PARTIES

• A hen party / a hen do /  a hen night
• A stag party
• A house warming party
• A fancy. dress party
• A wedding reception  (a wedding  party  is teh bride , the groom and  other people  acoompaning them)
• A formal  occasion / a black /white tie occasion
• A  leaving  do 
• Todo some  clubbing
• A party animal
• He is the life and the soul of the party
• A feast
• A get-together ( a family party)
• To take the pot-luck (you are  invited, but  the meal is  already ready...)

HOBBIES

I DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO DO it that often
I started playing tennis because I wanted to be healthy/ more flexible /it's really exciting
I really/ absolutely hate going hiking because it's so tiring
My brother got me into it

THINGS WE LIKE

• spare time, entertainment
• To do your own thing = to please yourself
• to have time to yourself
• to take up an  activity  / to give up
• Like
• To be mad about
• Develop a fascination for
• to look forward to sth
• I can't wait to
• I die for a cup of tea
• I'm delighted
• to be keen to do sth
• The stuff we crave
• To set his heart on a specific job
• Enjoy getting together
• to be hooked
• to be caught up in
• To be engaged with
• Dislike
• This may not appeal to you
• Not to be  into sth oneself
• to care for = like 
• to care about = important
• I don't care much for them
• He cares about money
• Types
• A  risk-averse type of person
• A risk-taker
• Activities
• Going round  the shops
• A shopaholic
• to hang out with friends
• to knock around together /  to hang  out  with sb.
• to take up  ballroom dance / to be reluctant to take up
• To sign up for a new play
• To form a drama group
• I'm not into ballet myselfs
• a kickround
• DIY ( do it yourself)
• A couch potato
• cycling  is fraught with danger
• Consequences
• Rewarding
• relaxing
• demanding
• Therapeutic
• lucrative
• Time consuming