Family matters

friend

someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you

mate

friend (~close friend); someone’s wife, husband, or sexual partner

flatmate

a person who shares a flat (apartment) with someone, each person have a private room

roomate

a person who shares a room with someone, often in a residential setting like a college dorm or shared apartment

colleague

a person you work with, especially in a professional job

business partner

the person with whom you share the ownership of a firm or business

acquaintance

a person you know slightly but are not close friends with, often through social or professional interactions.

stranger

a person you do not know or with whom you have no familiarity.

boyfriend

a male partner in a romantic relationship.

husband

a male partner in a marriage or long-term committed relationship.

partner

a person involved in a personal or romantic relationship with someone, typically sharing responsibilities and emotional support (not necessarily a committed relationship)

great-aunt

the aunt of one of your parents

half-sister

a girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as you

step-sister

the daughter of the man or woman who has married one of your parents after the death of the other parent, or after a divorce

lifelong bond

A bond between people is a strong feeling of friendship, love, or shared beliefs and experiences that unites them (mqh gắn bó lâu dài)

non-identical twins

a twin who do not look exactly the same because they developed from two separate eggs (sinh đôi khác trứng)

psychic abilities

If you believe that someone is psychic or has psychic powers, you believe that they have strange mental powers (khả năng tâm linh)

telepathy

the ability to know what is in someone else's mind, or to communicate with someone mentally, without using words or other physical signals (thần giao cách cảm)

move apart

To separate or split in different directions (tách rời)

lifelong

lasting for the whole of a person's life (suốt đời)

reach adulthood

hitting a certain age, developing a set of responsibilities, capabilities, and a sense of self (đến tuổi trưởng thành)

widow

a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

widower

a man whose wife has died and who has not married again

spouse

a husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner

inheritance

money or property which you receive from somebody who has died

will

a document in which a person declares what should be done with their money and property after they die

civil partner

in the UK, a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that gives them the same rights as people who are married (ký kết dân sự/ chung sống dân sự)

emphasise/ emphasize

to state or show that something is especially important or deserves special attention

mislead - misled(qk)

to cause someone to believe something that is not true

entitled

to give someone the right to do or have something (có quyền)

obliged

to be forced to do something or feel that you must do something

adequately

in a way that is enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose (đầy đủ)

estate

all the money and property somebody leaves behind them when they die

deceased

a person who has recently died

circumstance

the conditions and facts that are connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action (hoàn cảnh, tình huống)

possessions

• the fact that you have or own something

• something that you own or that you are carrying with you at a particular time

distribute

to give something out to several people, or to spread or supply something (phân phối)

invalidate

to officially stop a document, ticket, law, etc. being legally or officially acceptable (bác bỏ)

give sth out

to give something to a lot of people

other half

somebody’s wife, husband or partner

in charge

being the person who has control of or is responsible for someone or something (phụ trách, kiểm soát)

prevented

to stop something from happening or someone from doing something (ngăn chặn)

underestimated

to fail to guess or understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of something (đánh giá thấp)

legislation