Cambridge: new year vocabulary

connaissance

acquaintance

pension alimentaire

alimony

ascendance

ancestry

famille recomposée

blend family

liens

bonds

soutien de famille (financier)

breadwinner

enterrer

bury

garde d’enfant

child custody

en froid

estranged

famille d’accueil

foster family

parrain / marraine

godfather / godmother

tuteur

guardian

héritier

heir

héritage

inheritance

nourrisson

infant

s’occuper de

look after (to)

ressembler

look alike (to)

congé maternité

maternity leave

tomber sur

run into (to)

âme soeur

soulmate

testament

will

veuve / veuf

widow / widower

portrait caché de

a chip off the old block

personne qui vous soutien ++

a shoulder to cry on

as a result of

due to, because of

stemming from

to be caused by, to come from

on offer

for sale, often cheaply

…reservations

make

few +….

plurals nouns/v

however

despite this

too…

many

I’m sure he’s not German → (negative)

He can’t be German

…attention

paid