Vocabulari d'anglès: relacions, amistat i expressions clau

Vocabulari general

• acquaintance = conegut

• attracted to = atret

• bond = unió

• break her heart = trencar-li el cor

• break up with = deixar-ho

• brought up = créixer

• can't stand = no suportar

• colleague = company de feina

• companion = company

• consult = consultar

• despise = repugnar

• fall for = enamorar-se

• fall out = discutir

• fancy = apeteix / tenir ganes

• fiancé = promès

• foster parents = pares d'acollida

• get my hopes up = esperança

• getting your own way = sortir-se amb la seva

• hugs = abraçades

• has a reputation = tenir fama de

• host = acollir

• hit it off = començar a ser amics

• image = imatge

• keep you company = fer-te companyia

• loathe = odiar

• loyal = leial

• make up = reconciliar-se

• mutual friend = amic en comú

• partner = parella (sense casar-se)

• proposals = propostes

• reassures = animar

• relationship = relació

• socialise = socialitzar

• stick together = units / junts

• turn me off = perdre interès

• upbringing = vida estudiantil

• united = unit

• youth = jove

Vocabulari de la vida quotidiana

• Backyard = pati posterior del jardí

• Call sth off = suspendre (un esdeveniment, un pla...)

• Coat of nail polish = capa d'esmalt

• Disappointment = decepció

• Embarrassed = avergonyit

• Gift ideas = idees de regal

• Go for a drive = donar una volta en cotxe

• High school graduation = graduació de l'institut

• Neighbourhood = barri

• No peeking! = no miris!

• Pretty sure = bastant segur

• Stare = mirar fixament

• Sympathetically = empàticament, de manera empàtica

• Take your mind off of things = deixar de donar voltes a alguna cosa

• Threatened = amenaçat

• Wonder = preguntar-se

• Wrap = abraçar, embolicar

Altres paraules

• Adjust = adaptar-se

• Blink = parpellejar

• Brakes = frens

• Coat = capa (de pintura...)

• Could use =

• Dropped a bombshell = malament, mala notícia

• Marching = marxa (de soldats)

• Nickname = nom informal / sobrenom

• Oddball = persona estranya

• Peek = veure

• Polish = polir

• Restored = restaurat

• Schemes = plans

• Squeezed = apretar

• Stammer = tartamudeig

• Stare = mirar

• Steer = dirigir

• Tightened = fer petit

Expressions idiomàtiques

• As thick as thieves = molt amics

• Down in the dumps = desanimat (unhappy)

• Know sth inside out = saber una cosa molt a fons

• Over the moon = emocionat

• See eye to eye = estar d'acord amb algú

Phrasal verbs

• Call it off = cancel·lar

• Making up = inventar

• Picking on = tractar malament

• Speak up = expressar la teva opinió

• Stand by = mantenir

• Stand up for = defensar

• Stand up to = negar-se a cedir

• Talk you into = persuadir

• Turn them down = dir que no