Neil’s my best mate. We met during our first few weeks in Edinburgh. Like most students, we were permanently skint, surviving on takeaway food and supermarket meal deals, and convincing ourselves that late-night conversations in pubs counted as intellectual development.
Back then, life was far more relaxed. We’d spend entire evenings on the sofa watching rubbish telly, arguing about football and ordering takeaway we definitely couldn’t afford. At weekends we’d usually wander into town, planning to grab a coffee somewhere near Grassmarket, then somehow end up staying in a pub for hours.
Neil used to complain constantly about walking around town and would carefully plan routes that avoided hills and stairs as much as possible — which, honestly, isn’t easy in Edinburgh. If we missed a bus, he’d act as if Lothian Buses had personally betrayed him.
About six months ago, though, things started to change.
Can you use the context from the story to match the words with the descriptions?
Answer the questions about Neil.