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Today we are going to be learning all about love. I am going to give you all the vocabulary
you will need to talk about relationships and dating with the help of my partner Bez.
L is for the way you look at me, O is for the only one- we get it - I see - we get it.
Here we have a single man, an eligible bachelor if you will, looking for an eligible bachelorette.
Now, he may look for love online or in some cases, single people might meet the love of their life
by chance across a crowded room. Now the action of talking to someone in a way that suggests you want
to be more than friends is called flirting and this is a pretty universal verb. However, I think
in the us they also use to hit on which means to compliment someone or flirt with them. Now
sometimes when we flirt we get rejected or turned down, but sometimes two people can really hit it
off and sparks fly, the chemistry is undeniable. Now get out of here you two, get a room.
Following the chase as some people call it, it might reach the stage where someone needs to ask
the other person out on a date. To ask out is a really common phrasal verb and in most cases we
don't even need to say on a date we can just say he is going to ask her out. So he plucks
up the courage and says, 'do you want to go out sometime?' and in the best cases she says yes!
But in the worst case scenario, she turns him down, 'I like you as a friend,' Oh
that's gotta hurt! But, if they do say yes we move to the getting to know each other stage. Now,
a few terms you might want to know include deal breaker which is a quality or fact
about your partner that makes your choice of whether to pursue your relationship together
very easy. And also red flag which is a sign that your partner may be either a terrible person
or someone you really won't have a future with. Like someone who puts ketchup on pasta:
red flag! Avoid at all costs! If there are no red flags and you fall head over heels for
each other, the relationship might blossom into the seeing each other stage or the dating stage,
as in I'm seeing someone or I'm dating Brian. Then that might progress to couple status, boyfriend,
girlfriend, partners, however you want to describe it. Look at them, they're madly in love,
they only have eyes for each other. Now sometimes, the phrasal verb to break up with becomes very
useful. You might also hear people say to break it off with someone or to end things with someone. Oh
dear. But if there are no breakups, the next stage may be a proposal. See as he gets down on one knee
and proposes to her and they become engaged! The woman becomes a fiancée and the man, a fiancé.
Yes I know it's a French word but we do steal a lot of words from the French okay? Deal with it.
Now, hopefully no one decides to break off the engagement and the couple can get married in a
beautiful wedding ceremony. The bride and groom will say their vows at the ceremony
and then get extremely drunk at the reception. Ah, love! Then every year on the date of their
wedding, the couple will have an anniversary and they might give each other anniversary gifts.
Oh how thoughtful! Now, in some cases, the couple might start to argue
and bicker and they might decide to separate and this can sometimes lead to divorce
which is a verb and a noun. Also thank you to Bez for wearing a green hat against a green screen,
thank you for that. But in the best cases the couple will live happily ever after until they are
old and grey. Oh I love love stories, I'm trying not to cry! And that's about it, you little love
birds. If you enjoyed this video, please give it a like and if you want to follow me on instagram
you can do so there: and if you want an online one-to-one English lesson with me or Bez, you can
find the link for that down below. Thanks so much for watching and i'll see you next time, tata!