This document discusses different types of relationships, including best friends, good friends, housemates, classmates, and partners. It provides examples of how relationships form, such as meeting through a shared housemate or at university. Phrases for relationships both positive, like "getting on well", and negative, like "falling out", are defined. The document also covers internet relationships and acquiring friends online as well as starting and ending romantic relationships.

1. Unit 10 Relationships

2. • A. Types of relationships

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Anita : Are you and Holly b_____ f_____?

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Anita : Are you and Holly best friends?

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Pamela : She’s a g_____ f_____ - she’s not
my best friend.

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Pamela : She’s a good friend- she’s not my
best friend.

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Anita : But she’s more than just a ca_____
acq_____ (= a person you have met but you
don’t know well), right?

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Anita : But she’s more than just a casual
acquaintance (= a person you have met but
you don’t know well), right?

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Pamela : Oh, yes. We were h__________ (=
a person you share something with) at
university.

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Pamela : Oh, yes. We were housemates (= a
person you share something with) at
university.

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Other people you share something with :
A cl_____
A roo_____
A fl_____
In informal contexts : A wo_____
In formal contexts : A coll_____

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Other people you share something with :
A classmate
A roommate
A flatmate
In informal contexts : A workmate
In formal contexts : A colleague

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Anita : Really? So how did you first meet
her?
Pamela : I met her through my e_____
/e_____ husband. She wasn’t in a st_____
(= fixed) relationship with anyone at the
time, and she was looking for someone to
share a room.

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Anita : Really? So how did you first meet
her?
Pamela : I met her through my ex /exhusband. She wasn’t in a steady (= fixed)
relationship with anyone at the time, and
she was looking for someone to share a
room.

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Anita : Uh-huh. Is that Andy who’s now
Julia’s pa_____ (= someone you live with
but are not married to, or for a business
relationship where you share the
ownership or running of a company)?

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Anita : Uh-huh. Is that Andy who’s now
Julia’s partner (= someone you live with
but are not married to, or for a business
relationship where you share the
ownership or running of a company)?

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Pamela : Yes, that’s the one. They’re not
just partners, they’re married and they’re
coll_____ too. They’re saving to buy a
house now, so Andy’s living with his
parents- _____ - _____ (= his wife’s
parents) at the moment.

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Pamela : Yes, that’s the one. They’re not
just partners, they’re married and they’re
colleagues too. They’re saving to buy a
house now, so Andy’s living with his
parents- in -law(= his wife’s parents) at the
moment.

19. • B. Internet relationships

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If you join a social network, you acquire
fr_____ (= people you share personal
information with). You can choose to
acc_____ a new friend and then you can
intera_____ with them by exchanging
messages or posting comm_____ on their
page, of if you want to finish the
relationship, you can unf_____/defr_____
that person.

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If you join a social network, you acquire
friends (= people you share personal
information with). You can choose to
accept a new friend and then you can
interact with them by exchanging
messages or posting comments on their
page, of if you want to finish the
relationship, you can unfriend/defriend
that person.

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In email and mobile phone address books,
you list your cont_____.

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In email and mobile phone address books,
you list your contacts.

24. • C. Liking and not liking
someone

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• I li_____ her.
• Stronger :
• I lo_____ her. I ad_____ her. I idol_____
her.
• Negative :
• I disl_____ her. I can’t st_____ her. I
loa_____ her.

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I like her.
Stronger :
I love her. I adore her. I idolise her.
Negative :
I dislike her. I can’t stand her. I loathe her.

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• He resp_____ her.
• Stronger :
• He lo_____ u_____ to her. He adm_____
her.
• Negative :
• He l_____ down _____ her. He despi_____
her.

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He respects her.
Stronger :
He looks up to her. He admires her.
Negative :
He looks down onher. He despises her.

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She is attr_____ to him.
Stronger :
She fan_____ him. (= informal)
Negative :
He l_____ her c_____./He doesn’t d_____
any_____ for her.

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She is attracted to him.
Stronger :
She fancies him. (= informal)
Negative :
He leaves her cold./He doesn’t do anything
for her.

31. • D. Phrases and idioms for
relationships

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• Jane and I g_____ on w_____ (with each
other). (= have a good relationship)
• Adrian and Orla don’t see e_____ to e_____.
(= often argue/disagree)
• I’ve f_____ out with my parents again.
(= had arguments)

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• Jane and I get on well (with each other). (= have
a good relationship)
• Adrian and Orla don’t see eye to eye.
(= often argue/disagree)
• I’ve fallen out with my parents again.
(= had arguments)

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• Stephen is ha_____ an aff_____ with his boss.
(= a sexual relationship, usually secret)

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• Stephen is having an affair with his boss.
(= a sexual relationship, usually secret)

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• Let’s try and m_____ it u_____.
(= be friends again after a row/quarrel)

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• Let’s try and make it up.
(= be friends again after a row/quarrel)
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• Let’s try and make it up.
(= be friends again after a row/quarrel)
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• He’s dating a Spanish girl. They’ve been
s_____ e_____ oth_____ for a couple of
months (= meeting and spending time
together).

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• He’s dating a Spanish girl. They’ve been
seeing each other for a couple of months
(= meeting and spending time together).

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• They met at a party and g_____ tog_____
soon after (= started a romantic
relationship).

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• They met at a party and got together soon
after (= started a romantic relationship).

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• It’s often difficult to _____ new friends
when you move to another city.

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• It’s often difficult to make new friends
when you move to another city.