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Older and younger siblings

the more rules growing up. And then when the younger sibling comes, they have less rules, or fewer rules. But I think that my sister is the more serious and better behaved one....

Course: Close relationships and home lifeSection: Brothers and sistersSubtitles: en-gb

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that they are more responsible and sensible because they had, you know,

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the more rules growing up.

3:24

And then when the younger sibling comes, they have less rules, or fewer rules.

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But I think that my sister is the more serious and better behaved one.

3:42

Let's recap the vocabulary we heard in the conversation.

3:46

We had 'siblings', which means brothers and sisters.

3:49

We heard 'similar', which means almost, but not exactly the same.

3:54

We had 'get on with', which means to have a good relationship with someone.

3:58

For example, I get on well with my sister.

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We heard the adjective 'close'.

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If two people are close, they like each other and they talk to each other often.

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And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English.

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You can find a worksheet on our website and lots more episodes

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to help you practise – bbclearningenglish.com.

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See you then.

4:19

Goodbye!

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