¡Descarga IDIOMS RELATED TO FAMILY and more vocabulary y más Apuntes en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! UNIT 1: IDIOMS RELATED TO FAMILY 1. Blood is thicker than water: Family ties are stronger than any other relationships and so bood relatives will always remain loyal. 2. It runs in the family: many members of the family have the same quality or ability. 3. The black sheep: a person who has done something that brings embarrassement or shame to their family. 4. Family man: A man who has a wife and children and enjoys spending a lot of time with them. 5. Like father, like son: Parents and children resemble each other and sons tend to do what their father did. 6. Bad blood: There is bad feelings between people because of arguments in the past. 7. Everybody and their uncle: There were a lot of people there. 8. Tied to his mum’s apron strings: Someone that needs their mother and cannot act or think on their own. NOUNS Chore: housework Fiancé: man who is engaged to be married/ future husband Nephew: (nebot) my sister's son Niece: (neboda) my sister’s daughter Peer: (company/a, col·lega) colleague Sibling: (germà/ana) a brother or sister. VERBS apply for: (demanar, sol·licitar; presentar una sol·licitud per) I applied for a new job bring up: (criar) is when you take care and teach a child fit in: (adaptar-se) to adapted to something grow apart: (distanciar-se) to separate involve: (tractar sobre; suposar, implicar)---------------- live up to: (estar a l’altura de, complir)---------------- look up to: (respectar, admirar) admire name after: (dir-se com, portar el nom de) —----------- provide: (proporcionar, oferir) give reject: (rebutjar) refuse side with: (posar-se al costat de, fer costat a) give support stand out: (destacar) Make a quality, circumstance or fact draw attention among others. stay away: (allunyar-se) To distance oneself progressively from someone or something take after: (assemblar-se a) look like tease: (burlar-se / riure’s de) Laughing at someone or something with the intention of ridiculing them ADJECTIVES alike: (semblant; igual) be similar to/ inusual aware of: (conscient de..) conscious of easy-going: (poc exigent, tolerant) relaxed in manner or attitude; inclined to be excessively tolerant likely: (probable) probable spoilt: (consentit/ida, aviciat/ada) Persona que està acostumat a fer sempre el que vol sense que ningú el corregeixi strict: (estricte/a) That it conforms exactly to what is necessary or established and that does not admit of exceptions or allow another interpretation EXPRESSIONS get a job: aconseguir una feina get along: avenir-se, entendre’s get an award: rebre un premi get back: tornar get dark: fer-se fosc, enfosquir-se get divorced: divorciar-se get engaged: prometre’s get good marks: treure bones notes get home: arribar a casa get lost: perdre’s
