a friend of nine (=one of my friends) I'm going out for a drink with a friend of
mine,
good/close friend (=someone you know very well and like very much) Rob is one of my closest friends. best friend Even my best friend didn't know my secret.
old friend (=someone you have known well for a long time) We spent the week end with our old friends, Bill and Judy.
mate British buddy american /meit, 'bAdi/ \n C) informal a friend: I always go to the pub with my mates on Friday night. a mate/buddy of mine (-one of my friends) Terry's an old buddy of mine.
plural buddies
acquaintance /a'kweintsns/ [n C] someone that you know and sometimes see, but who is not one of your close friends: She's just an acquaintance - I sometimes see her at aerobics.
и a group of friends
circle of friends /iSi:rM sv frendz/ [n singular] all the people that you know well and often meet in social situations: In New York, Marcla introduced him to her large circle of friends.
Qthe gang /аэ 'gaeq/ (n singular) spoken a small group of close friends who often do things together - used especially by young people: I usually go out with the gang on Saturday nights.
Qthe boys/the girls /аэ boiz, аэ
■g*Krlz/ [n plural] spoken a group of male or female friends who often do things together: Sally's hauing a night out with the girls from the office.
to be someone's friend
be fr(ends /bi: 'frendz/ if two people are friends, they like each other and they
enjoy doing things together; Bill and I used to be good friends but we don't see
each other much now.
+ with I've been friends with Andrea for about 10 years.
get along (also get on British) /.get a'loi], ,get 'оп||-э'Ья], -а:п/ [phrasal verb I] if two or more people get along or get on, they find it easy to talk and agree with each other, and so they feel relaxed when they spend time together + with I used to argue a ht with my parents, but now we get а/ong uery well. I
like Julie, but I don't really get on with her brother. I He's a nice boy - very easy to get along with.
be /riendly with sb /bi: Trendli wi5 (sb)/ to have a good relationship with someone, even though you may not spend a lot of time together: We're quite friendly with our neighbours, Mr and Mrs Webb. I / used to be very friendly with a girl from Boston.
EJ to become someone's friend
make /riends /,meik frendz/ to start to
be someone's friend, especially when you make an effort to do this: Caroline didn't find it easy to make friends + with The children soon made friends with the kids next door.
become friends /Ы.клт 'frendz/ if two people become friends, they begin to be friends, often after knowing each other for a long time: I'd known Nancy for years but we only became friends when we joined the same company.
Kit it off /,hit it 'Df]|-'oifI informal if two people hit it off, they immediately become friends when they meet for the first time: / knew you and Mark would hit it off I
В a friendly relationship with someone
friendship /'frendjip/ [n C/U] They first
met when they were at college, and it was the start of a long friendship.
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cashpoint /kicjp^mt/ [n C] British a machine in the wall
Word choice - become and get
[1] ач>апк, shop etc that lets you take money out of your bank account using a special card
cash card "Jp" ATM card ^^ W er ti:
em kara/]n CJ a plastic cardgiven to you by your bank, that you use to get money out of a cashpoint or ATM
cheque Ш5Н check AMEWCAN /tfck/ \n Q a printed
piece of paper maTyou get from your bank which you can write an amount on and use instead of money to pay for things. Your bank gives you several cheques in the form of a small book, called a cheque book or check book.
[2] Become js m0re formal than get and is used mainly in written English. Get js the usual word to use in conversation: say it's
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FREE TIME
when you stay at home
Stay in /,stei 'in/ [phrasal verb I] to stay at home and not go out: Do you want to go and see a movie tonight, or shall we stay in? I I usually stay in when there's school next day.
watch tele vis ion/watch TV /wt*j
'telj>viyn, WDtJ ti: 'vi:|,wa:tj-/ "Did you go out last night?" 'No, we stayed in and watched TV."
listen to music /,hs^n ts> 'mjuizik/ Sometimes I like to just sit in my room and listen to music.
play computer 9am.es /.pici кэт- pju:t3r ,geimz/" Where's Fran?" "Up in her room playing computer games." '
read /ri:d/ [u I/T} / spend a lot of my free time reading. I She enjoys reading science fiction novels.
get a video /.get э 'vidiao/ to rent a film
to watch on your own television: Let 's get a video. How about that new Bruce Willis movie?
get a takeaway British get takeout
american Aget э 'teikswei, .get teikaot/ to buy food from a restaurant and take it home to eat: I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's get a takeaway.
when you go to the cinema, a restaurant, a club etc
go out /,дэи 'aut/ [phrasa/ verb I] to go out of your house and go to a restaurant, cinema, club etc: "Did you go out last night?" "Yeah. We went to that new