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FAMILY COLLOCATIONS

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  • I was [created / grown / raised] by my grandparents after my parents passed away.
    RAISED
  • I'm on good [friends / relations / terms] with all my former boyfriends.
    TERMS
  • Teenagers who had a [distressed / troubled / worsened] childhood often have behavior problems in school.
    TROUBLED
  • John had a [carefree / careful / careless] childhood, growing up with happily married parents and three brothers.
    CAREFREE
  • My grandmother remembers the [black / dark / shady] days of the civil war.
    DARK
  • My son is making a diagram of our family [roots / tree / web] for a school project.
    TREE
  • There are four people in my [close / immediate / neighboring] family.
    IMMEDIATE
  • My husband doesn't get along with a few of my family [people / individuals / members].
    MEMBERS
  • The celebrity wrote a book about his [debilitated / defective / dysfunctional] family.
    DYSFUNCTIONAL
  • I was raised in a very [joyful / loving / tender] family, in which everyone helped each other.
    LOVING
  • Although my salary is low, I get child [assistance / provision / support] from my ex-husband.
    SUPPORT
  • A friend of mine [gave / took / went] birth to her son at home with the help of a nurse.
    GAVE
  • Sally was granted sole [custody / guardian / keeping] of the children from her first marriage.
    CUSTODY
  • I see my [excepted / expanded / extended] family once a year, during our annual family vacation.
    EXTENDED
  • They have three biological children and two [adopted / adoptive / adopting] children.
    ADOPTED
  • A number of the kids in my classroom come from [broken / damaged / hurt] homes.
    BROKEN