relationships
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one style questions
do you see your friends very often
yes we meet up most weekends
we all get on really well and have a lot
in common so we're always happy doing
the same things and going to the same
places
what do you like about your close
friends
I think we enjoy each other's company we
see eye to eye on Mustang so we rarely
fall out with each other
have you known each other long
most of them yes although my closest
friend Carrie we struck up a
relationship at college and got on like
a house on fire
but yes my other friendships go back
years to when we were at school
part-2 style tasks
describe a person you
close to you should say
who this person is when you met them
where you met them
and say what it is about them you like
so much
I'd like to talk about my boyfriend as a
we got to know each other at university
almost four years ago
we were in the same department initially
we were just good friends and used to go
out in a group with our other friends
when Jose went back to Spain for the
holidays we would keep in touch with
each other then one year he invited me
to come to Spain with him
and that's when we fell for each other I
think so you can really say it was love
at first sight as it had been over a
year since we met
but we really hit it off and by the time
we got back to University in September
we were able to tell all our friends
that we were in a relationship what do I
like about has a
well he's very kind very funny and very
supportive and we're really well matched
in our interests
he hasn't popped the question yet though
we've talked about getting married and I
think we're both ready to settle down
and have children
part three style questions do you think
marriage is still as important as ever
yes it certainly is in my country I
think the problem for some people is a
lack of commitment all relationships
have their ups and downs but some people
prefer to break up rather than working
at the relationship
what do you think is the ideal time to
get married
perhaps do some traveling you should do
this before tying the knot although if
you fall head over heels in love plants
like these can easily be forgotten
is it important to keep in contact with
our friends when we are in a
relationship
absolutely it's so easy to drift apart
from your friends when you fall in love
but I think both partners should try not
to lose touch with their friends that's
the best way to have a healthy
relationship with your partner
break up to end a romantic relationship
depart to become less close to someone
to enjoy someone's company to like
spending time with someone
for to fall and love
fall head-over-heels in love to start to
love someone a lot
fallout with to have a disagreement and
stop being friends
to get on like a house on fire to like
someone's company very much indeed to
get on well with to understand someone
and enjoy similar interests to get to
know to begin to know someone
to go back years to have known someone
for a long time
two have a lot in common to share
similar interests to have ups and downs
to have good and bad times
a healthy relationship a good positive
relationship to hit it off too quickly
become good friends with to be in a
relationship to be romantically involved
with someone
to be just good friends to not be
romantically involved
touch with to keep in contact with
TouchWiz to not see or hear from someone
any longer
first site to fall and love immediately
you meet someone
to pop the question to ask someone to
marry you to see eye to eye to agree on
a subject
to settle down to give up a single life
and start a family to strike out the
relationship to begin a friendship
to tie the knot to get married to be
well-matched to be similar do
work at a relationship to try to
maintain a positive relationship with
someone