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Тема: Relationships and you!

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Here is some vocabulary to describe some of the different stages of a relationship

 
Chat up - starting a relationship
to chat (somebody) up
to talk to somebody in the hope of starting a romantic or sexual 
relationship

to flirt (with somebody)
to behave playfully towards another person who you are - or pretend 
to be - attracted to romantically or sexually

a flirt
a person who likes to flirt

a blind date
a meeting (arranged by a third party) with a person you might be 
interested in romantically but who you have never met before

lonely hearts
small ads (in newspapers, magazines or on the internet) which 
give a short description of a person you would like to date. To save 
space, some of these abbreviations are used:

WLTM - would like to meet
GSOH - good sense of humour
LTR - long-term relationship

 
Loved up - being in a relationship

to be smitten with somebody 

 to be deeply affected by your love for somebody

to fall for somebody

to fall in love with somebody

it was love at first sight
two people fell in love with each other as soon as they met

to take the plunge
to get engaged/married

I can hear wedding bells
I suspect that they are going to get married soon

names people in love give each other or call each other:

darling
sweetheart
love
pet
babe/baby
cutey pie
honey bunny

Break up - finishing a relationship
they are having a domestic (informal)

they are having an argument
they have blazing rows

they have very serious, often noisy arguments
(s)he is playing away from home

(s)he is having an affair
to break up with somebody

to finish a relationship with somebody
to split up
to break up

to dump somebody
to finish a relationship with somebody without much thought for the 
other person

break-up lines
(fixed) expressions, often sweet or apologetic, used to tell a partner, 
girlfriend or boyfriend that the relationship is finished or is going to 
finish:
We need to talk
I just need some space
It's not you, it's me
I hope that we can always be friends
This is hurting me more than it is hurting you
It's not enough that we love each other
It simply wasn't meant to be

 
Vocabulary:
A secret admirer
Someone who fancies someone else but keeps it a secret
CPR

Idioms
1. To get on like a house on fire: To meet somebody at first, and become friends 
quickly.
2. To get on oneґs nerves: To Irritate or exasperate somebody.
3. To put a great strain on: To burden or overload something or somebody.
4. To put somebody down: To hurt somebodyґs feelings.
5. To have it in for someone: To intend to harm somebody, especially because of a 
grudge.
6. A rocky relationship: A relationship which often goes up (in terms of mood, trust, 
affection, communication) but also often goes down.
7. To turn sour: To become unbearable or unpleasant, stop working properly.
8. To turn oneґs back on somebody else: To stop being involved with somebody.
9. To take to: To become fond or attached to.
10. An instant dislike to somebody: A strong feeling of dislike against somebody who 
somebody else has just met.
11. To look up to somebody: To admire.
12. To look down on somebody: To show contempt for somebody.
13. To keep oneself to oneself: To remain remote or distant from someone or 
something.
14. To keep in touch with: To maintain communication with somebody.