People
Boyfriend – a boy you’re
having a relationship with.
Girlfriend – a girl you’re having a relationship with.
Husband – a man who you’re married to.
Wife – a woman who you’re married to.
Spouse – your husband or wife.
Couple – two people in a relationship.
Partner – a general word to refer to
someone you’re married to or having a
romantic relationship with.
Lover – someone’s lover is someone
they are having a relationship with, but
are not married to.
Bachelor – a man who
has never married.
Fiancé – your
“iancé” is the man you’re
going to marry.
Fiancée – your “iancée” is the woman
you’re going to marry.
Secret admirer – if you have a “secret
admirer“, someone loves you, but you
don’t know who it is.Types of date
Date – if you have a “date“, you have an appointment with
someone to go to the cinema / a restaurant, etc.
First date – the irst time two people go out.
Double date – a date in which two pairs of potential
partners go out: two girls with two boys, etc.
Blind date – a date with someone you’ve
never met or seen before.Relationships
Go out with someone – to be in a relationship with
someone: “I’m going out with Jessica.”
Go steady – to be in a serious relationship with someone:
“We’re going steady.”
Date – to see someone romantically every now and then:
“We’ve been dating for a few years now.”
See someone – to be in a relationship with someone but
it isn’t serious yet: “I’ve been seeing her on and of for a few
years now.”
Move in with someone – to start to live with
someone: “He moved in with her last year.”
Live together – to live in the same house/
apartment as someone: “They’ve been living
together for about six years now.”
Leave someone – if A “leaves” B, A stops the
relationship: “She left him after seven years
together.”
Break up / split up – to separate: “They
broke up after four years in a relationship.”
Be on a break – if a couple are “on a break”,
they are having a rest from their relationship:
“I started seeing this other man while I was
on a break.”
Be back together – to start going out again: “They split up
four months ago, but they’re back together now.”
Get over someone – if you “get over someone”, you stop
loving them: “He was upset at irst, but he soon got over her.”
Cheat on someone (informal) – if A and B are a couple
and A “cheats on” B, A has a secret relationship with another
person.Marriage
Propose to someone – to ask someone to
marry you.
Get down on your knees
(informal) – to ask someone to
marry you.
Pop the question (informal)- to ask someone to marry you.
Be engaged – if you “are
engaged”, you have
promised to marry
someone.
Get married – to legally
become man and wife (or
other combinations) in a
formal ceremony.
Tie the knot (informal) - to get married.
Have an affair with someone - if someone “has an afair”, they
have a relationship with someone
who isn’t their husband/wife.
Be faithful – not to have afairs with other
people.
Be unfaithful – to have afairs with other
people whilst in a relationship.
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