Relationships

Collocations for describing friendships, family, and romantic relationships

소개

인간관계에도 고유한 콜로케이션이 있어요. "make friends"이지 "do friends"가 아니고, "fall in love"이지 "go in love"가 아니에요. 이런 고정 표현들은 원어민이 인간관계를 이야기할 때 깊이 뿌리내리고 있어요.

이 챕터에서는 가족 유대부터 우정, 연애까지 인간관계 콜로케이션을 배워요.

테마

이 챕터의 모든 영어 연어 (28)

• make friends To form new friendships with people
• close friend A very good friend whom you trust and share personal things with
• best friend Your closest and most valued friend
• fall in love To begin to feel romantic love for someone
• get married To enter into a legal marriage with someone
• broken heart Deep emotional pain caused by the end of a love relationship
• blind date A romantic meeting arranged between two people who have never met before
• mutual friend A person who is a friend of both you and someone else
• keep in touch To maintain contact with someone over time
• lose touch To gradually stop communicating with someone
• family ties The bonds and connections between family members
• sibling rivalry Competition and jealousy between brothers and sisters
• generation gap Differences in attitudes and values between older and younger people
• love at first sight Falling in love the very first time you see someone
• get along To have a friendly relationship with someone
• fall out To have a serious argument that damages a relationship
• make up To become friends again after an argument
• break up To end a romantic relationship
• settle down To start living a stable life, especially by getting married and having a home
• pop the question To ask someone to marry you; to propose
• tie the knot To get married
• growing apart Gradually becoming less close to someone over time
• lasting friendship A friendship that continues for a very long time
• unconditional love Love that is given freely without any conditions or expectations
• toxic relationship A harmful relationship that causes emotional damage
• platonic friendship A close friendship without any romantic or sexual feelings
• childhood sweetheart A person you were romantically attached to as a child or teenager
• extended family Family members beyond parents and siblings, such as aunts, uncles, cousins, a...