Family

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single
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not married, or not involved in a romantic relationship with anyone
married
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having a spouse
spouse
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a husband or wife
your significant other
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your husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, etc.
detrimental [to the relationship]
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causing harm or damage
arranged marriages
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marriages in which your parents choose a husband or wife for you
love marriages
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marriage which is driven solely by the couple, with or without consent of their parents, as opposed to arranged marriage
the divorce rate
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the ratio between the number of divorces pronounced in a year and the average total population for the year
commitment
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a promise or the fact of being willing to give your time and energy to something
accommodation
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voluntary altering one’s behaviour to the partner’s needs
contraceptives
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any of various devices or drugs intended to prevent pregnancy
pregnancy
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the state of being pregnant
foetus/fetus
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a young human being or animal before birth, after the organs have started to develop
abortion
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the intentional ending of a pregnancy
labour
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the last stage of pregnancy from the time when the muscles of the womb start to push the baby out of the body until the baby appears
nurture
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to take care of someone or something
authoritarian parents
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an extremely strict parenting style. It places high expectations on children with little responsiveness. those parents focus more on obedience, discipline, control rather than nurturing their children
upbringing
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the way in which you are treated and educated when young, especially by your parents, especially in relation to the effect that this has on how you behave and make moral decisions
a sheltered upbringing
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a life etc in which someone has been too protected by their parents from difficult or unpleasant experiences
a strict upbringing
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being raised according to rigorous rules
to be raised/brought up
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to be brought (a person) to maturity through nurturing care and education
maternity leave
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a period in which a woman is legally allowed to be absent from work in the weeks before and after she gives birth
paternity leave
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a period of time that a father is legally allowed to be away from his job so that he can spend time with his new baby
to instil sth into sb
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to gradually put an idea or attitude into somebody's mind; to make somebody feel, think or behave in a particular way over a period of time
father figure
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an older man who you treat like a father, especially by asking for his advice, help, or support
foster parents
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people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child's legal parents
dysfunctional family
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a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions
child abuse
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behaviour in which adults intentionally treat children in a cruel or violent way
child benefit
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money received regularly by families from the government to help pay for the costs of taking care of children
nuclear family
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a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.
extended family
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a family unit that includes grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, and uncles, etc. in addition to parents and children
single-parent
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someone who has a child or children but no husband, wife, or partner who lives with them
relatives
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members of a given family
sibling
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a brother or sister
adolescent
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a young person who is developing into an adult
birth rate
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the number of live births per thousand of population per year
aging society
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society with increased number of old people within the total population
senior citizen
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polite expression for an old person
old people’s home/nursing home
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a place where old people can live together and be cared for when they are too weak or ill to take care of themselves
frail elderly people
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individuals, over 65 years of age, dependent on others for activities of daily living, and often in institutional care
dementia
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a medical condition that affects especially old people, causing the memory and other mental abilities to gradually become worse, and leading to confused behaviour
Alzheimer’s disease
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a disease that results in the gradual loss of memory, speech, movement, and the ability to think clearly, and that is common esp. among older people

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