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Welcome to our Daily English Listening Practice with this week’s series:
Dating Vocabulary
Things are getting serious. Part 3 in our Dating Vocabulary series will include some new and interesting phrases for the next phase of dating.
Please listen to the audio files for explanations.
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Notes from the Audio Files
Fall for Someone
- Fall for someone: Fall-fer Someone
- Reached a point: are at a certain stage of a relationship
- Female equivalent: the same thing for a woman
- “I love you” territory: A time when both people in the couple will say “I love you” to each other.
How to use it:
“We’re having so much fun together, I’ve never met someone like her before, I think I’m really falling for her.”
“I thought I could keep it casual, but I really can’t, I’m totally falling for him.”
Make It Official
- Take it to the next level: Become more serious in your relationship
- Be exclusive: Date one person and no one else
- “Facebook official”: Changing your status on Facebook from Single to In a Relationship
- “The talk”: a serious talk about relationships or other important topics
- Seeing other people: dating other people
How to use it:
“We’d been seeing each other for about 2 or 3 months, so we decided to make it official.”
“Just saw that you two are facebook official! I didn’t realize it was getting so serious!”
Move In Together / Living Together
- What would that entail
- Out of convenience
- Testing the water(s)
- A different phase
How to use it:
“What do you think about living together? Do you think it’s too soon?”
“I mean, the only logical next step is moving in together, but I don’t think we’re quite ready for that.”
Get a dog
- If you can hack it: if you’re able to complete something difficult
How to use it:
“You guys got a dog? Wow, that’s er, that’s quite a commitment.”
“Well, they had gotten a dog together, so the break up got a lot more complicated.”
Ups and Downs
- The good times and the bad times
- The highs and the lows: through good and bad times
- Each end of the spectrum: the extreme opposites of something
- Through thick and thin: through good and bad times
How to use it:
“We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs, but I think it’s made our relationship stronger.”
“It’s completely normal to go through periods of ups and downs, just make sure there’s more up than down.”
It’s official – you know 5 new phrases in English! Congratulations! But if some of these phrases aren’t crystal clear yet, ask us about them in the comments below!
Thanks,
Kat and Mark
