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Examples:long-distance relationship—settle into a relationship—engage in an illicit sexual relationship—relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family—predestined relationship (Buddhism)—close relationship as between fish and water—relationship (i.e. love affair)—fig. very close relationship—half-sibling relationship—fig. close physical relationship—fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)—interpersonal relationship—break up (in a romantic relationship)—predestined affinity or relationship—in intimate relationship with sb—family relationship via females—unnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc)—have chilled (of a relationship)—relationship involving a sugar-daddy—say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear—carry on intimately with (idiom); ardent relationship (esp. between lovers)—sb. with whom one has a close personal relationship—(dialect) treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc [idiom.]—"break-up agent", person who acts for sb. who wishes terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so—parent-child relationship n —treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them [idiom.]—sb. who is romantically involved with sb. already in a committed relationship—predestined relationship—(indicates causal relation)—without fear of impairing personal relation—firm resolution break off a relation—equation expressing a relation—equivalence relation (math.)—a relative (i.e. family relation)—lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts—fig. speech bearing no relation reality—close relation, no gap (idiom); intimate and nothing can come between— |