Make friends meaning in English
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Definition
to make a friend: to become friendly, to meet someone with whom you get on well
Examples
- "Enrique : I'm making friends with some Manchester United fans."
- "I've made a new friend."
Exercise 1
Select the TRUE statements, according to the broadcast.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
Select the TRUE statements, according to the broadcast.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is a true statement. Brent introduces Enrique by saying that he is "reporting on one of the Champions League matches this evening". Later, Enrique is more precise, saying that "I'm here to cover the second leg of the Champions League semi-final", meaning that he will be giving a report about the second round of this particular football championship.
This is incorrect. Enrique tells us that "the match will start in half an hour." The future tense here means that the match has not yet begun, and that play will start in thirty minutes' time. It is therefore not true that the match started half an hour ago.
This is a true statement. When Moira asks Enrique if all the Manchester United fans came to watch the match "from the north of England", Enrique replies, "I've just been talking to a couple who has come from Córdoba in Argentina. They are following Manchester's wonderkid, the Argentinian play-maker, Carlos Shevez." This means that there are fans of Manchester United who come from South America.
This is incorrect. Enrique says that he has been spending the time before the match begins "making friends with some Manchester United fans". This means that he has been meeting Manchester United fans, talking to them, and becoming acquainted.
This is a true statement. Enrique says "Football is like a religion to these people. For example, Diego Maradona is like a god in Argentina". This means that very committed fans take football as seriously as religion.
Exercise 2
Brian says "As an immigrant myself, I struggled with a lot of red tape"...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I with a lot of "...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I with a lot of "...
Brian says "As an immigrant myself, I struggled with a lot of red tape"...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I battled 1 with a lot of bureaucracy 2"...
This could also be expressed as "As an immigrant myself, I battled 1 with a lot of bureaucracy 2"...
1 battled: "Battled" is the right answer. To "struggle" is to "fight" or to "battle". Here's another example: "Willy struggled with the thief, and eventually knocked him to the floor". Brian is using "struggle" in a mental sense, rather than a physical one!
1 waited: This is not the best choice here. To term "to wait" means to "stay patiently while expecting something to happen". Example: "I waited for the bus for 50 minutes this morning, which is why I'm late for work".
1 made friends: This is not the best choice here. To "make friends with someone" is to become close to them. Example: "Charles has only been at school for a week, but he has already made lots of friends".
1 gave up: This is not the best choice here. To "give up (hope, smoking)" is to "stop (having hope, smoking)". Example: "I tried to answer this question for ten minutes, and then I gave up".
2 bureaucracy: The terms "red-tape" and "bureaucracy" share a similar meaning, and both refer to long and complicated administrative procedures. Often, governments like to use a lot of red-tape! Here's another example: "If you want to get reimbursed for visiting the doctor in France, you have to deal with a lot of red-tape".
2 foreigners: This is not the correct answer. "Foreigners" are people who come from another country, and have nothing to do with "red-tape".
2 racism: This is not the correct answer. "Racism" is a form of prejudice against people who have a different ethnic origin from you, and has nothing to do with "red-tape".
2 hard work: This is not the correct answer. "Hard work" is "labour" or "intensive effort", and has nothing to do with "red-tape".
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