Advanced English Expressions - Love and Relationships

In today's lesson we're talking about love!

L.O.V.E, Love!

so today we need to do some really important expressions

about love, dating, and relationships

you're out with your friend having a drink

You're single. No boyfriend no girlfriend no nothing!

But your friend has a friend

and she thinks that her friend and you would be a really good couple

so she wants to introduce you

that's my friend you should date her you'd be a great couple

this situation the expression the phrasal verb is called to "set up"

How do we use this in a sentence?

she did the introduction

so she set them up

or we could say

she set him up with her

Just remember it means she introduced them

because she thinks they're gonna fall in love

So they meet, they have very good chemistry from the start

"Oh my god you're like so hot!"

"Well I think you're rather beautiful too!"

so when that happens

from the start they're very good together they have very good chemistry

they're talking everything is great

for this we say...

"They're getting on well" it's fine

but there's a better one...

they're "hitting it off"

they basically mean the same thing

they have good chemistry together

when they're talking it's all good it flows everything is just :)

and let's talk about this

When they are giving each other compliments, when they're talking

"So do you have a boyfriend or a... whatever?"

"Oh my god no I'm SO single! That's so random! You're funny!

when that happens they are "flirting"

"Flirt" is the verb. Pronunciation /flɜːt/

it's that annoying /ɜː/ sound

/flɜːt/

in a sentence

"They're flirting"

for most of these expressions

we'll use present continuous of course you can use future, past simple, whatever

but for this story we'll use present continuous. Just because

So they're flirting, they're hitting it off, everything is perfect, right?

Well not really for her

I mean she's alone and her two friends are together

she's alone she's bored

When this happens, when you're as a three

but you're alone and the other two are a couple

you unfortunately are

you're the "third wheel", that's a noun

she is the third wheel

she came with two friends but they're now a couple so she's alone

she's the third wheel

especially bad when this happens

maybe after a few more drinks this starts to happen

when they start kissing but a lot

when that happens when you want to say "they are kissing a lot" you say this...

"They're making out" nice and easy

remember we're using that present continuous tense

because we're telling a story it's happening now

...in our heads

so tonight, for the third wheel, for the friend

it's not looking great

but then...

but then a mysterious stranger enters...

when you look at someone, or when someone looks at you with that look

in this situation

he is "giving her the eye". AND...

She is doing the same

you can also say...

"to make eyes at someone"

So in a sentence

"she's making eyes at him" "he's making eyes at her"

instant attraction

what happens next?

instantly they hit it off

they get on well together

so they love each other they get matching tattoos

when you want to say you're official in a relationship

you would say you "get together"

this one we won't use in continuous

the moment it happens it's already past so they "got together"

so this means they're kind of official they're together they're a couple

there's another way which is more casual

we can say "they are seeing each other"

maybe it's serious maybe it's not

but it is generally seen as a casual relationship

for example if someone asks you

"Are you single married what's your relationship situation?"

You want to say

"well I have a have a human and we occasionally get together and it's romantic"

you can say "I'm seeing someone"

it could be a boyfriend or girlfriend but generally again it's seen as more casual

after you get together there are generally two directions in which that relationship will go

for this couple, everything is perfect

they are so in love

They're crazy stupid in love

they are loved up

most commonly however we would say "they are all loved up"

Why? I don't know why

"Yeah I have two friends they're all loved up. Woo. Great. good for you"

Also you know when couples do that baby talk and it's like

"Oh my god I wuv you!"

"I wuv you too"

when they are too affectionate and it's annoying

that is what you call...

Lovey-dovey they are being lovey-dovey.

Again commonly we use the word all before that

"They're being all lovey-dovey again talking like babies.

I hate them"

that's a good way that the relationship could go

however it could go bad

when a couple is arguing when they're fighting

this is what we call...

"have a tiff"

a "tiff" is an argument that couples have

so that's a noun

so we need that verb "have"

"They're having another tiff. terrible. they should...

...break up"

When a relationship ends, you "break up"

Other ways we can say "break up" are...

split up, separate, or part

some are more common than others. Let's have a look

"parted" we almost never say that

maybe sometimes you'll hear it but don't say it

it's too old-fashioned it's too formal

next once "separated" it's more formal

so maybe for a marriage

some more serious relationship

then you might want to say...

"we separated last year"

so that wouldn't be for a casual relationship, no

that is for something more serious a bit more formal

split up, break up

they mean the same thing

"break up" is more common to use

mmm so use that one

So now you have the expressions it's time to practice them

tell me in the comments your relationship stories

have you ever been set up?

have you ever made eyes at someone?

have you ever been the third wheel

where your friends are just making out and you're standing there like a lemon?

boooooo!

tell me in the comments

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