Vocabulary B1+ Unit 3

Question 1

noun

background

Most of my friends come from the same background as me.

Answer 1

a person’s education, family, and experience of life

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Question 2

noun

friendship

My longest friendship started when I was at primary school.

Answer 2

when two people are friends

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Question 3

verb

get on with sb

I generally get on with people of all different ages.

Answer 3

to like someone and be friendly with them

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Question 4

phrase

get to know sb

I think you can only get to know people well when you live with them.

Answer 4

to become familiar with someone because you have met them and talked to them

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Question 5

phrase

have sth in common

My friends and I like the same music but that’s the only thing we have in common.

Answer 5

to share interests, experiences, or other characteristics with someone or something

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Question 6

phrase

keep in touch

I’m not very good at keeping in touch with friends who live far away.

Answer 6

to continue to communicate with someone by telephoning or writing to them

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Question 7

noun

personality

Your personality type influences your friendships, your relationships and your career.

Answer 7

the way you are as a person

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Question 8

noun

relationship

I have a good relationship with my cousins.

Answer 8

the way two people or groups feel and behave towards each other

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Question 9

noun

relative

A lot of my relatives live in the same town as I do.

Answer 9

a member of your family

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Question 10

noun

sense of humour

I can be friends with anyone who has the same sense of humour as me.

Answer 10

the ability to understand funny things and to be funny yourself

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Question 11

phrase

shared interests

I have shared interests with most of my close friends.

Answer 11

If people have shared interests, they are interested in the same things or enjoy doing the same things.

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Question 12

noun

stranger

I don’t like it when strangers start talking to me.

Answer 12

someone you have never met before

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Question 13

noun

support

I don’t need emotional support from my friends.

Answer 13

help or encouragement

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Question 14

noun

childhood

I spent all my childhood in Malta.

Answer 14

the part of your life when you are a child

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Question 15

noun

generation

I’ve just become a grandmother, so there are now three generations in our family!

Answer 15

all the people in a society or family who are approximately the same age

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Question 16

noun

middle child

I’m the middle child in our family.

Answer 16

a child who has a younger and an older brother or sister

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Question 17

noun

nephew

My brother has got a son and a daughter, so I’ve got a nephew and a niece.

Answer 17

the son of your brother or sister, or the son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister

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Question 18

noun

niece

My brother has got a son and a daughter, so I’ve got a nephew and a niece.

Answer 18

the daughter of your brother or sister, or the daughter of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister

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Question 19

noun

only child

I haven’t got any brothers or sisters, so I’m an only child.

Answer 19

someone who has no brothers or sisters

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Question 20

verb

raise

Helena has given up work to stay at home and raise her young children.

Answer 20

to look after and educate a child until they have become an adult

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Question 21

noun

twin

What’s it like to have a twin?

Answer 21

one of two children who are born to the same mother at the same time

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Question 22

verb

bring sb up

My grandmother brought me up, so I’m very close to her.

Answer 22

to look after a child and teach them until they are old enough to look after themselves

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Question 23

verb

cut sth off

We saw that we’d both cut all our hair off!

Answer 23

to cut something so that it is no longer attached to something else

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Question 24

verb

get together

We usually speak on the phone two or three times a day, and we get together as often as we can.

Answer 24

to meet in order to do something or spend time together

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Question 25

# verb grow apart ## Footnote *We didn't use to argue much, but in our teenage years we started to grow apart.*

Answer 25

to become less friendly ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 26

# verb grow up ## Footnote *As we grew up, we created our own identities.*

Answer 26

to become older or an adult ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 27

# verb hang out ## Footnote *We wanted to hang out with each other more.*

Answer 27

to spend time with someone ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 28

# verb mix sth/sb up ## Footnote *We looked so similar � our parents used to mix us up.*

Answer 28

to confuse two people or things by thinking that one person or thing is the other person or thing ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 29

# verb ring sb up ## Footnote *My parents ring me up every Sunday night for a chat.*

Answer 29

to call someone on the telephone ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 30

# verb take after ## Footnote *I think I mainly take after my dad.*

Answer 30

to be similar to an older member of your family ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 31

# noun elder ## Footnote **

Answer 31

an important, respected, older member of a group ## Footnote Unit 3

Question 32

# adj eldest ## Footnote **

Answer 32

being the oldest of three or more people, especially within a family ## Footnote Unit 3