Family Matters - Language Development Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering nouns for people, collocations, and example sentences from the lecture notes.

Acquaintance

A noun meaning 'người quen'. It forms the phrase 'make someone's acquaintance' (làm quen với ai), as in 'I am delighted to make your acquaintance'.

Relative

A noun/adjective meaning 'họ hàng' or 'tương đối'. It connects to the adverb form 'relatively'.

Relatively

An adverb meaning to a relative degree, used with an adjective ('relatively + adj'), as in 'The exam was relatively difficult this year.'

Stranger

A noun meaning 'người lạ'. It forms the collocation 'a total / perfect stranger' (một người hoàn toàn xa lạ), as in 'He was a total stranger to me'.

Colleague

A noun meaning 'đồng nghiệp'. It collocates as 'close colleague', as in 'She is a close colleague of mine at work'.

Friend

A noun meaning 'bạn'. It collocates as 'make friends with someone', as in 'He finds it easy to make friends with new classmates'.

Business partner

A noun phrase meaning 'đối tác kinh doanh'. It collocates as 'reliable business partner' (đối tác đáng tin cậy), as in 'We are looking for a reliable business partner'.