family Flashcards
Sibling rivalry
competition and arguments among brothers and sisters
Their children have slight problems because of sibling rivalry.
nuclear family
a family consisting of two parents and their children, not including aunts or uncles.
While the great majority of these households were based on nuclear families, many were not nuclear family households in the twentieth-century sense.
Even if nuclear families are living separately they need to visit each other occasionally.
distant relative
one who you are not closely related to
We’ve got some distant relatives in Scotland, but we don’t even know their names.
establish a relationship
make a relationship
The effect of such a link shall be to establish a relationship between two or more alerts.
widow/widower
a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again
a man whose wife or husband has died and who has not married again
dowager(rich widow)
There once was a poor widow who had a beautiful.
The widower lost his wife two years ago.