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| significant things | существенные моменты |
| a goal | цель, задача |
| originally | я родился |
| Libra | Весы |
| to be balanced | быть уравновешенным |
| to mix | идти на контакт с людьми |
| to be friendly to smb. | быть дружески расположенным |
| to score the most points | выигрывать |
| to feel the miss of smb | чувствовать, как кого- то не хватает |
| granny | бабуля, бабушка |
| my grandmother on my mother’s side | бабушка с маминой стороны |
| to die (died) | умирать |
| to write occasionally | время от времени переписываться |
| to be clean-shaven | быть чисто выбритым |
| a marine engineer | судовой инженер |
| auntie | тетушка |
| to have dimples | лицо с ямочками |
| to darken the eyelashes | красить ресницы |
| shoes with extremely high heels | туфли на высоченных каблуках |
| to get divorced | развестись |
| the stereotypical family | типичная семья |
| one-parent family | неполная семья |
| to fall apart | не получаться (трещать по швам) |
| family’s strength | сила, сплоченность семьи |
| she brings up the children | она растит детей |
Exercise1.
Match the highlighted words or word combinations in the text with their definitions.
1. willing to talk and engage in activities with other people;
2. the sister of one's father or mother or the wife of one's uncle;
3. wearing smart or fashionable clothes;
4. when children leave their parents' home they …;
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5. each of the twelve equal sections into which the zodiac is divided;
6. parents of one's father or mother;
7. as a rule, it usually happens;
8. children of one's uncle or aunt;
9. a person having a husband or wife;
10. I have a strong desire to be successful.
Exercise2.
Fill in the boxes with names from the text about family relationship.
