Let’s review some words from the previous lesson.
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Let’s review some words from the previous lesson. |
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, flatmate. Workmate is usual in non-professional contexts; colleague is more common among professional people. Fiance/ee 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 the most common. |
Use words with the suffix -mate to resay or rewrite these sentences.
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1 This is Jack. He and I share a flat.
2 My granddad still writes to his old friends he was at sea with. 3 We were in the same class together in 1978, weren't we? 4 She's not really a friend, she's just someone I work with. |
The person who typed this book has got some of the phrases and idioms opposite mixed up with one another. Correct them.
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1 Jo and Phil don't get on eye to eye with each other.
2 I fell up with my parents last night. It wasn't my fault. 3 We had a quarrel but now we've made it well. 4 Do you think Jim and Nora are making an affair? I do. 5 I see very well with all my colleagues at work. 6 She should learn to respect her olders. 7 Jo's attractive, but her mate just turns me up completely. |
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