Relationships Among People
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 Jenny and Jane have been ________.”
II2c An informal salutation to a customer in a business setting: “Have a good day, _________.”
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 ________ Jenny 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 her, you might say, “I’d certainly like to give her 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, “He’s kind of a(n) ________.”
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 her name—what you’d say to a girl: “Say, ________, where’s the post office?”
II10c Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know his name—what you’d say to a man: “Excuse me, ________, how far is it to the next town?”
II10d Asking directions of somebody on the street when you don’t know her name—what you’d say to a woman: “Excuse me, ________, 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 her: “We just ________.”
II14 To pay a short visit: “Last night our new neighbors ________.”
II15 If people are passing by and you want to invite them to stop and talk a while, you might say:
II17 If you happen to meet someone that you haven’t seen for awhile: “Guess who I ________ this morning.”
II18 Someone who joins himself onto 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: “She’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 she behaves, you’d think she was _______.”
II22 Expressions to tell somebody to keep to himself and mind his own business: “Why don’t you just ________.”
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: “Have you seen that mansion over on (the) ________?”
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 (or her) from (a) ________.”
II27 If somebody gives you a very sharp scolding, you might say, “I certainly got ________ for that.”
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 ________ her.”
II29b Or you might try to explain the unpleasant effect that person has on you: “He just ________.”
II31 In an argument between two people, when one person boasts or claims to know too much, the other shows her up or proves her wrong, and then the first person retreats from her initial position: “She saw that she was wrong, so she 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 her. She’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 she seems to think she knows everything: “Listen to that ________.”
II36a Somebody who talks back or gives rude answers: “Did you ever see such a(n) ________?”
II36b Of somebody who talks back or gives rude answers, you might say, “She certainly is ________!”
II39 What other ways do you have of saying ‘thank you’?

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