Family relations
First name = Christian name
Patronymic
Surname =last name =family name
Full name
To support = to keep a family
To come from a rich family
Parents
Father = papa =dad =daddy
Mother =mummy = mum = mom (Am.)
Child
The only child
Childless
Childhood
Baby = infant
First-born
Twins
Son = sonny
Daughter
Brother
Sister
Favourite = pet
To pet
To spoil
A chip off the old block
To nurse
To bring up = to raise
Nursery
Kindergarten
To be like = to take after
To be alike
To resemble
Resemblance (to, between)
Grandparents
Grandfather = grandpa
Grandmother = granny
Great-grandfather = great-granddaddy
Grandson
Granddaughter
Grandchildren
Generation
To die (to be dead)
Orphan
To adopt
Adopted child
Foster child
Stepfather
Stepmother
Stepson
Stepdaughter
Widow
Widower
Heir
Heiress
Ancestors
Descendant
Close relative
Distant relative
Relation
Uncle
Aunt
Nephew
Niece
Cousin (sister, brother) = first cousin
Second cousin
Remote kinsmen
Marital status
To marry smb.
To be /to get married to smb.
Married
Single = unmarried
Bridegroom
Bride
Fiancée
Fiancé
Husband
Wife
Father-in-law
Mother-in-law
Son-in-law
Daughter-in-law
Brother-in-law
Sister-in-law
To propose to smb.
Proposal
To be engaged to smb.
Engagement
Registry office
Wedding
Wedding anniversary
Silver wedding
Golden wedding
Newly married couple = newly weds = just married
Honeymoon
To divorce
Divorce
Bachelor
Spinster
At the age of…
To be under age
To come to age
To look one`s age
To look young (old) for one`s age
To bear one`s age well
I`m not yet 19 = I`m under 19
I`m on the wrong side of 20
I`m on the right side of 30
She`s about 40
Older
Elder
To be of military age
Teenager
Youngster
Aged
Middle-aged
To grow old = to get older
Elderly
An old man (woman)
Grown-up = adult
Youth
Origin
Occupation
What are you? = What is your occupation?
Trade
To retire
Housewife
Domestic
Family man
For family reasons
Household
Maiden name
Nickname
Playfellow
Will
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Read the following text and answer the questions after it.
Engagement and marriagies
At the age of 21, persons of both sexes in England come of age. Boys and girls are permitted to become `engaged` or `betrothed`, when still in their teens. A boy can, with his parents` consent, propose to a girl and then marry her before he is 21 years of age. As a pledge of good faith he presents his bride with an engagement ring, which is worn on the third finger of the left hand.
In ordinary speech, a man who is engaged but not yet married to a lady, when speaking of her, will say: `My intended` or `my fiancee`. The young lady on a similar occasion will say the same.
Generally, English girls receive no marriage portion (wedding-dower) on marrying, as a man is obliged to maintain his wife and children himself.
On the day of the wedding, the bridegroom and bride with the best-man and bride`s maids, family and friends go to church for the wedding service. There they are joined in matrimony by the clergyman who slips a wedding-ring on the bride`s ring-finger. This ring she wears for the rest of her life.
When the ceremony is over, all go back to the house, where the lady has been living, to the wedding breakfast. The prominent feature of the wedding breakfast is the holy decorated wedding cake. After the guests have drunk to the bride`s and bridegroom`s health, the happy newly-married couple leave and depart on their honeymoon or to their new home.
According to an old English custom, they get pelted at the moment of leaving the room with rice or with old shoes and slippers, which is supposed to bring them good luck.
When do people in England come of age?
What does it mean `to be engaged`?
Do English girls receive a wedding-dower? Why?
What is the prominent feature of the wedding day?
What wedding tradition do English people have?
Do the back-translation of the text.