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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 01 - Vocabulary - Relationships for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Complete the list with phrases in exercise 1 and 2.
  2. Think of opposites to the phrases in exercise 3a. Add them to your list.

Answer

a)

good relationships

  • be loyal to each other
  • be supportive of each other

bad relationships

  • be jealous of
  • compete with each other
  • feel threatened by
  • not have a lot in common
  • put each other down
  • fall out
  • feel inferior to
  • not get on with each other
  • be violent towards each other
  • not respect each other
  • their relationship seems destructive

b)

  • be close to each other → be distant from each other
  • be loyal to each other → be disloyal to each other
  • be supportive of each other → put each other down
  • loathe each other → love each other
  • be jealous of → be supportive of
  • compete with each other → cooperate with each other
  • feel threatened by → feel safe with
  • not have a lot in common → be very similar
  • put each other down → be supportive of each other
  • fall out → remain good friends
  • feel inferior to → feel equal / superior to
  • not get on with each other → get on well with each other
  • be violent towards each other → be respectful of each other
  • not respect each other → respect each other
  • their relationship seems destructive → their relationship seems constructive