11.2.3. gy. A1C2 (példák)

Phrases and idioms:

be/get/keep, etc. in touch kapcsolatban van/kerül, kapcsolatot tart vkivel

Are you still in touch with any of your old school friends?

Jane and I never kept in touch after college.

get in touch érintkezésbe/kapcsolatba lép vkivel

Please get in touch if you ever come back to Madrid.

get off/start on the wrong foot rosszul kezd (kapcsolatot, tevékenységet)

He got off on the wrong foot with my parents by arriving late.

get to know sb/sth (jobban) megismer vkit/vmit

The first couple of meetings are for the doctor and patient to get to know each other.

I'll need a few weeks to get to know the system.

have a high/low opinion of sb/sth jó/rossz véleménnyel van vmiről/vkiről

He has a low opinion of doctors.

keep in touch tartja a kapcsolatot vkivel

We've kept in touch by email for the last five years.

lose touch elveszíti a kapcsolatot vkivel/vmivel

We lost touch over the years.

relations kapcsolat, viszony (emberek/csoportok között)

Relations between the couple are said to be strained.

Britain enjoys friendly relations with Canada.

ties kötelék, kapcsolat (családi, baráti, érzelmi, stb.)

Family ties are weaker if you move a long way away.

I no longer feel any ties with my home town.

He urged governments worldwide to break diplomatic ties with the new regime.

where you stand (with sb) hol/hogy áll (vkivel) (mi a helyzet)

She said she will never leave her husband, so now at least I know where I stand.