LEISURE
Sports and activities can: (not) come
easy/naturally to sb
Throw a party
Invite sb round
Catch some rays: Get outside and enjoy the
sunshine
Go window-shopping: looking through shop
windows or browsing in stores without buying
anything
Shoot some hoops: have a game of basketball
Kickaround: play football with friends
Paint the town red: to have a fun-filled night out
Catch a flick: watch a movie
Keep it low-key: a relaxing, quiet night at home
with a small group of friends
Have a night/day out – a girl’s night out
Hope for/have an early/late night
Binge-watching: Watching a TV series in like a
week with multiple seasons, and getting little to
no sleep.
Take it easy: When you relax, or do things at a
comfortable pace, you take it easy.
Guilty pleasure: Enjoying something which is not
generally held in high regard, while at the same
time feeling a bit guilty about it
Let one's hair down: to relax and enjoy
themselves.
Barrel of fun: A person or thing that is very
LEISURE
Sports and activities can: (not) come
easy/naturally to sb
Throw a party
Invite sb round
Catch some rays: Get outside and enjoy the
sunshine
Go window-shopping: looking through shop
windows or browsing in stores without buying
anything
Shoot some hoops: have a game of basketball
Kickaround: play football with friends
Paint the town red: to have a fun-filled night out
Catch a flick: watch a movie
Keep it low-key: a relaxing, quiet night at home
with a small group of friends
Have a night/day out – a girl’s night out
Hope for/have an early/late night
Binge-watching: Watching a TV series in like a
week with multiple seasons, and getting little to
no sleep.
Take it easy: When you relax, or do things at a
comfortable pace, you take it easy.
Guilty pleasure: Enjoying something which is not
generally held in high regard, while at the same
time feeling a bit guilty about it
Let one's hair down: to relax and enjoy
FAMILY
themselves.
Blood is thicker than water: the bond we have with family members is stronger than with anyone else.
Barrel of fun: A person or thing that is very
Immediate family: the closest members of our family
LEISURE
Sports and activities can: (not) come
easy/naturally to sb
Throw a party
Invite sb round
Catch some rays: Get outside and enjoy the
sunshine
Go window-shopping: looking through shop
windows or browsing in stores without buying
anything
Shoot some hoops: have a game of basketball
Kickaround: play football with friends
Paint the town red: to have a fun-filled night out
Catch a flick: watch a movie
Keep it low-key: a relaxing, quiet night at home
with a small group of friends
Have a night/day out – a girl’s night out
Hope for/have an early/late night
Binge-watching: Watching a TV series in like a
week with multiple seasons, and getting little to
no sleep.
Take it easy: When you relax, or do things at a
comfortable pace, you take it easy.
Guilty pleasure: Enjoying something which is not
generally held in high regard, while at the same
time feeling a bit guilty about it
Let one's hair down: to relax and enjoy
themselves.
Barrel of fun: A person or thing that is very
LEISURE
Sports and activities can: (not) come
easy/naturally to sb
Throw a party
Invite sb round
Catch some rays: Get outside and enjoy the
sunshine
Go window-shopping: looking through shop
windows or browsing in stores without buying
anything
Shoot some hoops: have a game of basketball
Kickaround: play football with friends
Paint the town red: to have a fun-filled night out
Catch a flick: watch a movie
Keep it low-key: a relaxing, quiet night at home
with a small group of friends
Have a night/day out – a girl’s night out
Hope for/have an early/late night
Binge-watching: Watching a TV series in like a
week with multiple seasons, and getting little to
no sleep.
Take it easy: When you relax, or do things at a
comfortable pace, you take it easy.
Guilty pleasure: Enjoying something which is not
generally held in high regard, while at the same
time feeling a bit guilty about it
Let one's hair down: to relax and enjoy
themselves.
Barrel of fun: A person or thing that is very
FAMILY
Blood is thicker than water: the bond we have with family members is stronger than with anyone else.
Immediate family: the closest members of our family
Siblings: brothers and sisters
Extended family: is all the people we are related to, for instance cousins,
Related to a person by marriage or by blood. We sometimes use the phrase a blood relative/relation
Be Close to sb: to emphasize that you understand them well and spend a lot of time with them or talking to them.
Love someone to bits (UK) or dearly 
Estranged.  If you have argued with a family member and don’t see them any more
Sibling rivalry Arguments between brothers and sisters
Go through a bad/rough patch  to describe problems
Have their/our ups and downs: when a mixture of good and bad things happen to sb
Upbringing: conventional / sheltered, strict | Catholic, Jewish, etc., religious | cultural | middle-class,
Loving family or a close-knit family –a family that has good relationships, vs. dysfunctional family. 
Carefree childhood – troubled childhood.
Follow in sb's footsteps: to do the same thing as someone else did previously
Be on good terms with each other: to have a polite relationship without conflicts
Black sheep of the family: sb doesn't fit into the family
Family man: a man that spends time with his family
Chip off the old block: a child resembles his father
Own flesh and blood: one's own relatives
It Runs in the Family: a common theme or characteristic shared by all family members.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: if we want to emphasize how similar a child is to one of their parents
Turn a blind eye (to sth): to ignore something that you know is wrong
Mutual divorce/separation