Vocabulary to Talk about Love and Relationships
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POSITIVE TERMS
• To date someone. / to go on a date with someone.
• To chat (somebody) up
to talk to somebody in the hope of starting a romantic or sexual relationship • To flirt (with somebody)
to behave playfully towards another person who you are - or pretend to be - attracted to
romantically or sexually. A flirt is a person who likes to flirt.
• To fall for somebody
to fall in love with somebody.
• It was love at first sight
two people fell in love with each other as soon as they met.
• I can hear wedding bells
I suspect that they are going to get married soon.
• We are seeing each other.
• To enjoy each other’s company.
• To see eye-to-eye on most things so we rarely.
• To fall head over heels in love: to start to love someone a lot.
• To get on well with: to understand someone and enjoy similar interests.
• To get to know: to begin to know someone.
• To go back years: to have known someone for a long time.
• To have a lot in common: to share similar interests.
• A healthy relationship: a good, positive relationship.
• To hit it off: to quickly become good friends with.
• To settle down: to give up the single life and start a family.
• To work at a relationship: to try to maintain a positive relationship with someone.
• To be in a relationship: to be romantically involved with someone.
• To be just good friends: to not be romantically involved.
• To keep in touch with: to keep in contact with.
NEGATIVE TERMS
• They are having a domestic (informal)
they are having an argument.
• He/she is having an affair.
• To break up with somebody
to finish a relationship with somebody.
• To split up
to break up.
• To dump somebody
to finish a relationship with somebody without much thought for the other person.
• To cheat on someone: when you are unfaithful.
• To drift apart: to become less close to someone.
• To fall out with: to have a disagreement and stop being friends.
• To lose touch with: to not see or hear from someone any longer.
• Sometimes it takes people a long time to get over a break-up. They feel sad that the
relationship is over, and it will take them awhile to feel better about it.
• You can refer to the person as your ex-girlfriend, or your ex-boyfriend, or just your ex.
• Sadly, not all marriages last forever, either. Sometimes couples will separate. They
don’t want to live together anymore, but they don’t want to get divorced yet.
• Be married to one’s work.
NEUTRAL TERMS
• A blind date
a meeting (arranged by a third party) with a person you might be interested in
romantically but who you have never met before.
• To have ups and downs: to have good and bad times.
• The verb phrase to get married (to someone) is used to refer to the actual day of the
wedding or the act of getting married. After the wedding , you can use be married (to
someone).
• A speed dating event.
• A dating agency.
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