Relatives and loved ones
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A1
Children and adults are welcome.
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.
They are married.
My mother is a teacher.
What is your name?
My nephew is very funny.
My niece likes drawing.
My parents live in the city.
Many people live here.
He is a private person.
Her sister is very young.
Their son is at school.
My son is a teenager now.
My uncle lives in Paris.
His wife works in Boston.
The woman is my teacher.
My uncle is still young.
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The couple moved to a new apartment.
His parents are divorced.
They have a good relationship.
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.
She has a twin sister.
The wedding was in June.
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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.
She had a happy childhood.
There is great closeness in the family.
Cohabitation is more common now.
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.
Her fiancé is from Italy.
Three generations live together.
Family shapes our identity.
Her in-laws are very friendly.
Strong kinship keeps them together.
Their marriage is very happy.
She is on maternity leave.
Motherhood is a big responsibility.
The newborn is healthy.
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.
Her upbringing was strict.
He is a widower with two sons.
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Fear of abandonment is common.
Adolescence can be difficult.
Our ancestors lived simply.
Today is our wedding anniversary.
Secure attachment is vital for children.
The divorce took two years.
He grew up in a dysfunctional family.
We help elderly people.
Years of estrangement followed.
She studied her genealogy online.
His guardian is his grandmother.
The disease is hereditary.
Our household has five people.
He received a large inheritance.
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.
She is pregnant with twins.
They signed a prenuptial agreement.
She has three siblings.
She was awarded sole custody.
Surrogacy is legal in some countries.
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Adoption changed her life.
Children need affection.
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.
The court decided on custody.
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.
Their engagement lasted a year.
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.
Family heritage is important to us.
Healthy families balance interdependence.
Intergenerational trauma is real.
She left a great family legacy.
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.
The separation was painful.
A little sibling rivalry pushed both brothers to try harder at school.
She became a widow last year.
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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 — 35, A2 — 10, B1 — 30, B2 — 24, C1 — 27, C2 — 2.
With the A1 list: adult, age, aunt, baby, boy, brother, child, children, cousin, daughter. The full level is on this page.
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