friend

ami

Personne que l’on aime, en qui on a confiance et avec qui on aime passer du temps.

En anglais simple : Someone you like and trust, and enjoy spending time with.

• She is my best friend.
• We became friends at school.
• Are you still friends with Sam?

Comment l'utiliser : a friend of someone’s (She is a friend of my brother’s.); friends with someone (I am friends with our neighbour.)

Synonymes : pal, mate, buddy

Contraires : enemy

Expressions courantes : best friend, close friend, friend of mine, old friend

connaissance

Personne que l’on connaît un peu, parfois par l’intermédiaire de quelqu’un d’autre.

En anglais simple : Someone you know a little, perhaps through another person.

• A friend from the club offered me a lift.
• We were introduced by a mutual friend.
• He is a friend of a friend, so I barely know him.

Synonymes : acquaintance, contact

Expressions courantes : mutual friend, friend of someone, friend from work