1. relative
One of the greatest hurdles facing middle school students learning English is relative pronouns.
He's staing with relatives.
Week 13: Learn about absolute, and relative, motion.
The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case.
Soldiers were regularly relieved and found relative safety in the dug-outs.
The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs.
Relative to overall sales, that of software is insignificant.
However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where).
I have a new relative: my sister got married, so now I have a brother-in-law.
The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.
Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz. "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"
He accepted the truth with relative ease. (On zaakceptował prawdę ze względnym spokojem.) Danny is a distant relative of my father. (Danny jest dalekim krewnym mojego ojca.)
Doesn't he have a relative in town or something?
Relative pronouns perform as 'conjunction + pronoun'.
2. concerning
We have just received an inquiry from Kansas concerning your brother.
John testified concerning him.
Concerning this matter... I really don’t know.
If you have any opinions concerning traffic calming devices (humps, curb extensions, etc.) please write them.
Few historical debates have inflamed passions as much as the debate concerning Slavisation of Greece between the 7th and 9th centuries.
For that reason Coco was, to me, 'an older sister I can play with' and I thought of her only as one member of the family not as someone I should question my father concerning her identity.
Concerning this issue, I feel that the trash media only report biased information.
His words gave rise to doubts concerning his true intentions.
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.
No speculation has taken place concerning the motives.
The important point concerning the complementary distribution is to specify the environment where the individual sounds occur.
The Japanese Dentists Association affair is an incident concerning secret donations from the Japanese Dentists Association to Diet members belonging to the LDP.
I have received several letters concerning the proposal for a new road in the area.
I've had a letter from the company concerning my claim. We've received many calls concerning the incident.
A letter concerning your application has been mailed to you.