Relatives and loved ones
A1
He looks young for his age.
My aunt has two dogs.
The baby is sleeping.
The boy is six years old.
I have one brother.
The child draws with crayons.
The children are at school.
My cousin is the same age as me.
My daughter likes music.
My family is big.
His father works at home.
The girl has red hair.
My grandfather is seventy.
My grandmother makes great soup.
My grandparents live in the country.
Her husband is a doctor.
My last name is Smith.
They have two little kids.
The man is very tall.
My mother is a teacher.
What is your name?
My nephew is very funny.
My niece likes drawing.
Many people live here.
He is a private person.
Her sister is very young.
Their son is at school.
She has a twin sister.
My uncle lives in Paris.
His wife works in Boston.
The woman is my teacher.
My uncle is still young.
A2 · Premium
Adolescence can be difficult.
Adoption changed her life.
Children and adults are welcome.
Today is our wedding anniversary.
She had a happy childhood.
The couple moved to a new apartment.
The divorce took two years.
His parents are divorced.
We help elderly people.
Their engagement lasted a year.
Her fiancé is from Italy.
His guardian is his grandmother.
Her in-laws are very friendly.
He received a large inheritance.
Their marriage is very happy.
They are married.
The newborn is healthy.
My parents live in the city.
She is pregnant with twins.
They have a good relationship.
She has three siblings.
She is still single.
My stepbrother is older than me.
Her stepfather is a teacher.
His stepmother is very kind.
My stepsister lives with us.
My son is a teenager now.
The wedding was in June.
She became a widow last year.
He is a widower with two sons.
B1 · Premium
Children need affection.
Our ancestors lived simply.
Children need a sense of belonging.
Bereavement support is available.
A blended family takes adjustment.
Mother-baby bonding is vital.
He is the breadwinner of the family.
There is great closeness in the family.
Cohabitation is more common now.
The court decided on custody.
She is a descendant of royalty.
He is estranged from his father.
She is an expectant mother.
His extended family meets every Christmas.
Fatherhood changed him completely.
Three generations live together.
Family heritage is important to us.
Our household has five people.
Family shapes our identity.
Strong kinship keeps them together.
She left a great family legacy.
She is on maternity leave.
Motherhood is a big responsibility.
The nuclear family is changing.
She is a very nurturing parent.
He took paternity leave.
Their reconciliation took years.
Parenting is a great responsibility.
The family reunion was emotional.
The separation was painful.
Her upbringing was strict.
B2 · Premium
Fear of abandonment is common.
Secure attachment is vital for children.
He grew up in a dysfunctional family.
Years of estrangement followed.
She studied her genealogy online.
The disease is hereditary.
Joint custody benefits the children.
She traced her lineage to Scotland.
The family was matriarchal.
The company offers generous parental leave.
It was a patriarchal society.
They signed a prenuptial agreement.
She was awarded sole custody.
Surrogacy is legal in some countries.
C1 · Premium
They returned to the ancestral village to attend a family reunion.
Teenagers need autonomy.
Codependency is a learned pattern.
The novel traces the coming of age of two cousins in a small town.
Disinheritance is a painful process.
The business remained within the founding dynasty for five generations.
Emancipation gave women more rights.
As empty nesters, they finally turned the kids’ room into a studio.
Filial piety is valued in many cultures.
Legal guardianship was transferred to the child's aunt after the parents died.
The watch is a family heirloom passed down from her grandfather.
Healthy families balance interdependence.
Intergenerational trauma is real.
The family matriarch made all decisions.
Matrimonial property was divided.
The hospital required consent from the next of kin before the operation.
The patriarch was loved by all.
We reminisced about our childhood summers.
A little sibling rivalry pushed both brothers to try harder at school.
C2 · Premium
She has a doting grandfather who spoils her.
The scandal exposed widespread nepotism in the family-run company.
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128 words, each with a translation and an example sentence: A1 — 32, A2 — 30, B1 — 31, B2 — 14, C1 — 19, C2 — 2.
With the A1 list: age, aunt, baby, boy, brother, child, children, cousin, daughter, family. The full level is on this page.
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