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was your favorite okay I also have a free ebook that you can download for you
yes the link is in the description and in this ebook I share 5 different
strategies to help you better understand and talk to native and non-native
speakers in English now first one to become good or close friends ok
sometimes people may use the word good to indicate the person is close ok so
that's why I'm using both words here so when you become close friends when you
become good friends it means that you are transitioning maybe you were just
friends just casual you know like school friends classmates you didn't really
have a strong relationship but if you tell someone we became good friends we
became close friends or even if you use verb to be we are close friends this
means you have more more emotional intimacy
you have a lot of trust involved this is not just any friend this is a close
friend ok this is someone you really care about and you
trust and you have a good strong relationship with okay do you have many
close friends let me know here in the comments all right so here in example
Alex is a close friend of mine okay we met ten years ago while I was
working for bla bla company and we have been friends ever since
okay we became good friends after college so this is very common I met my
best friend in college one of my best friends I have two more best friends and
we became really good friends after college and today he's one of my best
friends okay number two to have strong chemistry you
don't need to use the word strong okay Here I am showing you collocations
collocations are usually phrases that go very well together alright so this is a
possible collocation in relationships when you say you have chemistry or
strong chemistry it means you are compatible uh-huh you click with the
other person you connect with the other person there's something you can't
really explain but you are compatible ok so here are some examples I went out
with Jim but I don't think we're going out again what's wrong he's amazing he's
perfect he's so nice I know he's a great guy but we had no chemistry
we didn't click we didn't have this connection so this is good you can say
we didn't click we didn't connect but we did we we didn't have chemistry it's
better and here I said we had no chemistry that's even better that's
actually what native speakers will say in most cases ok wow you and Dave are
great together you have such strong chemistry yeah I
know we're great together so this is the idea you are compatible you have a great
connection you click okay moving on significant
other this is a word that sometimes people listen to by watching movies or
depending on where they are they hear people using this expression this
collocation but they don't always know what it means when I say significant
other your significant other it means a person with whom you have a romantic
relationship either your boyfriend your girlfriend your husband your wife your
significant other so maybe I can I'm at work and I'm talking to a friend about
my friend Jane and I say well Jane moved in with her significant other to
london wow really yeah I know they're in love so when I say her significant other
I don't want to really say if it's the husband it or if it's the wife or if
it's the boyfriend or the girlfriend it's someone this person has a
relationship with a romantic relationship with okay James is another
example Jamie is really depressed ever since his significant other passed away
he hasn't left the house so this may happen to some people unfortunately when
they lose their significant other they may feel very depressed when you watch
videos on YouTube talking about relationships and or if you read on
blogs on the internet they may refer to your special someone a significant other
okay so when maybe especially when they're describing relationships talking
about relationships you may come across this collocation very very frequently
now you know what it is okay and hey if you are enjoying this video make sure
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lesson and it'll share with other students like you now number four to
have feelings for someone I like this one and in most cases it means to feel
love or affection for someone but depending on the context it may not
necessarily mean you are in love it depends on the construction it
depends on the situation okay but here I am showing you a possible situation that
is to say to feel love to feel affection for someone okay I am in love
with someone I have feelings I have and I can even say I have intense feelings
for you even though they have been divorced for a year
Mark capital letter sorry Mark still has feelings for Anna so this is sad they
have been divorced for a year now so Mark still has feelings for Anna not good
I don't know how to tell you this but I have feelings for you this is very
common you know when you are watching movies and TV shows you may see people
saying this oh I don't know how to tell you this but I have feelings for you and
then the person is like me what what are you saying so this is a common
collocation and now you know it and last collocation of the night to have
an affair not cool my friends if you know someone that is having an affair
that is not really cool mm-hmm not nice to have an affair means to cheat on your
significant other huh significant other remember that so when a person who is
married or is in a relationship starts seeing a different person other
than his partner so let's imagine I have my boyfriend and then I start seeing
going out with another guy but I have a boyfriend so this means I'm a bad person
this means I'm having an affair okay so I can't believe example I can't believe
you are having an affair with your secretary it is a that is ridiculous I
was gonna say amazing that is awful okay Alice is having an affair with her
personal trainer my god that is awful so there you have it
these are five very important collocations connected to relationship
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