Topical vocabulary. Relations by Birth: parents, father, mother, sister, brother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother

Relations by Birth: parents, father, mother, sister, brother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, grandchildren, grandparents, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandchildren, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece

Relations by Marriage: husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepmother, stepfather, stepchildren, stepbrother (sister, son, daughter)

People's Age:

What's your age? (How old are you?)

I am seventeen. I am seventeen years old. I am under seventeen.

I am over seventeen. I am nearly eighteen.

I am under age yet. = I am not yet eighteen.

In three month's time I'll come of age.

She is still in her teens (13-19). She is a teen-ager.

She is in her (early, mid, late) teens.

She is in her (early, late) thirties (i. e. between 29 and 40).

She is a middle-aged person.

She is an elderly person.

Animals and birds (domestic): horse, cow, dog, cat, goat, pig, swine, ass, rabbit, hen, cock, goose (geese), duck, turkey

Animals and birds (wild): lion, tiger, wolf (wolves), bear, fox, hare, elephant, mouse (mice), monkey, hedgehog, eagle, swan, sparrow, swallow, parrot, pigeon, donkey

Conversational phrases

Agreement: Sure. Why, yes of course. By all means. That'd be lovely. I'd be glad to. How nice of you. It (certainly) is.

Disagreement: By no means. Far from it. I'm afraid I don't agree. I think you're mistaken. Just the other way round. I'd like to say yes, but... I'm awfully sorry but you see...

Phonetic notes

1. Приложение обычно выделяется в отдельную смысловую группу, ударно и произносится тем же тоном, что и определяемое слово, но на более низком уровне.

2. You know - вводная смысловая группа. Вводная смысловая группа в конце предложения безударна и продолжает мелодию предшествующей смысловой группы:

3. Слово well-bred является составным прилагательным. Составные прилагательные обычно произносятся с ударением на каждом из составляющих слово элементов. Например: 'well-'known, 'good-'looking, 'kind-'hearted, 'absent-'minded.

В связной речи под влиянием ритма одно из ударений может опускаться. Например: She is a → good-looking _\girl.

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