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cousin

US /ˈkʌzən/

noun Target · B2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

the child of your aunt or uncle

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

My cousin works as an engineer at a large software company.

Word Family

NounNoun
cousin gốc
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
cousinly
AdverbAdv
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Collocations

  • Easy my first cousin
    a collocation phrase: my first cousin
  • Medium visiting cousins over the weekend
    to visiting cousins over the weekend, meaning to go to see a place, as for entertainment
  • Hard distant cousin kinship
    describing distant cousin kinship (separated in space or coming from or going to a distance)
  • Very Hard kissing cousins in terms of ideology
    to kissing cousins in terms of ideology, meaning to touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc

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