English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

colleagues, 
allies and partners.
Here are some qualities of friendship and their opposites:
quality
opposite
loyal (adj.), loyalty (noun)
disloyal (adj.), disloyalty (noun)
supportive [always supports you]
unsupportive, critical
honest, truthful
dishonest, untruthful
respectful (adj.), respect (noun)
disrespectful (adj.), disrespect (noun)
Good and bad relationships
I used to think of Kate as a friend but I now realise she has been 
two-faced towards me. 
[insincere; pleasant with someone and then 
unpleasant about them behind their back]
Russia and America were 
allies in the war. 
[countries or people who 
join together to fight for a common cause]
We were 
business partners but now we’re bitter/arch rivals. 
[people who own a business together] [people in competition with each 
other in a negative, aggressive way] 
Indeed, I could say we are now 
sworn enemies. 
[people who will always hate each other]
Fergus has been 
disloyal to me on a number of occasions.
OK, I was 
dishonest with you. I’m sorry, but I didn’t want to hurt you.
Sam has been very 
distant towards me recently. 
[not friendly, cold]
Jamie has always been 
scrupulously honest in his dealings with us.
I would expect 
complete and unswerving loyalty from a true friend.
Monica has always been my 
staunchest ally at work. I can always rely on her to support me.
I was amazed that someone who called herself my friend could be so 
deeply critical of me.
Breakdowns: expressions and collocations
Unfortunately, relationships sometimes