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relationship

When there is a relationship between things, there is a connection. There is a clear relationship between fire and heat. When people are connected by family, there is a relationship between them. There is a family relationship between Bob Smith and John Smith. When people are friends or partners, they have a relationship. John is the boyfriend of Joan. They have a relationship.

relationship

a relation between people; ('relationship' is often used where 'relation' would serve, as in 'the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of 'relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) the relationship between mothers and their children a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries (= kinship) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

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Simple sentences

Sami can't date Layla while he's in a relationship.
Their relationship is falling apart.
I am not ready to be in a serious relationship again.
I'm not ready to be in a serious relationship again.
She couldn't decide whether to stay in that relationship.
Mary thinks that her relationship with Tom has no future.
Tom and Mary tried to keep their relationship secret.
I told Tom that my relationship with Mary was none of his business.
Tom is lying about my relationship with Mary.
At one point in time we were enemies, but we concluded a peace and now have a good relationship with each other.
Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
What is the relationship between politics and war?
Jealousy in a relationship is often brought about by a lack of trust.
The relationship between husband and wife should be based on love.
I am hoping to put an end to our unhappy relationship.
She has a boyfriend she's been going out with since high school but feels their relationship has become a matter of habit and is increasingly dissatisfied.
I don't know anything about their relationship.
How much distance could you accept in a long distance relationship?
They had an extraordinary relationship.
I have a special relationship with my aunt.
Tom has a close relationship with Mary.
In a sexual relationship cheating on someone is if the person has sex with someone else.
You need to have give-and-take in your relationship.
Conchita felt guilty for ruining Tom and Mary's relationship.
Finally, their friendship ended and their close relationship disappeared.
I hope that your future activities will expand our relationship with your firm.
The relationship is convenient and symbiotic.
Have you ever been in a long distance relationship?
You must keep up a good relationship with your neighbors.
Lao Gan Ma and I have a love-hate relationship.
A relationship based on total honesty is bound to fail.

Movie subtitles

What kind of relationship do they have?
Guys, I'm committed to this relationship.
So now I can go with Greg and we can have a moment and share our feelings and our relationship can begin.
All I see is a completely normal employee-employer relationship.
Obviously someone is jealous of our close, professional relationship.
We're curious as to your relationship with Declan.
It's not like either were in a relationship.
We should not be wasting valuable police resources on a dog, regardless of its relationship to the sister-in-law of the Mayor.
I just want everyone to know... that I am in a relationship with this man.
Your opening move in our relationship was to lie to me.
Because I know you don't have any experience being in a gay relationship, and I would never ask you to do anything you're not comfortable with.
It's not that it's a gay relationship.
It's that it's any relationship.
That is how old our schizophrenic relationship with breasts is.
I wouldn't be in this relationship if there wasn't a mutual benefit. - Where is she?
Last night I was bold enough to hint at a relationship between you and a certain lady.
There's a physiological and psychological angle. in my father's relationship with Julia that the police overlooked.
What is the exact relationship of this gentleman?
Your relationship to Joseph Wilson was?
Perhaps it's not my place to say this, Mr. Cheyne. but it's simply because you and he have never had any relationship.
Well, to continue would mean a rather trying relationship which I might be prepared to endure if my purposes weren't already achieved.
Now, it isn't that I don't like you, Susan. because after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn towards you. but there haven't been any quiet moments. Our relationship has been a series of misadventures. from beginning to end.
Have I ever tried to hinder your relationship with my husband?
I won't qualify that relationship now. It's wrong. Shockingly wrong.
When I discovered my relationship to her was supposed to be not that of a loving husband and a good companion, but.
Is there, as the newspapers imply a certain relationship between that unfortunate happening and the death a little later of the man Thursby?
If we give up one, it means giving up. just that much of our wonderful relationship.
It's better. I don't deny there's a common-law relationship between you.
They want to try to keep the relationship going as much as they can, but they know that it's going to be tricky because Allison's situation with her family. The Argents hunt werewolves.
Allison pursues her relationship with Scott even though her family doesn't want her to because she believes in what's right and wrong, and she believes in her intuition. Hey!
Scott and Allison's relationship is, I would say, pretty typical to any other teenager's relationship, certainly to ones that I've had in the past.
She starts developing this little mini-relationship with this guy and having a few encounters with him, only to find out that that is also a figment of her imagination.
The Scott-Derek relationship.
What kind of relationship do they have? With a woman.
As for using the FBI, I wouldn't be in this relationship if there wasn't a mutual benefit.
Please note that your relationship with that young man may also make you weary.
Listen, Carrot-top, the most important thing in a relationship is understanding, harmony.

News and current affairs

Their silence on Iraq reflected their apprehension about unwanted alternatives: either support the US plan and risk encouraging Kurdish moves toward an independent state, or oppose the Americans and jeopardize a critical strategic relationship.
With careful management, Turkey may find itself drawing closer to Europe, while rebuilding its relationship with America.
At first sight this seems to bode well for the transatlantic relationship.
If Europe conveys the impression that its friendship with America depends on who wins the US presidential elections, it is likely to freeze the transatlantic relationship for years.
One relationship sure to be influenced by Republican gains will be that between the US and Russia.
The same energy on display in Cairo and Tunis was evident among Libyan youth, but this time, America was able to do little diplomatically because it had no relationship with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
Or, as is true of many of America's diplomatic transactions, accepting advice could open the way to a better relationship and to additional assistance.
And the US-China relationship has deteriorated, with America seeking to manage China's rise strategically - for example, through regional trade agreements and an enhanced military presence in Asia.
Indeed, if oil were truly America's only or paramount interest in the Middle East, its special relationship with Israel would be mystifying, given the harm that it implies for US interests among Arab oil exporters.
For the dynamics of the relationship between North Korea's people and its rulers seems to be changing fundamentally.
Moreover, there is a direct relationship between the EMU countries' private-sector debt dynamics and their current-account imbalances within the euro zone.
These voters were disgusted with Clinton, not only for his sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, but for lying about it.
While this does not guarantee that no relationship exists between religion and discrimination against women, it suggests that if such a tie does exist, it is unrelated to female labor market participation or preference for sons.
Indeed, the International Energy Agency noted in September that the usual relationship between oil prices and inventory levels has broken down, with prices much higher than the usual relationship would suggest.
Indeed, much economic research has demonstrated a powerful relationship between the level of trust in a community and its aggregate economic performance.
Researchers at the European University Institute in Florence and UCLA recently demonstrated that there is a relationship between trust and individuals' income.
But Karzai's relationship with his sponsors has begun to sour, in part owing to charges that his government has failed to stop the resurgence of Afghanistan's huge opium trade.
But there is also keen awareness that the EU's hope for a special relationship with Brazil must not be allowed to hinder regional integration or worsen asymmetries and imbalances within the bloc.
It was a demonstration of the special relationship between France and Germany that has for so many years been the driving force in European integration.
Palestinians can negotiate their future relationship with Israel and can count on American, Russian, European, and UN assistance.
A Japanese prime minister can be strong without exploiting domestic resentment against the country's neighbors, and conservative, patriotic, and pro-American while forging a healthy working relationship with China.
All three of Murdoch's marriages have produced children, though those from his current relationship are too young to be considered potential corporate successors.

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