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英语口语教学话题爱情与婚姻Lovevocabulary

Lovevocabulary

Usually,the1ststepinarelationshipisgoingoutonadate

esomeverbphrasyoucanutotalk

aboutadate:

togoonadate(withsomeone)

indofboring.

tohaveadate(withsomeone)

IhaveadatewithJamietonight!We’regoingoutfordinner

andthentoamovie.

togoout(withsomeone)*

I’’regoingtothe

amumentpark.

I’mgoingoutwiththegirlstonight!

I’vebeengoingoutwithhimfor2?years.

whenyouwanttotalkabouthowlongyouhavebeenina

relationshipwithsomeone,NOT

udwiththeverbdate.

todate(someone)

I’vebeendatinghimfor4months.

She’sdatingKen.

I’mdatinganincredibleguyrightnow!

I’mtiredofdatinglors–Iwantarealman!

beeingsomeone

IhearDeen’sbeeneingsomeonefromwork.

Moreexpressions:

toenjoysomeone’scompany:tolikespendingtimewith

someone

togetonwellwith:tounderstandsomeoneandenjoysimilar

interests

togettoknow:tobegintoknowsomeone

tohavealotincommon:tosharesimilarinterests

togoDutch:tosplitthebillatarestaurant.

tohaveupsanddowns:tohavegoodandbadtimes

tokeepintouchwith:tokeepincontactwith

loveatfirstsight:tofallinloveimmediatelyyoumeet

someone

toeeyetoeye:toagreeonasubject

toworkatarelationship:totrytomaintainapositive

relationshipwithsomeone

tobeinarelationship:toberomanticallyinvolvedwith

someone

toflirt(withsomebody):tobehaveplayfullytowardsanother

personwhoyouare-orpretendtobeattractedtoromantically

orxually

aflirt:apersonwholikestoflirt

ablinddate:ameeting(arrangedbyathirdparty)witha

personyoumightbeinterestedinromantically

butwhoyouhavenevermetbefore.

arelationship*:alovingorxualrelationshipbetweentwo

peoplewhoarenotmarriedtoeachother.(relationshipusually

meansthewaypeoplebehavetowardachother,goodorbad

relationship)

aromance:anexcitingandoftenshortrelationshipbetween

twopeoplefeelingindeeplove.

afling:ashortandnotveryriousrelationshipbetweentwo

lingwithsb.

ge

Whentwopeopledecidetogetmarried,themanusually

propostothewoman,andasks“Willyoumarryme?”

Aftertheproposalbutbeforethewedding,thecoupleis

eengagedtobemarried.

Igotengagedyesterday!Yeah!dtomarrymy

ly,guesswhat!We’regettingmarried

onJune16th!

Afterthewedding,youcanubemarried(tosomeone):

WeweremarriedonMay5th.

Iammarried.

Wearemarried.

SheismarriedtoJim.

Moreexpressions

topopthequestion:toasksomeonetomarryyou,to

propo.

tottledown:togiveupthesinglelifeandstartafamily.

totietheknot:togetmarried.

tofallforsomebody:tofallinlovewithsomebody.

Icanhearweddingbells:Ithinkthattheyaregoingtoget

marriedsoon.

termsofendearment:namespeopleinlovegiveeachother

orcalleachother:

darling,sweetheart/sweetie,love,babe/baby,cutiepie,

honeybunnyorhoneybun

amatchmadeinheaven:theperfectrelationship.

tomarryintomoney:tomarryintoarichfamily

toremarry:tomarryagain

togethitched:togetmarried(aninformalexpression)

toelope:tocretlyleaveyourhomeinordertogetmarried

withoutotherpeople’s,espyourparentspermissionor

ewithsb.

tofix/name/ttheday:todecideontheexactdayforthe

officialmarriageceremony,é/fiancée:the

personyouaregoingtomarry;bride-to-be/husband-to-be.

bride:awomanatthetimeshegetsmarriedorjustaftershe

ismarried.

groom/bridegroom:amanatthetimehegetsmarried.

thehappycouple:aninformalexpressionmeaningaman

eds:amanand

awomanwhohaverecentlymarried.

manandwife:aformalexpressionmeaningamarriedcouple.

spou:alegalorofficialwordforthemanorwomanthat

someoneismarriedto.

partner:themanorwomanthatsomeoneismarriedtoor

havingaxualrelationshipwith.

ofaRelationship

ouplesbreakup.

