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Ready for C1 Relationships Vocabulary

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  • make peace with
    conciliate
  • put a great strain on a relationship
    make a relationship difficult
  • fall out
    quarrel
  • keep in touch
    to stay in contact
  • get on my nerves
    annoy me
  • move out
    to stop living in a particular home
  • get on like a house on fire
    have a very good, enjoyable relationship
  • spark it all off
    to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings
  • build up
    increase
  • resolve our differences
    to solve a problem, or to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a disagreement
  • the relationship turn sour
    (relationship) turn bad
  • take an instant dislike to sb
    dislike sb as soon as you meet them
  • to turn your back on someone
    to ignore someone or something
  • put you down
    to make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them
  • have a rocky relationship
    to have an unstable relationship
  • give up on
    stop having faith or belief in
  • keep yourself to yourself
    to live a very quiet private life and not do many things that involve other people
  • find common ground
    to find an area of interest for both parties
  • avoid arguments
    to prevent an angry disagreement between people
  • declare a ceasefire
    to announce an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time
  • have it in for someone
    be determined to criticise or harm someone
  • take to someone
    to like someone
  • look up to someone
    admire and respect
  • look down on
    to think that someone (or something) is inferior, low or worthless