Практика устной речи (коммуникативное обучение) Методическое пособие для студентов I курса

1. fiancй

2. to marry sb

3. fiancйe

4. to be married to

5. newly-weds

6. to get married (to sb)

7. newly married couple

8. to divorce sb

9. to come of age достичь совершеннолетия

10. to be divorced

11. to propose to sb

12. to get divorced

13. to propose marriage

14. to get a divorce

15. to accept one’s proposal

16. to ask for a divorce

17. to refuse one’s proposal

18. to agree to a divorce

19. a love match брак по любви

20. to give someone a divorce

21. to be crazy / mad about sb

22. to shout at sb

23. ex-husband / wife

24. to boss sb around / about

25. marriage of convenience брак по расчету

26. to be on good/bad terms with

27. to make sb’s life hell

sb’s marriage is on the rocks

28. to have bliss нежиться

to tell apart отличать различать

29. to tell sb off for sth / doing sth бранить, ругаить

to tell on sb / sth

30. to find faults with sb ворчать, придираться

to be jealous of sb with sb

31. to go to school

to cheat on sb

32. to keep one’s temper inside владеть собой

to be a sissy (inf., disapr.)

33. to clear the air расставить все на свои места

to shatter one’s illusions разбивать иллюзии

1. to be full of life and energy

to be a couch potato (inf.)

2. to be full of common sense

to be a moneybags

3. to be (im)practical

to be hysterical

4. to be a ladykiller (o.f. or inf.)

broken home разбитая семья

5. to be heartbroken

to drink like a fish

6. to have a lover / mistress

to pick a fight with sb начинать ссору

7. to have an affair with sb

to pick a quarrel with sb

to cause a row провоцировать скандал

a shattered marriage

to have an argument with sb

to make eyes at sb

a setback in married life неудачи в семейной жизни

to be/get in the family way (o.f., inf.) быть в положении

strained relationships натянутые отношения

to be pregnant

to go out with sb

to be expecting (inf.)

to walk out on sb (inf.)

a birth-rate

to fix the day of the wedding

to split sb up

marriage certificate

to break up (marriage) with sb

bride and (bride)groom

to split up with sb

to be on the rocks

to bring up

to take sb in hand взять на себя ответственность за кого-то

to grow up

to take after sb быть похожим на кого-то

to hurt one’s feelings

to resemble sb

to be on the shelf (o.f.) остаться в девицах

to look like sb

a skeleton in the cupboard

to be / look very much alike

a person’s family background

the very / spitting image of sb

to keep house / run the house

husband / wife / partner

to work about the house

single-parent family

to be separated

nuclear family

to quarrel about/over trifles спорить по пустякам

distant / close relatives

to make (it) up with

the immediate family близкие родственники

to stop the break-up of

an orphan

niece / nephew

to be one’s junior / senior by...

confirmed bachelor

to get acquainted with sb

to have a family of one’s own

love at first sight

to fall in love with somebody

to retire

honeymoon

to be taken to the kindergarten

the generation gap

to be as like as two peas

to bridge the generation gap

to be of school age

to graduate from university

to be under school age

to mark family anniversaries

to take care of/to look after sb

to court sb (o.f.)

to do the cooking

to date sb (o.f., AmE)

maternity hospital

to support a family/children

maternity leave (U)

breadwinner

to wash the baby’s nappies

to babysit for sb (a babysitter)

spoilt/spoiled children

widow / widower