1000 Collocation - 1

Question 1

You can use a …………..to diagram the relationships among your ………… A person who is related to you by a long series of connections can be called a ………..

Answer 1

• immediate family
• ## extended familyfamily tree
  family members
  distant relative

Question 2

If you were …. in a loving family, then you probably had a ……………– that means you had nothing to …… about when you were young.
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A family in which the relationships are bad or unhealthy can be called a …….. If the children experience ………, poverty, or problems with the law, we can say they had a …………

Answer 2

loving family 
a close-knit family 
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raised
carefree childhood 
worry
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dysfunctional family
abuse
troubled childhood

Question 3

Perhaps the parents went through a…… – that means a separation in which there were bad/angry feelings between the husband and wife.
It’s also possible to have a …….., with a …… battle involving lots of conflicts about the separation of the former couple’s assets (money and ……..)
The decisions about the separation of assets are made in the …………. A family in which there are divorces or separations is sometimes called a ……..

Answer 3

bitter divorce

messy divorce

prolonged legal
possessions

divorce settlement
broken home

Question 4

A judge can …………– or ……..to only one parent.
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For example, a judge might……….to the mother, and the father has to ………– regular payments to help with expenses for the kids.
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If it was a …… – that means the ex-husband and ex-wife agreed to separate without fighting – then they will probably stay ……..(meaning to have a polite relationship without conflicts).

Answer 4

custody of the children

grant joint custody
sole custody

award sole custody
pay child support

mutual divorce/separation
on good terms with each other

Question 5

If a woman ……without being married or in a relationship, then she will become ………

Some women in this situation choose ……., and others prefer to …………… The time when the baby is planned to arrive is called the…….– you can also say the baby ……mid-October, for example.

Answer 5

gets pregnant
a single mother

to have an abortion,
give the baby up for adoption
due date

is due in

Question 6

After the woman ………(or ….. the baby), the baby is given to the …………., who will …… or ……….. as if it was their own. Sometimes, when the ……….is older, he or she tries to find their …………(biological mother).

Answer 6

has the baby
gives birth to

adoptive parents
raise the child or bring up the child

adopted child
birth mother