Question 1

relationship (After three years their relationship ended.)

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relatie

Question 2

relative (Uncles and aunts are relatives.)

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familie

Question 3

engaged (They married after having been engaged for six months.)

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verloofd

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engagement (He gave his fiancée a beautiful engagement ring.)

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verlovings

Question 5

fiancée (He gave his fiancée a beautiful engagement ring.)

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verloofde

Question 6

to celebrate (Last Saturday they celebrated their silver wedding.)

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vieren

Question 7

celebration (When is the celebration of their silver wedding?)

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viering

Question 8

to divorce (They divorced after having been married for three years.)

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scheiden

Question 9

divorce (Two years after her divorce she remarried.)

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scheiding

Question 10

because of/ on account of (She didn't want to divorce because of/on account of the children.)

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vanwege

Question 11

to live together/ to cohabit (before their marriage they lived together/cohabited for two years.)

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samenwonen

Question 12

to separate (After living together for three year they seperated.)

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uit elkaar gaan

Question 13

inseperable (The two friends were inseperable.)

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onafscheidelijk

Question 14

single (Since her divorce she has been a single mother.)

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alleenstaand

Question 15

to desert/to abandon (He deserted/abandoned his wife and two children.)

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in de steek laten

Question 16

to bring up/to raise (The single mother brought up/raised three children.)

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grootbrengen

Question 17

foster parents (She was brought up by her foster parents.)

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pleegouders

Question 18

stepfather (He is not her real father but her stepfather.)

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stiefvader

Question 19

ancestor (in 1850 his ancestors emigrated to America.)

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voorouder

Question 20

to descend (from) (He descends from German ancestors.

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afstammen van

Question 21

descendant (She is the last descendant of a Russian prince.)

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afstammeling

Question 22

bachelor (Is he in a relationship? No, he's still a bachelor.)

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vrijgezel

Question 23

adult (When you are 18, you are an adult.)

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volwassene

Question 24

grown-up (They have three grown-up sons.)

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volwassen

Question 25

to regard/to consider (I regards/consider him as my best friend.)

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beschouwen

Question 26

among (He wanted to be among his friends.)

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onder

Question 27

to go steady (Linda is going steady with Dave.)

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verkering hebben

Question 28

to break it off (My friend has broken it off.)

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het uitmaken

Question 29

guardian (When his parents died, his uncle became his guardian.)

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voogd

Question 30

adultery (Adultery was the reason for their divorce.)

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overspel

Question 31

infidelity (She dicorced him because of his infidelity.)

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ontrouw

Question 32

adversity (A good friend will always help in times of adversity.)

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tegenspoed

Question 33

to resemble/ to look like (She resembles/looks like her mother.)

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lijken op

Question 34

resemblance (The strong resemblance was the first thing that struck me.)

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gelijkenis

Question 35

to strike (The strong resemblance was the first thing that struck me.)

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opvallen

Question 36

to owe (to) (She owed a lot to the help of friends.)

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te danken hebben aan

Question 37

parental (When she was 19, she left her parental home.)

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ouderlijk

Question 38

orphan (They adopted an orphan from India.)

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wees

Question 39

to adopt (They adopted an orphan from India.)

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adopteren

Question 40

acquaintance (She is not a friend but only an acquaintance.)

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kennis

Question 41

in common (Though they are sisters, they don't have much in common.)

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gemeen(schappelijk)

Question 42

marital ((Their marital pproblems ended in a divorce.)

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huwelijks-

Question 43

core (The core of their marital problems was alcohol.)

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kern

Question 44

infant (An infant is a very young child or a baby.)

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baby/peuter

Question 45

matrimony (They were united in holy matrimony.)

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huwelijk

Question 46

offspring (Many Americans are offspring of Europeans immigrants.)

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afstammelingen

Question 47

casual (We don't often meet; we are casual acquintances.)

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oppervlakkig

Question 48

next of kin (After the accident the police notified the next of kin.)

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naaste familieleden

Question 49

to notify (After the accident the police notified the next of kin.)

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op de hoogte stellen

Question 50

minor (When you are sixteen, you are still a minor.)

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minderjarige

Question 51

fellow (They were singing: 'He is a jolly good fellow'.)

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vent

Question 52

bloke/guy/chap (He is a really nice bloke/guy/chap.)

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vent

Question 53

unlike (Unlike his father, Patrick was very tall.)

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anders dan

Question 54

maternity leave (She was on maternity leave for three months.)

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moederschapsverlof

Question 55

paternity leave (He had one week paternity leave.)

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vaderschapsverlof

Question 56

human (Archeologists found a human skeleton under the church.)

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menselijk

Question 57

appearance (For a photo model appearance is very important.)

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uiterlijk

Question 58

scar (The operation had left an ugly scar.)

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litteken

Question 59

ugly (The operation had left an ugly scar.)

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lelijk

Question 60

familiar (That face looks familiar to me.)

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bekend

Question 61

sensitive (Don't expose a sensitive skin to the sun too long.)

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gevoelig

Question 62

to expose (Don't expose a sensitive skin to the sun too long.)

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blootstellen (aan)

Question 63

exposure (Long exposure to the sun is bad for the skin.)

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blootstelling

Question 64

to breathe (You breathe through your lungs.)

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ademen

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