prieten in inglese:

He's my friend.

My friend ended up taking the rap for a crime he didn't commit.

You should be frank, and they will treat you as a friend.

I wonder what has become of the friend I used to go fishing with.

My friend recommended that I shouldn't buy an iPad yet, but to wait until I see what Apple's competitors come out with.

Pretending to be a friend, the man robbed old people of their social security checks.

The other day when I stopped by at a friend's house, it wasn't my friend that came out of the front door, but her husband.

My friend broke up with his girlfriend and now he wants to go out with me.

In preparation for painting a portrait, my friend takes many photographs in order to study the subject closely.

My friend here is not only a pianist, but also a composer.

I feel restless when I have to wait too long for my friend to show up.

The girl in the red dress ignored the man dressed in black and called a friend on her cellphone.

Even though my friend was a vegetarian, I didn't tell him that the soup had some meat in it.

When he returned, he brought a baseball cap and gave it as a present to his friend.

I called up my friend to congratulate him on his success.

Her boyfriend is coming.

He's a very romantic boyfriend who brings me flowers each night.

Didn't you tell me yesterday that you and your boyfriend had broken up?

Something in his face really reminded me of an old boyfriend of mine.

How about giving me a promotion from just-a-friend to boyfriend?

Your boyfriend got tired of waiting for you and left just now.

Anyway, as long as it's a man, anybody should do. It's sad that you don't have a boyfriend yet.

Instead of preparing a dinner by candlelight, she put her boyfriend up for auction on eBay.

If I discovered my best friend's boyfriend kissing someone else, I'd kill him that very second.

One hot summer afternoon she decided to take her boyfriend to a farm outside the town.

If there's a good way to sound out whether a woman has a boyfriend or not please tell me.

Isn't my boyfriend terrible? He always takes me to see horror movies, even though he knows I don't like them. I hate it.

She has a boyfriend she's been going out with since high school but feels their relationship has become a matter of habit and is increasingly dissatisfied.

Your boyfriend is a problematic person, but that's not a good enough reason to give up or break off your relationship.

If you carelessly ask, "got a boyfriend?" she'll be put on her guard and say, "why do you ask?"

a plumber’s mate

Nicola’s not my girlfriend – she’s just a mate.

Where is the mate to this sock?

We've been mates since our school days.

Alright mate! What's up?

I’m going out with my mates tonight.

We can conjecture that it may be advantageous for a particular bird to be known to its neighbors or its mate.

My uncommonly well-made sneaker lasted 5 years. Its mate did not.

What can I get for you mate?

successful males may mate with many females

Some of my classmate are now my workmates. A flatmate

Domestic animals shouldn't mate with the wild ones.

The two classmates maintained their friendship for the next forty years.

A male bird usually has brighter feathers to attract a mate.

Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.