friendinformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Being friends & getting to know them
be on speaking termsidiom
be/get in with someoneidiom
be/live in each other's pocketsidiom
befriend
bonding
get along
get on
get on like a house on fireidiom
go back a long wayidiom
hang
mix
move
pal around
pal up
present
pull
pull something on
score
speak
strike

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Examples of befriending

befriending

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Befriending creates and maintains social networks that can be protective.
The voluntary nature of the befriending service was an important feature, for it conveyed the notion that the visitor chose to come.
This together with positive event experiences and the befriending intervention provided the best model for remission.
The befriending service that has been studied had 150 volunteers and 150 users.
Furthermore, many core elements of friendship are evident in befriending.
Five of the seven interventions, judged as ineffective, were either befriending or home-visiting schemes.
The effectiveness of home visiting and befriending schemes remains unclear.
Not surprisingly, therefore, very few of the users of the befriending service approached the service provider.
Both befriending and friendship relationships are governed by limits, rules and codes of conduct.
Extra activities created a potential conflict between befriending and friendship.
The paper demonstrates the value of befriending services and examines carefully the aspects of their implementation that required exceptional sensitivity.
The befriending service was also supportive at specific times, as following the death of a spouse or close friend, or during recovery from an illness.
Given the evidence from the survey, and in particular the grey areas which can develop between befriending and friendship, befriending schemes have features in which great sensitivity is required.
Befriending death effaces respect and demoralizes character.
Therapist competency and the possible role of adherence to therapy protocols in predicting outcome in a randomized controlled study of cognitive therapy versus befriending in schizophrenia.
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