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Vocabulary for IELTS Academic (Band 5) /

Relational Actions

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to marry
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to commit
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to support
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to trust
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to get along
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to care for
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to get together
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to hang out
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to break up
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to divorce
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to fight
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to separate
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to split up
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to cheat
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to betray
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to abandon
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to make up
to marry
to marry
Verb
m
m
a
æ
rr
r
y
i
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to become someone's husband or wife

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She didn't expect to marry so soon, but she fell in love.
She married her high school sweetheart when she was 20.

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to commit
Verb
c
k
o
ə
mm
m
i
ɪ
t
t

to be dedicated to a person, cause, policy, etc.

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to support
Verb
s
s
u
ə
pp
p
o
ɔ
r
r
t
t

to provide financial or material assistance

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to trust
to trust
Verb
t
t
r
r
u
ʌ
s
s
t
t

to believe that someone is sincere, reliable, or competent

distrust

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to get along
to get along
Verb
uk flag
/ɡɛt ɐlˈɑːŋ/

to have a friendly or good relationship with someone or something

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
get
phrase's particle
along
to care for
to care for
Verb
uk flag
/kɛr fɔr/

to provide treatment for or help a person or an animal that is sick or injured

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
care
phrase's particle
for
to get together
to get together
Verb
uk flag
/ɡɛt təɡˈɛðɚ/

to meet up with someone in order to cooperate or socialize

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
get
phrase's particle
together
to hang out
to hang out
Verb
uk flag
/hˈæŋ ˈaʊt/

to spend much time in a specific place or with someone particular

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
hang
phrase's particle
out
to break up
to break up
Verb
uk flag
/breɪk ʌp/

to end a relationship, typically a romantic or sexual one

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
break
phrase's particle
up
to divorce
to divorce
Verb
d
d
i
ɪ
v
v
o
ɔ
r
r
c
s
e

to legally end a marriage

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to fight
Verb
f
f
i
aɪ
gh
t
t

to argue over something

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to separate
to separate
Verb
s
s
e
ɛ
p
p
a
ə
r
r
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to end the relationship or live apart from a partner

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to split up
to split up
Verb
uk flag
/splˈɪt ˈʌp/

to end a romantic relationship or marriage

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
split
phrase's particle
up
to cheat
to cheat
Verb
ch
ʧ
ea
i:
t
t

to be sexually unfaithful to one's partner by engaging in romantic or intimate activities with someone else

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to betray
Verb
b
b
e
ɪ
t
t
r
r
a
e
y
ɪ

to cheat on one's spouse or romantic partner

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to abandon
to abandon
Verb
a
ə
b
b
a
æ
n
n
d
d
o
ə
n
n

to leave someone with no intention of returning

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to make up
Verb
uk flag
/mˌeɪk ˈʌp/

to become friends with someone once more after ending a quarrel with them

Grammatical Information:

Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
make
phrase's particle
up

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