to be fond of smth; to like

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TOPICAL VOCABULARY
Relations by Birth: parents, father, mother, sister, brother,
son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, grand
daughter, grandchildren, grandparents, greatgrandfather, great
grandmother, greatgrandchildren, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew,
niece
Relations by Marriage: husband, wife, fatherinlaw, mother
inlaw, soninlaw, daughterinlaw, brotherinlaw, sisterin
law, stepmother, stepfather, stepchildren, stepbrother (sister,
son, daughter)
People’s Age:
What’s your age? (How old are you?)
I am seventeen. I am seventeen years old. I am under seven
teen.
I am over seventeen. I am nearly eighteen.
I am under age yet. = I am not yet eighteen.
In three month’s time I’ll come of age.
She is still in her teens (13—19). She is a teenager.
She is in her (early, mid, late) teens.
She is in her (early, late) thirties (i. e. between 29 and 40).
She is a middleaged person.
She is an elderly person.
Animals and birds (domestic): horse, cow, dog, cat, goat, pig,
swine, ass, rabbit, hen, cock, goose (geese), duck, turkey
Animals and birds (wild): lion, tiger, wolf (wolves), bear, fox,
hare, elephant, mouse (mice), monkey, hedgehog, eagle, swan,
sparrow, swallow, parrot, pigeon, donkey
CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES
Agreement: Sure. Why, yes of course. By all means. That’d
be lovely. I’d be glad to. How nice of you. It (certainly) is.
Disagreement: By no means. Far from it. I’m afraid I don’t
agree. I think you’re mistaken. Just the other way round. I’d like
to say yes, but... I’m awfully sorry but you see...

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