III. Divorce

a divorce , to get a divorce from smb: “Their marriage ended in divorce.”

to divorce smb : “She divorced him after years of unhappiness. ”

to get divorced from smb – развестись

to be divorced from smb – быть разведенным

to sue for a divorce (formal) – подать на развод

to obtain a divorce – получить развод

a divorcee - a man or a woman whose marriage ended in divorce

maintenance (Br E), alimony, child support (Am E) – money paid by a divorced person to his/her former partner to help financially or support their children

to pay maintenance/alimony/child support widow - вдова widower - вдовец to be /get widowed a grass widow/ widower - соломенная вдова/вдовец

IV. Names

family name = surname = last name(AmE)-фамилия

maiden name - the family name a woman had before marriage (also: nee /nеɪ/ - урожденная: Mrs Smith, nee Brown christian name= first name - имя, данное при крещении middle name 1. second name, a name coming between the first name and the surname 2. (informal)a main part of one’s character : “ Generosity is her middle name. ” patronymic-отчество to name smb-давать к-л имя to call smb after smb - назвать чьим-то именем to call smb by one’s firstfmiddle) name, surname - звать к-л по имени, по фамилии pet name - ласкательное имя nickname - прозвище pen-name, pseudonym -псевдоним

V. People’s age

• -What’s your age? / How old are you? -I am seventeen (years old) (I am under/over/nearly 17.)

• -What ages are your children? -We have a five-year-old daughter and a teenage son.

She is a baby/ toddler/child- see cultural note “Child” in the Longman dictionary of English language and Culture She is a teenager She is in her early/ mid/late teens. She is still in her teens (froml3 tol9). She is just out of twenties. She is twenty odd. She is an adult (i.e. over 18 or21). She is no longer young. She is in her early/ mid/late thirties (i.e. between 29 and 40). She is well over/ into/below fifty. She has turned sixty. She is on the wrong (bad)/right (good) side of forty. She is a middle-aged person.

She is in the prime of (her) life. She is an elderly person. She is a pensioner/ She has retired. She is two years my senior/junior. She is two years older/ younger than me. She is two years senior/junior to me. She is my senior by two years.. She is my elder sister, (only attribute, only about members of one family) to be the same age At the age of... he... = When he is/was/will be... : ’’Young men join the army at the age of 18.” to be of аgе/ to come of age- быть / стать совершеннолетним

• Have you come of age yet?

• No, but in three months I’ll come of age.

to be under age = to be too young for smth: “ You can 7 drive a car yet, you are under age. ” to be over age / to pass the age=to be too old for smth: “He won 7 be called up for military service. He is over age. ” to look one’s age: He doesn’t look his age, he looks much younger his age. to look – 1) смотреть: “She looked at me angrily.” 2) выглядеть: “What does she look like?” (about appearance) to look sad / ill / tired... to look good - хорошо выглядеть to look well а) иметь здоровый вид (о людях) b) хорошо смотреться (о вещах) to look one’s best: “She looks her best in jeans”

(not) to look oneself: “You are not looking yourself today” to look like smb - быть похожим на кого-либо to resemble smb - напоминать кого-либо to look alike - быть похожими to take after smb in appearance / character- пойти в кого-либо внешностью / характером Cf.: “What is he like? ” (both about appearance and character) Proverbs, sayings: Like father, like son. Like master, like man. They are as like as two peas. They are as like as chalk and cheese.

look – 1) взгляд: to have a look, “She gave me an angry look. ” 2) выражение лица, глаз: “I knew she didn’t like it by the look on her face. ” 3) облик, внешний вид: “She is beginning to lose her good looks (=her beauty).”