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English 25 Public

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the connections between people in the same family

family ties (n) /ˈfæmɪli taɪz/

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people in a family who are nearly the same age ● Grandparents often don’t understand the younger g_______.

generation (n) /ʤenəˈreɪʃn/ ✎ Also: a generation gap

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part of a cell ● All his family have blue eyes, so blue eyes are in their g____.

gene (n) /ʤiːn/

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the smallest part of a living thing ● There are millions of c____ in your body.

cell (n) /sel/

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cause sth to be the way it is ● His father had brown eyes and that d______ the colour of his son’s eyes.

determine (v) /dɪˈtɜːmɪn/

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a person in a family who lived a long time ago ✎ My a_____ from my mother’s family lived in Lviv.

ancestor (n) /ˈænsestə/

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connected to sb because you are in the same family ● Katia and I are r____ to Dan; he’s our brother.

(be) related (to) (phr) /bi rɪˈleɪtɪd tuː/

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the study of family history ● You can use g_______ to learn about your family's history.

genealogy (n) /ʤiːniˈæləʤi/ ➣ genealogical (adj)

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the studying sb does to learn things about sth ● I did a lot of r_____ on the Internet and I learnt where my family was from.

research (n) /rɪˈsɜːʧ / ➣ research (v), researcher (n)

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information that helps sb find out sth● Her blonde hair is a c____ that she is from Northern Europe.

clue (n) /kluː/

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a piece of glass that you use to see yourself when you look in it

mirror (n) /ˈmɪrə(r)/

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look like sb else ● Dania t____ a____ his dad, whose hair and eyes are the same colour as his.

take after (phr v) /teɪk ˈɑːftə/ ✎ Syn: look like

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have a similar appearance to sb else ● Do you l____ l____ your father or your mother?

look like (expr) /lʊk laɪk/

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the information in cells which makes peoplewhat they are ● Their D___ matches, so they are in the same family.

DNA (n) /diː en eɪ/

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to go from one generation to another ● Mum’s blonde hair was p____ d____ to my sister, but I have brown hair

pass down (phr v) /pɑːs daʊn/

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get information about sb/sth ● I want to f____ o____ more about my ancestors and how they lived many years ago.

find out (phr v) /faɪnd aʊt/

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