Sometimesthebreak-upiasy,sometimesit’sheart-breaking.

Itwasnotaneasybreak-up.

DidyouhearthatJaneandKevinbrokeuplastweek?

Sometimesittakespeoplealongtimetogetoverabreak-

elsadthattherelationshipisover,

anditwilltakethemawhiletofeelbetteraboutit.

I’mstillgettingoverSam.

I’mstillgettingovermylastboyfriend.

I’mstillgettingovermybreak-upwithSam.

Youcanrefertothepersonasyourex-girlfriend,oryourex-

boyfriend,orjustyourex.

Sadly,notallmarriageslastforever,mes

n’twanttolivetogetheranymore,

buttheydon’twanttogetdivorcedyet.

’reworkingthroughourmarital

problems.

We’’rejustparated.

Youcanbedivorced,youcandivorce(someone),oryoucan

getadivorce(fromsomeone):

Iwantadivorce!

It’’regettingadivorce.

Iwasmarriedfor10years,butnowI’mdivorced.

Heandhiswifedivorced5yearsago.

Afterthedivorce,youcanrefertothepersonasyourex-

husbandorex-wife,orjustyourex.

Moreexpressions:

tobreakup:toendaromanticrelationship

todriftapart:tobecomelessclotosomeone

tofalloutwith:tohaveadisagreementandstopbeing

friends

tobejustgoodfriends:tonotberomanticallyinvolved

tolotouchwith:tonoteorhearfromsomeoneany

longer

blazingrows:veryrious,oftennoisyarguments

tohaveanaffair:tohaveacretxualrelationshipwith

someonewhoisnotyourhusbandorwife.

toplayawayfromhome:tohaveanaffair

tosplitup:tobreakup

todumpsomebody:tofinisharelationshipwithsomebody

-uplines:(fixed)

expressions,oftensweetorapologetic,udtotellapartner,

girlfriendorboyfriendthattherelationshipisfinishedorisgoing

tofinish:

Weneedtotalk.

Ijustneedsomespace

It'snotyou,it'sme

Ihopethatwecanalwaysbefriends

Thisishurtingmemorethanitishurtingyou

It'snotenoughthatweloveeachother

Itsimplywasn'tmeanttobe

Otherrelevantvocabulary:

Acretadmirer:Someonewhofanciessomeoneelbut

keepsitacret.

tobeontherocks:tohaveadifficultperiodinarelationship.

tomakeup:toforgivesomeoneafteranargument.

toplayhardtoget:topretendyou’renotinterestedina

relationship.

arrangedmarriage:amarriageinwhichtheparentschoo

or:amanwhohasnever

beenmarried.

spinster:awordthatsomepeoplethinkisoffensivemeaning

awomanwhohasnevermarried,espawomanwhoisnolonger

young.

eligible:rich,attractiveandnotmarriedandthereforevery

desirableasahusbandorwife.

widow:awomanwhohusbandhasdiedandwhohasnot

marriedagain.

widower:amanwhowifehasdiedandwhohasnot

marriedagain.

widowed:ifsomeoneiswidowed,theirwifeorhusbandhas

t:agood

relationshipbetweenpeoplewhounderstandandagreewith

eachothers’try:agoodandoftenexciting

relationshipbetweentwopeoplewhonaturallylike,understand

andadmireeachother.

Somesayingsaboutloveandmarriage:

Marriagehalvesourgrieves,doubleourjoys,andquadruples

ourexpens.

Marryinhaste,repentatleisure.

Loveisblind.

Beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder.

Letyourheartruleyourhead.

“Menalwayswanttobeawoman’sfirstlove;womenlike

tobeaman’slastromance.”

---OscarWilde