student on his first day.”
* **companionship** /kəmˈpænjənˌʃɪp/: A friendly feeling of comfort that comes from spending time with someone. — “The dog gave her **companionship** after her husband died.”
* **bond** /bɑnd/: A close connection that forms between people who trust and understand each other. — “They formed a strong **bond** during their years at university.”
* **rekindle** /riˈkɪndəl/: To make an old friendship or feeling become strong again after it had faded. — “Meeting at the reunion helped them **rekindle** their old friendship.”
* **reconnect** /rikəˈnɛkt/: To start talking to and spending time with someone again after a period of not being in contact. — “They **reconnected** years later through an old classmate.”
* **drift apart**: To gradually become less close to a friend over time, without any single argument causing it. — “After she moved away, the two of them slowly **drifted apart**.”

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