Vocabulary close friend: a very good friend enjoy each other’s company

Vocabulary for IELTS Speaking – Topic: Friends
IELTS Speaking Topics
Vocabulary
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!