Friends (Друзья)

An old friend (=someone you have known for a long time)

A close friend (= a good friend\ someone you like and trust)

Your best friend (the friend you feel closest to)

Classmates (=other people in your class)

Flatmates (= people you share a house/ flat with, who are not your family)

Colleagues (= people you work with; they may or may not to be friends)

Ex- (Бывшие)

The children stay with my ex-husband at the weekend.

I saw an ex-girlfriend of mine at the disco last night.

Ages and stages (возраст и период)

age	stage
0-1 approximately	baby
1-2	toddler
2-12 approximately	child – this period is your childhood
13-17 approximately	teenager
18+	adult
20-29	in your twenties
30-39	in your thirties
40+	middle-aged
60 or 65	retirement (= when people stop work; they are retired)
75+	old age

Sam was born in Scotland but when he was two, his father got a new job in Los Angeles, and grew up in California. He went to university at 19 where he met Anthea. He went out with her (= she was his girlfriend; he was her boyfriend) for three years, but towards the end had lots of rows (= arguments) and finally they split up (= separated\ended their relationship). In his mid-twenties he met Marie. They fell in love and got married within six months. One year later she got pregnant and they had their first child, a boy. But the marriage was not a success. Sam left two years afterwards and they got divorced (= the marriage ended officially). Four years later Marie remarried (= got married again), and she is now expecting a second baby (= she’s pregnant).

Daily routines (Распорядок дня)

During the week I usually wake up at 6.30 am. I sometimes lie in bed (= stay in bed) for 5-10 minutes but then I have to get up (= get out of bed and put on clothes). Most evening I go to bed about 11.30 pm, and usually go to sleep\ fall asleep very quickly. If I have a late night (= go to bed very late; opp (3) an early night), it’s easy to oversleep (= sleep too long) the next morning, then I may be late for work. If I can I have a sleep (= for a short period) in the afternoon. At weekends I often have a lie-in (= stay in bed until later).

In the week I have breakfast at 7.00am, lunch at 1.00 pm and dinner around 7pm. I also have one or two snacks (= food eaten between meals) during the day. As I live alone\ on my own (= without other people), I have to make my own breakfast and dinner (= prepare meal for myself), but during the week I don’t bother (= don’t make an effort) to cook very much. I also have to feed (= give food to) my cats twice a day.

In summer I have a shower in the morning but in winter I often have a bath instead. Sometimes I have a shave at the same time, or I shave when I have a wash and clean\brush my teeth after breakfast. I wash my hair two or three times a week.

In the morning I leave home about 8.15 am and get to work (= arrive at work) by 9 pm. I have a lunch break (= period when I stop work for lunch) from 1-2 pm and usually a couple of short breaks (= periods to relax) during the day. I leave work around 5.30 and get home about 6.15.

In the week I usually stay in (= stay at home) and watch TV or read in the evening. At the weekend I go out (= leave the house for social reasons), but I also have friends for dinner (= invite friends to my house and cook dinner for them), or friends come round (= visit me at the house) to play cards.

I do the shopping (= buy the food and household goods) on Saturday. Fortunately\ Luckily (= it is lucky for me) I have a cleaner (= a person who cleans) and she does most of the housework: she does my washing (= washes my clothes), she does the washing-up (= washes the dishes) and most of the ironing.