To reject someone
To turn someone down
Since my parents' divorce, I come from a _____________home.
broken
Your mother's grandmother
Great-grandmother (great-grandma)
When a man asks a woman to marry him, he gets down on one knee and _____________ (the verb for asking a person to marry you).
proposes
Do you take _________ your mother or your father more?
after
To end a fight and fix the relationship
to make up
My family has a skeleton in the ___________. My father was in prison once.
closet or cupboard
Your spouse's mother
When a woman is pregnant and the baby dies before it is born, the woman has a ____
miscarriage
I really _________ up _________ my older sister because she is very smart and talented.
look (up) to
to hit on / to chat up
bacon
Your mother's and step-father's daughter
half-sister
When someone dies and they have left some money or property to you, then you ______ it from them.
inherit
Does your family get _________ very well with each other?
along / on
To have a rocky or unstable relationship
To be on-again off-again with someone
One day, I hope to follow in my grandmother's ______________ and become a lawyer.
footsteps
Your brother's son
nephew
The family that only includes your parents and your siblings can be called your _________ family.
nuclear
My grandmother asked if me to take _________ of her plants while she is away.
care
To pretend to like someone
to lead someone on
We are a very close-__________ family, and I can tell my parents everything.
knit
The person you are engaged to marry (not your relative yet)
fiance
Another word for your children
offspring
Since my parents died, my grandmother _______ me up.
brought