PEOPLE, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS

Nouns
bride
ceremony
childhood
classmate
colleague
couple
cousin
crowds
face
flatmate
foreigner
freckles
friendship
gift
glasses
groom
guest
marriage to s.o.
neighbour
nephew
niece
parents
penfriend
present
priest
reception
relative
ring
self-esteem
step sister
sister-in-law
stranger
suit
talent
toddler
a turning point in my life/career
wedding anniversary
widow

Adjectives
big-headed
bossy
calm
careful (about her appearance)
careless
cheerful
childish (behaviour/attitude)
civil (wedding)
close / best/ old (friends)
colourful
considerate
curly
dark
dishonest
easy-going
elderly
fair
full (lips)
fun
generous
gentle
grown up
(un)kind
lazy
lively
mean
middle-aged
modest
moody
nervous
nosey
notorious for sth
outgoing
(im)patient
pale (complexion/eyes)
pointed (chin/ face/nose)
(im)polite
popular
pregnant
quiet
red in the face
relaxed
(un)reliable
(ir)responsible
round
rude
scared
self-assured
self-confident
sense of humour
sensible
sensitive
short
shy
similar
slim
sociable
straight
supportive
sympathetic
talented
talkative
tanned (skin)
tense
thick
thin
thirtyish
thoughtful
thoughtless
three-year-old (daughter)
traditional
turned-up (nose)
wavy
wealthy
well-known
well-off
youngster

Verbs / Verb phrases

agonise as a teenage about sth/doing sth
be ashamed of sth / doing sth
be brought up by s.o.
be easy to talk to
be full of enthusiasm
be full of life
be in his / her (early / late) teens
be in his / her (early / late) twenties
be in touch with s.o.
be influenced by sth/s.o.
be like s.o.
bump into s.o.
come across s.o.
do without sth
dress smartly /casually/ informally/formally/
expect a baby
fall in love (with s.o.)
fall out (with s.o.)
feel jealous about sth/s.o.
follow in s.o’s footsteps - follow in my grandfather’s footsteps
get / be married to s.o.
get / be engaged to s.o.
get / be divorced from s.o.
get in touch (with s.o.)
get on well/badly (with s.o)
get to know s.o.
glance at s.o./sth
go bald
go grey
go through a phase (of doing sth)
grow up in (a place)
have a bad/good influence on s.o.
have a bad/good relationship with s.o.
have things in common (with s.o.)
have your first child
it’s her life!
it’s up to you.
keep busy
keep in touch (with s.o.)
keep track of (birthdays)
lack confidence in oneself
learn from the mistakes you make
life’s too short
live up to (my parents’ expectations)
look after s.o.
look alike
look like s.o.
lose touch (with s.o.)
make friends (with s.o.)
make up (with s.o.)
meet s.o. by chance
meet people
put aside fears
put all my energy into sth/doing sth
retire from work
shake like a leaf
take after s.o.
take care of s.o./sth for s.o.
take early retirement
take s.o./sth for granted
take over the family business
turn s.o. down