wealthy family

collocation in English

meaningsofwealthyandfamily

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wealthy
adjective
uk
/ˈwel.θi/us
/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofwealthyandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The one case that was not obviously related to inheritance, occurred in awealthyfamily.
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Students at these classes may bewealthyfamily-members of politicians, businessmen or diplomats or poor village-women.
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If he were living in awealthyfamily, he could ask his brother or parents to assist him.
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I come from a verywealthyfamily— almost an obscenelywealthyfamily.
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If a child from awealthyfamilyfails the 11-plus, the parents can often compensate and can even pay for private education.
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I can understand its happening that, ordinarily, a person might wish, for material gain or otherwise, for the child to be adopted by awealthyfamily.
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Awealthyfamilymay occupy the house.
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On the one hand, one of the officers may come from awealthyfamilyand may have a private income of his own, with some money to spare.
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He seems very unhappy despite being raised in awealthyfamily, and seems tired of the social superficialities of his wealthy upbringing.
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She is a nurse from awealthyfamily, who always seems to be quiet.
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She comes from awealthyfamily, but prefers to be referred to by her given name as opposed to her family name.
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No explanation is given for his sudden disappearance, but it is hinted that he comes from an extremelywealthyfamily.
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She is a very talented pianist, and comes from awealthyfamily.
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He gets all attention and love there but yearns to be adopted by awealthyfamily.
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He and his mom look after her while she recuperates and find out that she comes from awealthyfamily.
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She is the adopted, only child of awealthyfamily.
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The lady in question belonged to awealthyfamilyand had no intentions of abandoning her well-connected husband for a penniless poet.
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Thewealthyfamilylived upstairs, and the servants ruled belowstairs.
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He comes from a oncewealthyfamilybut has been reduced by a variety of untoward events to more humble circumstances.
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It was owned by thewealthyfamilywho later founded the country of the same name.
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