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Question		Answer
Socialising start learning		spending leisure time with other people (meeting people for pleasure)
Housewarming (party) start learning		a party to celebrate moving to a new house or flat
Launch (party) start learning		a party to celebrate the publication of a new book or product
Fancy dress party start learning		a party where everyone dresses up in costume as other people
Stag party start learning		a party before a wedding for the future husband and his male friends
Girl’s night out / hen party start learning		evening just for female friends spent at a restaurant, theatre or club (hen party is usually just before one of them gets married)
Reception start learning		formal party (e.g. after wedding)
Wedding party start learning		the main group of close family and friends at a wedding (PEOPLE)
Black tie / white tie event start learning		formal party at which men have to wear black bow ties or white bow ties respectively
Networking start learning		making contacts that will be useful to one’s business or career
Old school tie / old boy network start learning		contacts made by the children of the traditional ruling class while at expensive private schools
Pro-active start learning		taking action yourself rather than waiting for something to happen
Put themselves about start learning		make themselves visible in the hope of being noticed by someone important and, thus, help themselves to climb the career ladder (informal)
Climb the career ladder start learning		go further in one’s career
Career ladder start learning		a series of jobs from the lower paid with less responsibility to the highest paid with the most responsibility within a company or particular profession
Exchanging (business) cards start learning		wymieniać się wizytówkami
Do lunch start learning		go to the restaurant to talk about business
Hobnob start learning		be friendly with someone who is important or famous (rather negative)
Rub shoulders with start learning		mix socially with people who are famous (informal)
Hang out with / knock around with start learning		spend social time with
Bash / do / get-together start learning		a party
Booze-up start learning		a party where a lot of alcohol will be drunk (colloquial)
Outstay my welcome start learning		stay too long
Party animal start learning		someone who loves going to parties
Party pooper start learning		someone who spoils parties by being disapproving or miserable
Clubbing start learning		going to one or more nightclubs
On the town start learning		enjoy the entertainments in a town
Chummy / pally start learning		friendly
Clique start learning		a small group of people who spend time together and do not allow others to join them
Cliquey start learning		behaving like a clique, not making other people feel welcome
An item start learning		having a romantic relationship
Stand someone up start learning		fail to turn up for a date
Drop someone start learning		end relationship
Go on a pub crawl start learning		go to spend an evening going to several different pubs
Council start learning		a group of people who are elected to control a town, city, or area
Dignitary start learning		someone with an important, official position
Freelance start learning		working for several different organizations, and paid according to the hours you work
Menial work start learning		work that is boring, and not well paid or respected
Get kick out of something start learning		enjoy something
Stand someone in good stead start learning		to be useful to someone in the future

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