unkind

treating someone unkindly 

unkind • mean • nasty • cruel • spiteful • be hard on • give somebody a hard time • take something out on 

unkind comments or remarks  

unkind • behind somebody's back • caustic • cutting • bitchy • snide • vicious 

At the Bank

When you go into a bank to open an account, the first thing you need to say is, ‘I would like to open a bank account.’ There are many different types of accounts so they will probably explain all the different accounts. A free checking account is the most useful so I will use the checking account as the example

wide, thick, broad

wide, thick, broad  

Wide is used to talk about the distance across something such as a road or river. It is also used to talk about the distance from one side to the other of an object  

 .A doorway two metres wide 

Thick is usually used to talk about the distance between the two largest surfaces of an object  

The steel doors are four inches thick 

Broad can often be used instead of wide, but it is slightly literary • broad, graceful avenues 

Broad is always used with shoulders and back 

 A big man with broad (NOT wide) shoulders 

Wide is used with nouns such as range, variety, and choice to say that something includes a lot of different things 

Broad is used with nouns such as outline, picture, and description to say that a description is general rather than specific

talk

chat/natter British English to talk in a friendly way about things that are not very important
 

gossip to talk about other people's private lives
 

drone on/go on British English/hold forth waffle British English ramble to talk for too long in a boring way
 

whisper to talk very quietly
 

mumble/murmur mutter to talk in a way that is difficult to heartalk

issue

the issue of something 

 raise an issue =say that an issue should be discussed

address an issue =discuss or deal with an issue  

resolve an issue avoid/dodge/duck/evade an issue avoid discussing an issue=  

confuse/cloud an issue =make an issue more difficult by talking about things not related to it  

important/key/major/big issue thorny/vexed issue difficult issue= 

 complex issue sensitive issue political/social/economic/environmental issues something is not the issue spoken =used to say that something is not the important part of what you are discussing

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." - Marcus Aurelius

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A friend

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance 

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends 

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart 

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words

marry

wedding the ceremony at which people get married
 

bride the woman who is getting married
 

bridegroom/groom the man who is getting married
 

the best man a friend of the groom, who helps him and gives a speech 
 

bridesmaid a woman or girl who helps the bride 
 

matron of honour British English/honor American English a married woman who helps the bride on her wedding day
 

reception the meal after the wedding
 

honeymoon the holiday that people go on after they get married
 

hen night British English/bridal shower American English a party before the wedding for the bride
 

stag night British English/bachelor party American English a party before the wedding for the groom 

propose to ask someone to marry you 
 

get engaged to formally agree to marry each othermarry

choose

:choose 

similar words: select, pick, appoint, nominate, go for, plump for, opt forchoose

hit

with your fist: punch, thump, bash
 

with your open hand as a punishment: smack, spank, slap
 

with a hammer: bang, hammer
 

in order to get attention: bang, knock, tap, hammer 
 

accidentally: bump into, crash into, strike, bang, knock, (collide (with