VI. Professions and occupations

to do one’s living as smb to learn/make/gain/get living as smb What does he do for a living? What is he? What’s his occupation/ profession? How does he earn / make his living? to take цр a career (of)/ a job-начать работать (c кем-либо) to make a career out of smth - посвятить себя профессии Worker (mechanic, electrician, turner, locksmith, plumber, gold/silversmith, blacksmith, miner, carpenter), farmer, engineer, designer, architect, builder (building contractor, AmE), teacher, child-minder, baby-sitter, nanny, accountant, teller (esp. Am), book-keeper, driver, taxi driver, engine-driver, hairdresser, barber, dressmaker, tailor, fashion-designer, fisherman, sailor, seaman, soldier, serviceman, officer, ensign, private, airline (civil) pilot, flier/flyer, harbour pilot, navigator, doctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, physician, chemist, pharmacist, physicist, psychiatrist, psychologist, scientist, research worker, typist, secretary, clerk, computer specialist, librarian, lawyer, judge, actor, actress, painter, artist, writer, poet, playwright, journalist, photographer, editor-in-chief, musician, conductor, pianist, composer, singer, salesman, saleswoman(shop-girl), shop-assistant, merchant, businessman, drawer (draughtsman BrE, draftsman AmE), postman/woman, bouncer, firefighter, policeman/police officer, pensioner, housewife.

VII. Family relationships.

We are not a large family. There are four members in our family. = There are four of us in the family.(inf)= We are four in the family. We are a united family. to keep in touch with - Ant: to lose touch with a family reunion to get isolated from to get scattered tо live close to smb to see less of smb to become more independent to look for /get more freedom

to take care of smb/smth-to take the responsibility for protecting or looking after smb, to look after smb to take care = to be careful: Take care! (used as a way to say good-bye, especially to family and friends) to care about = to be worried, anxious (= to think that smth/smb is important): “She doesn’t care about money.” to care for: 1. to like (in negative sentences and questions): “I don’t really care for red wine.” 2. (liter) to look after (esp. someone who is old or sick): “Who will care for me when I am old? ” to take up room to afford smth. to get bored/ crossed with smb. to help with running the household to be tolerant of smb/smth divorce rates to be born outside marriage to support the family to bring up children, but: up-bringing of children to be involved in smth - to neglect (Ant) to share events, opinions, impressions, etc day-care centre (Am E), kindergarten, nursery school (Br E) flexible work hours for working parents to have a full-time/part-time job to juggle job and family to be aware of smth the latest fads and fashions to give a good background a generation gap sibling rivalry an only child curfew = time for a teenager to come home at night peer pressure = influence on a person by the people of the same age group to face problems /pressures to try to escape reality to turn to alcohol/drugs/crime drug habit/addiction teen pregnancy juvenile delinquency/а delinquent to commit a crime/a suicide abuse 1. wrong use of smth 2. bad or cruel treatment of children motor vehicle accidents to join anti-drug programmes, organizations to solve problems to keep problems from getting too big to