Love & Relationships
ask for someone's hand in marriage
- to ask someone to marry you
After dating his girlfriend for several years the man finally asked for her hand in marriage.
attracted to (someone)
- to feel a physical or emotional attraction to someone
I was attracted to the woman at the party from the moment that I first met her.
blind date
- a date where the two people have never met before
I went on a blind date in university but it was not too successful.
break (someone's) heart
- to cause someone emotional pain
The man broke his girlfriend's heart when he told her that he no longer loved her.
break up
- to end a relationship
The couple broke up after dating for more than three years.
crazy about (someone)
- to think that another person is wonderful
My cousin has been crazy about her colleague for many months now.
date (someone)
- to go on a date with someone, to have a date with someone
My sister has been dating her boyfriend for about two years.
dig (someone)
- to like someone a lot
The girl really digs the boy in her chemistry class.
double date
- a date where two couples do something together
It was fun to go on the double date even though everybody wanted to do something different.
dump (someone)
- to end a relationship by telling someone that you do not want to see him or her
The woman dumped her boyfriend after they had a big fight.
fall for (someone)
- to begin to feel love for someone
The woman always falls for the wrong person and is never happy.
fall in love (with someone)
- to begin to experience feelings of love for someone
The man fell in love with a woman from his university class and they got married several months later.
find Mr. Right
- to find the right or perfect person
The woman is always hoping to find Mr. Right but so far she has not had any luck.
find the right girl/guy
- to find the right partner, to find the person you want to marry
The woman is always making an effort to find the right guy.
first love
- the first person that one falls in love with
The girl's first love was with a boy in her high school art class.
get along with (someone)
- to have a good friendly relationship with someone
The woman gets along with everybody very well.
get back together
- to return to a relationship or marriage after separating
The man got back together with his girlfriend after separating for several months last winter.
get engaged
- to decide to marry someone
The man got engaged to his wife several years before they got married.
get hitched
- to get married
My sister and her boyfriend surprised everyone by suddenly getting hitched last weekend.
get serious (with someone)
- to become more serious with someone (used for a relationship)
The two students dated for several months before they began to get serious.
give (someone or something) a second chance
- to try to save a relationship by forgiving and welcoming the other person back, to give a person or a relationship a second chance
The girl's boyfriend left her for several months but when he came back she was happy to give him a second chance.
go dutch
- to go on a date where each person pays half of the expenses
Many university students have little money so they often go dutch when they go on a date.
good together
- to be able to get along well with each other
The couple are good together and nobody has ever seen them argue.
go out with (someone)
- to go on a date or to be dating someone
I am going out with a woman from my hiking club.
go steady
- to date one person regularly (not so common recently but at one time used often by teenagers)
The two students have been going steady for three years now
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