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5. Types of relationships:
Here is a scale showing closeness and distance in relationships in different
contexts.
Closer More Distant
Friendship best friend good friend friend acquaintance
Work close colleague colleague / workmate
Love/romance Lover steady boy/girlfriend ex- *
Marriage Wife / husband / partner ex- *
* ex- can be used with or without (informally) another word: She’s my ex.
(girlfriend, etc.)
Mate is a colloquial word for a good friend. It can also be used in compounds to
describe a person you share something with, e.g. classmate, shipmate,
workmate, roommate, flatmate.
Workmate is usual in non-professional contexts; colleague is more common
among professional people.
Fiancé/ée can still be used for someone you are engaged to, but a lot of people
feel it is dated nowadays. You will sometimes see
husband-/wife-to-be in
journalistic style. English has no universally accepted word for “person I live
with but am not married to”, but
partner is probably the commonest.
6. Liking and not liking people:
Core verb Positive Negative
Love Adore Dislike Hate
Like
Worship Idolize can’t stand Loathe
Respect
Look up to Admire look down on Despise
Attract
Turn smb
on
turn smb off Repel
Be attracted to
Fancy
She doesn’t just like Bob she
idolizes him! I can’t stand him. I really fancy Lisa,
but her friend just
turns me off. Note: Fancy and turn off are informal. Repel is
very strong and rather formal.
7. Some phrases and idioms for relationships:
Adrian and Liz
don’t see eye to eye (often argue/disagree).
George is
having an affair with his boss (a sexual relationship, usually secret).
Children should respect
their elders (adults/parents, etc.).
Let’s try and
make it up (be friends again after a row).
She’s my
junior. I’m her senior. I’m senior to her, so she does what she’s told
(refers to position/length of service at work).
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