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1. To ask out. To ‘ask someone out’ means to invite them to go on a date with you. “So I’m
going to the cinema tonight to see that new Marvel movie, if you want to come and see it with me.”
“Are you asking me out?”
2. To be seeing. To ‘be seeing’ someone means you are going on dates with them but you are not,
or not yet, officially in a relationship. So it's at the very start. “What’s the deal with you and Cameron? You’re spending
a lot of time together.” “Well, we’re kind of seeing each other I guess.” “WHAT!? That’s HUGE,
you and Cameron, together?” “Shh, it’s still early days, so don't tell anyone, just keep it to yourself ok?”
3. To chat up. To ‘chat someone up’ means to talk flirtatiously with someone in the hopes
of getting them interested in you. “Remember me? Oh, that’s right, I’ve met you only in my dreams.”
“Seriously? If you are gonna chat me up then you need to work on your material.”
4. To cheat on. To ‘cheat on’ a partner means to go behind their back, betray
them, romantically or sexually with someone else. “Have you seen the picture Beth posted online?
It’s proof that Justin has cheated on her.” 5. To come on to. To ‘come on to someone’
means to show sexual interest in them. It’s like propositioning them, or making a move
on them. Some people may consider chatting a person up to be a come-on but to come on
to someone is a stronger, it's a more direct signal. “I’m hiding, Franko came on to me earlier.
We were both in the kitchen and he just leant over and tried to kiss me." Now that's
called unrequited love, Franko really likes this girl but she doesn’t like him back. Have you
ever been in a situation where someone, you didn’t really like, came on to you? What did you do?
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6. To date. To ‘date’ someone means to go out with them in a romantic setting. If you
say you are dating someone then it’s similar to “seeing” someone. It means you are meeting up
regularly and exploring the possibility of a relationship. You wouldn’t say you were dating
someone if you had only been on one date or even two dates, it has to be an ongoing thing.
“Jessica and Edward have been dating for 3 months now, I wish they would just make it official.”
7. To drool over To ‘drool over’ someone is a jokey way of saying that you find them very
attractive, imagining that person is a delicious food and they make you salivate. Which actually
sounds really gross. “I have to admit I spent the whole film drooling over Bradley Cooper."
8. To fall for . To ‘fall for’ someone means to develop feelings for them,
or even begin to love them. “He’s so lovely. I know I’ve only known him for a week but
I’m really falling for him.” 9. To flirt
To ‘flirt’ means to behave in a way which indicates sexual attraction, such as making lots
of eye contact. “I didn’t order a drink?” “I know, it’s on the house” “I
think the waiter is flirting with me!” 10. To go out with. To ‘go out with’
somebody means to go on a date, or to spend time together romantically. If you say you’re
‘going out with’ someone, it can either refer to a specific date, for example: “I’m going out with
Robert on Friday”; or it can mean that you are in a relationship with them and they are your
boyfriend or girlfriend. For example: “Esme has been going out with Peter for almost a year”.
11. To have a crush on. To ‘have a crush on’ someone means to have romantic feelings
towards them but it's not necessarily requited. “You keep talking about Kate, do you have a crush on her?”
12. To hit on. To ‘hit on’ someone means to make a clear sexual advances on them, to flirt with
them in an extreme way. Like ‘come on to’. “He was hitting on her but she wasn’t interested.”
13. To hook up with. The context of this phrase can change depending on the context.
Sometimes, ‘to hook up with’ someone means to get together for the first time. For example:
“When did you two first hook up?”. Sometimes, it can refer to sexual activity. “Did you hear that
Alice and Mike hooked up after the party?” 14. To lead on. To ‘lead someone on’ means to
pretend to have a romantic or sexual interest in them with no intention of acting upon it.
“She really liked him but he was leading her on.”
15. To make out. To ‘make out’ with someone means to kiss them passionately.
This is quite an American phrase but because of the popularity of lots of films and television shows,
the vocabulary has started to be used much more
in the UK too. “I saw Eric making out with Angela last night.”
16. To ogle. To ‘ogle’ someone means to stare at them in a sexual manner.
Now this word is often used negatively to describe someone who is creepy. “Did you see David
ogling the waitress? I’m gonna kill him.” 17. To pick up. To ‘pick someone up’ means
to successfully attract them. This is not a particularly respectful way to speak about
another person, but it’s helpful to know so you understand if you hear somebody else say it.
“Yeah Johnny thinks he’s really good at picking up women.”
18. To reject. To ‘reject’ someone means to turn down their romantic or sexual advances. For
example if someone asks you on a date and you say no, you would be rejecting them. “Yeah, Shelley
asked me on a date but I didn’t want to go so I rejected her. I hope she’s not too offended.”
19. To stand up. To ‘stand someone up’ means to arrange to meet them and then not arrive, and
not tell them. They are just left waiting. It’s very rude to stand someone up. “So I was waiting
at the bar for half an hour. I started thinking he had stood me up but he finally showed up.”
20. To turn down. To ‘turn someone down’ is to reject or refuse them. It feels more gentle
than reject. “I asked him out last year but he turned me down.”