Making male friends ⏲️ 6 Minute English

It is often though that men are much worse than women and making and keeping friends. How true is this? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.

❓❓❓This week's question:
According to Oxford University's Institute of Cognitive Anthropology, how many close friends do we need for our mental wellbeing?
Is it:
a) five?
b) ten? or,
c) twenty?
Listen to the programme to hear the answer.

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Vocabulary:
✔️times are tough - periods of trouble, unhappiness or financial difficulty in life
✔️get through - (phrasal verb) manage to live through a difficult situation
✔️drift away - gradually move further and further apart from someone until your relationship with them is broken
✔️Billy No-Mates - (slang) a person with no friends
✔️double-edged sword - something that has unfavourable as well as favourable consequences
✔️outgoing - very friendly; enjoys meeting and talking to people

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