II1 Words meaning a close friend (or other ways of saying “He’s my friend.”): “He’s my ________.”
II2a When two people begin to be friendly: “He has just recently ________ with John.”
II2b When two people have become friendly you might say, “It’s been quite a while that Mary and Jane have been ________.”
II3 Expressions to say that people are very friendly toward each other: “They’re ________.”
II4 When people around here ask to be introduced to someone—for example: “I’d like to ________ John Smith.”
II5a When you don’t want to have anything to do with a certain person because you don’t like him, you might say, “I’d certainly like to get ________ of him.”
II5b When you don’t want to have anything to do with a certain person because you don’t like him, you might say, “I’d certainly like to give him the ________.”
II6 If you meet somebody who used to be a friend, and he pretends not to know you: “When I met him on the street he ________.”
II7 Somebody who doesn’t seem to ‘fit in’ or to get along very well, you might say about him, “He’s kind of a ________.”
II8 When one person wants to share or divide something with another person, he might say, “Let’s ________ (on that).”
II9 If several people have to contribute in order to pay for something, you say, “Let’s all ________.”
II10a Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a boy: “Say, ________, where’s the post office?”
II10b Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a man: “Say, ________, how far is it to the next town?”
II11a If two people don’t get along well together, you’d say, “They don’t ________.”
II11b If two people can’t bear each other at all, you’d say, “Those two are ________.”
II12 Talking about meeting somebody on the street and speaking only a few words with him: “We just ________.”
II13 When you are friendly with people who live near you, and you do little things for each other, you might say, “We’ve always ________ with them.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
II14 To pay a short visit: “Last night our new neighbors ________.”
II15 When somebody is passing by and you want him or her to stop and talk a while, you might say, “________.”
II16 When a visitor stays too long or comes too often: “He ________.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
II17 If you happen to meet someone that you haven’t seen for a while: “Guess who I ________ this morning.”
II18 Someone who joins himself on to you and your group without being asked and won’t leave:
II19 When you think somebody has been put ahead of you or has been given something you deserved, you might say, “I’d rather quit than ________.”
II20a A person who tries too hard to gain somebody else’s favor: “He’s an awful ________.”
II20b A person who tries too hard to gain somebody else’s favor: “He’s always trying to ________ the boss.”
II21 When somebody behaves unpleasantly or without manners: “The way he behaves, you’d think he was ________.”
II22 Expressions to tell somebody to keep to himself and mind his own business:
II23 Joking names for the people who are, or think they are, the best society of a community: The ________.
II24 Names or nicknames for the part of a town where the well-off people live:
II25 Names or nicknames for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live:
II26 Joking ways of saying that you would not know who somebody is: “I wouldn’t know him from ________.”
II27 If somebody gives you a very sharp scolding, you might say, “I certainly got a ________ for that.”
II28 An unexplainable dislike that you feel from the first moment you meet a person: “I took a ________ to him.”
II29a An unexplainable dislike that you feel from the first moment you meet a person: “I don’t know why, but I just can’t ________ him.”
II29b Or you might try to explain the unpleasant effect that person has on you: “He just ________.”
II30 What other ways do you have of saying that you are firmly opposed to someone? “I’m ________ him.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
II31 In an argument between two people, when one of them claims too much and the other shows him up: “He saw that he was wrong, so he started to ________.”
II32 To manage some way to shift the responsibility: “He said it wasn’t his fault and tried to ________.”
II33 To get an advantage over somebody by tricky means: “I don’t trust him, he’s always trying to ________.”
II34 If you think somebody is trying to use you to his advantage: “I’m not going to be his ________.”
II35 A person who is disliked because he seems to think he knows everything:
II36a Somebody who talks back or gives rude answers: “Did you ever see such a ________?”
II36b Of somebody who talks back or gives rude answers you might say, “She certainly is ________!”
II37 Somebody who is very courteous or polite: “He’s such a ________.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
II38 To be indebted to somebody for a favor or kindness (not money): “I’m very much ________ to him.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
II39 What other ways do you have of saying ‘Thank you’?
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