Name: 10 Types of Relationships - English Vocabulary Lesson to describe relationship | Learn Smart English
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Hi friends I'm Niharika and welcome back to a new lesson. Well in tod ay's lesson we are

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going to look at some phrases that would help you to describe relationships. Now in life

we end up meeting a lot of new people and we tend to build relationships. Now at times

the relationships are really good and then there are really bad relationships as well.

So how do you talk about it? How do you describe it? That's what we are going to learn today.

Now here I'm not just talking about romantic relationships but relationships with your

friends, with your co workers or boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife or even your family.

So come on let's dive into some phrases that would help you to talk about your relationship

The very first one that I have for you is best of friends. Now when you are best of

friends with someone, it means that you are very close to that person and extremely friendly

with that person. So you are close and you are very friendly. So I have a friend of mine,

with whom I share an absolutely fantastic relationship because we are very close to

each other. We share our feelings, we share our secrets and everything and of course we

are extremely friendly. So, I am best of friends with her. If you so friendly and so close

to someone, then use this phrase to describe this relationship.

The next phrase that I have for you is not on speaking terms. Now you know in life, we

meet people with whom we had a good relationship but now because of some issue, you had a fight,

you had an argument and you do not see that person anymore. Like you don't talk to that

person anymore because may be you fought about something. You are angry; you are upset with

that person. So you are not on speaking terms with that person. So when you are angry or

you're upset, then the best phrase to describe your relationship is that you are not on speaking

terms. So like I used to be best of friends with John, but now because of some issue,

we are not on speaking terms. Okay, so that's how I describe my relationship with John,

fine. Let’s have a look at another phrase which

is friends with benefits. Now what do you think this means. Now friends with benefits

are actually two friends who are into a sexual relationship but without any emotional bonding.

So it's just you know they are sleeping around but they do not have any emotional attachment.

They are not committed to each other. It's just for fun, that they are friends. Okay,

so fiends with benefits are two people. So two people in a sexual relationship without

being emotionally attached. Remember the movie friends with benefits; well that's what this

phrase is all about. Let's have a look at another term which is

inseparable. yes, there are people who are absolutely inseparable. Like it's just impossible

to separate them. They spend all their time together because they are very friendly. They

are very close and like spending time with each other. So like for example, I have these

two friends of mine, and every weekend I see them hanging out with each other and they

are absolutely inseparable. So it means they are very close to each other and extremely

friendly, right. Let's have a look at another term which is

intimate. Now intimate is when you are intimate with someone or you have an intimate relationship

with someone, it means the relationship is very personal. Especially again you have a

sexual relationship as well and you are very fond of that person. So it's a very personal

relationship. For example, Patricia has a very intimate relationship with her friend

John. Okay, so that's how you can use the term to describe a relationship.

Another one, platonic. Well this relationship is purely platonic. So platonic actually means

a relationship where there is a lot of affection, okay a lot of care for each other. But again,

there is no sexual bonding okay. It's purely friendly relationship. So absolutely a platonic

relationship. It is a very affectionate  and caring relationship okay.

Then we have Bromantic. Look at them, they have an absolutely Bromantic relationship.

So what do you think this word really means? Well you may have also come across the word

bromance. Now both of these terms are slang terms and Bromantic or bromance is actually

a very close relationship between 2 men. Between two straight men, okay. There's no attraction,

physical attraction towards each other, it's just friendship. So Bromantic or bromance

is a very close friendly relationship between two straight men. Yeah, well there are men

who can be best of friends as well, right. So either you can use the term best of friends

or you can say, they have such a Bromantic relationship, alright.

And then we have illicit. Now an illicit relationship is a relationship that someone has which is

not acceptable by the law or by the society or by the people. Uh, like for example, someone

who has a relationship with a married man, the woman is single but she is dating a married

man. Well definitely it's not going to be appreciated by the society or even by the

law. So it's a very illicit relationship. So that's how you describe this relationship

which is not acceptable by the people. Okay a relationship which is not acceptable by

the people, by the law or by the society. Alright, that's an illicit relationship.

And then we have, it's complicated, yes well the face book relationship status. Many people

have updated it as complicated. So what is, it's complicated. What is this status? What

does it really mean? Well you know there are times when you are into a relationship with

someone but probably it's not a great relationship. Maybe it's long distance> may be you fight

too much with that person and it's not always very rosy. Okay, it's complicated. You can't

really give a perfect term like, you can't really say that we are best of friends or

we are inseparable or we have an intimate relationship. You just don't know, you are

way too confused about this relationship. So a perfect term to describe this kind of

a relationship is, it's complicated. So if someone says, hey what's going on between

you and Patricia and you really don’t know, you are confused. maybe you don;t get along

with her. but you are still dating her. So you will say don't even ask, it's complicated.

Okay, so that's how you can use this term. And then the last term that I have for you

to describe a relationship is a one way relationship. So a one way relationship is again between

two people but wherein only one person is putting all the efforts to make that relationship

work and the partner or the second person in that relationship is least bothered. He

or she is least concerned about this relationship, then this kind of a relationship can be described

as a one way relationship. Like I have a very close friend of mine who really takes in all

the efforts to make her relationship stronger, to work it out with her partner. But then

the partner seems to be not interested. So it's definitely a one way relationship, where

only one person puts in efforts and the second person is least concerned about it. Okay,

so these are some 10 phrases that you can use to describe your relationship. Let me

also know if you are best of friend with someone or if you have an intimate relationship or

even an illicit affair. I’ll be back with a new lesson, till then you take care and