Phrasal verbs for friends IELTS

IELTS Speaking sample about Friends

• close friend: a very good friend.

• enjoy each other's company: to like spending time with each other.

Steve and Noah are always together, they definitely enjoy each others company.

• fair-weather friend: someone who is your friend only when you are cheerful and successful.

A lot of John's friends turned out to be fair-weather friends. They were with him when he was rich and left him when he went bankrupt.

• friends are like second family: that is to say your friends love you and make you feel comfortable.

• get in touch with somebody: to contact somebody.

I plan to get in touch with my friends when I return home.

• near and dear to someone: very important to someone.

Her parents are the only people who are near and dear to her.

• shoulder to cry on: someone who is always ready to listen to your problems.

I'm so glad my boyfriend is so kind and sympathetic, it's good to always have a shoulder to cry on.

• to be through thick and thin: to have some good times and difficult times together.

Your parents are married for 15 years, they must have been through thick and thin together.

• to be well-matched: to be similar to somebody in interests.

They are well-matched.

• to break up: to end a relationship.

It is hard to believe that Jacob and Sarah broke up. They were dating since high school.

• to drift apart: to become less close to someone.

As years went by, school friends drifted apart.

• to fall for someone (to fall in love with someone): to start loving somebody.

They were childhood friends, and he fell for her!

• to fall out with: to quarrel, to have a conflict.

He ​left ​the party after ​falling out with his ​girlfriend.

• to get on like a house on fire: people get on like a house on fire when they like each other's company and ​become ​friends very ​quickly.

I like my new roommate! We have a lot of same interests and get on like a house on fire.

• to get on well with somebody: to have a good relationship with somebody.

I'm an outgoing person and I easily get on well with new people.

• to get to know someone: to become acquainted with someone.

I thought Jenna was selfish until I got to know her and understood her real character.

• to have a lot in common: to have similar interests.

• to have friends in high places: to have friends in powerful positions in business or government.

Joe owes his fast career growth to his friends in high places.

• to hit it off with somebody: to quickly become close friends with somebody.

I could not imagine that Laura will hit it off with Dylan! They are so different.

• to keep in touch with someone: to maintain contact with someone.

I keep in touch with my friends from high school, although we graduated five years ago.

• to lose touch with someone: to lose contact with someone.

I lost touch with Mary since she moved to Canada.

• to see eye to eye: to agree.

I think it's better to live in a big city, but my brother doesn't see eye to eye with me about it.

• to strike up (a conversation, a relationship): to start.

I feel awkward when I strike up a conversation with unknown people.

• ups and downs: a mixture of good and bad things that happen.

We're friends for almost 30 years! Surely we've had our ups and downs.