4. Travelling Study the English

A FRIEND..........

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  Accepts you as you are and doesn't try to change you
  
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  Believes in you and is continually loyal to you
  
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  Calls you often, just to say "hi" or "you're terrific"
  
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  Doesn't ever give up on you!
  
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  Envisions the whole of you, even the unfinished parts
  
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  Forgives and forgets your mistakes
  
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  Gives unconditionally without expecting something
  
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  Helps you when you're in need or trouble
  
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  Invites your ideas & listens to your thoughts
  
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  Just wants to "be with you" in comfortable silence
  
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  Keeps your secrets and embarrassments
  
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  Loves you for who you are...not for who you could be
  
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  Makes a difference in your life and in your happiness
  
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  Never judges you
  
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  Offers support always
  
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  Picks you up when you're depressed
  
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  Quiets your fears and hesitations
  
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  Raises your spirits by just "being there for you"
  
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  Supports and respects you and your ideas, but
  
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  Tells you the truth when you need to hear it
  
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  Understands you even when you doubt yourself
  
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  Values you even when you make mistakes
  
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  Walks beside you even when you are being "difficult"
  
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  X-plains things you don't understand
  
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  Yells when you won’t listen to your good side
  
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  Zaps you back to the world and reality!
  

6. Read the text and underline the correct adjective as in the example.

M y older brother, Tom, is a singer. He is also my best friend.

To begin with, he is a(n) 1) active/caring/helpful brother. I remember him sitting up with me all night once when I had a (ever and could not sleep. Tom is very 2) generous/sensitive/ decisive and often brings us presents back from the countries he visits. When he's not working, Tom is a(n) 3) confident/lazy/ active person who enjoys clim­bing, sailing and cycling. He also has a really 4) outgoing/loyal/ cooperative personality and loves meeting new people. Tom is a 5) reserved /determined/self-centered person and once he decides to do something, noth­ing can stop him. He is also very 6) ambitious/careful/responsible and practices every day, because he wants to be a successful singer.
"However, he tends to be a bit 7) shy/stubborn/disorganized at times, refusing to admit that he may be wrong about something: Tom can also be rather 8) bossy/arrogant/selfish; he likes giving orders to others.
All in all, Tom is very special to me as he is always there when I need him.