Senin, 24 Februari 2014
People
who are not married
Your boyfriend
or girlfriend is
someone with whom you are having a romantic relationship. People who are having
a romantic relationship are often referred to as a couple.
Why don’t we invite the couple next door round for a drink?
If you are
having a relationship but are not married and you live
together, the word partner is
often used to describe your boyfriend or girlfriend.
Have you met my partner, Tom?
Lover
can be used by people in romantic relationships.
It is more common to use girlfriend,
boyfriend or partner
in everyday conversation.
If a couple
are engaged, they have
formally agreed to marry. The person to whom you are engaged
is your fiancé (male)
or your fiancée (female).
A single
parent, or single
mother/father or a lone parent is
someone who has a child but
does not live with a husband, wife or partner.
There are plans to help single mothers back into work.
People
who are married
Two people
who are married are also referred to as a couple.
In formal or legal contexts, a
person’s husband or wife is their spouse.
This travel insurance covers both spouse and dependent
children.
If
a relationship ends
If someone’s
husband or wife has died, they are a widow(female)
or a widower (male), and
the dead person is referred to as their late
husband/wife.
If a
relationship ends you can say the two people have broken
up or they have split up. A previous partner can be an ex-boyfriend or
ex-girlfriend. If you were
married to them, they are your ex-husband
or ex-wife.
These ‘ex’words can all be shortened informally to just ‘ex’.
I hear my ex has moved in with his new girlfriend.
If a married
couple separate they stop
living together, sometimes as part of a legal arrangement. This might be a trial
separation (a period of separation to find out if the
couple want to separate permanently). If the couple divorce,
they end their marriage through a legal process. They are then both divorced.
A
new marriage
If one of
your parents marries again you have a stepmother or
stepfather and you become a stepson
or stepdaughter.
If your stepmother
or stepfather already
has children these become your stepbrothers
or stepsisters.
If one of
your parents has another child with a new husband or wife, this is your half-brother or half-sister.
Source: © Cambridge University Press 2008
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