33. How to know you’ve found the one
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Vocabulary
Brewery | A place where beer is made commercially. | |
Exclusively date (to be exclusive) | To only date that one person | |
Monogamous | To only date on person | |
Anomaly | Something that is different; it deviates from the standard or normal | |
Grey area | Not black and white, not clear cut. It can be two things at once, not just one or the other. | |
Atheist | Someone who doesn’t believe in God. | |
Fleeting (emotions) | Lasting for a very short time | |
Fade away | To slowly go away | |
Premarital counseling | Therapy or counseling before marriage that asks you and your partner difficult questions (among other things) to ensure you’re ready for marriage. | |
In depth | Thorough | |
Foreseeable | In the near future; able to be seen or predicted | |
Tally up (the points) | To count up | |
Pastor | A minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation. | |
Root her on | To encourage or cheer someone on | |
Teary-eyed | With tears in your eyes (but not falling necessarily). | |
Affirmations | Loving, positive comments or sayings | |
Intertwine | To connect or closely link two things together, often twisting them together | |
Cognisant | Aware of | |
Spiral | To spin in a circular motion downward. We often say “to spiral out of control”. Think of the action of a tornado and imagine that we are using this in a figurative way to show someone’s downfall. | |
Career arch | Someone’s career trajectory or path | |
Line dancing | A type of dancing to country/folk music. A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows, all facing either each other or in the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. | |
Mixed drinks | Alcohol mixed with juice or a soda is a mixed drink. | |
Bolt | Like a nail | |
Fire pit | The place where a fire is dug into the ground outside | |
(Rose) petals | The part of the flower that is pretty and soft that you remove and put on the ground or bed when you’re trying to be romantic. | |
Nerve-racking | Causing nervousness | |
(It was a little) drawn-out | When something lasts longer than it should or is expected, you say it’s “drawn-out”. |
Idioms and Collocations
Love at first sight | This is an idiom that means you fell in love the first time you saw someone. | |
Pick up where you left off | To start something where you stopped it, despite a long time passing. This is a saying we use with good friends that we haven’t seen in a while, but when we do it feels like we were just talking to them yesterday. | |
I’m of the belief that… | “I believe that” | |
To be on the same page | To agree with someone about something | |
To bring (something) up | To address an issue with someone | |
Under the guise … | A guise is an external form that hides what’s underneath. So we mentioned people go on dating apps under the guise that they’re looking for a relationship, when in reality they’re just eager for a hookup. | |
No pun intended | A pun is a joke using the different possible meanings of a word. When you say “No pun intended” it means that you aren’t meaning to make a pun funny. For example, Brentley said he didn’t mean to make a joke about the common word. He said, “to be on the same page” and his fiancee is named “Paige”. | |
To go the extra mile | To go above and beyond what is normally expected; to do more than you’re asked or expected to | |
Salt of the earth | Someone who is very humble, worthy and reliable (a good honest person). | |
Say (something) in passing | To say something quickly without drawing attention to it. To just mention something briefly in conversation that you are not focusing on. | |
Fall by the wayside | Fail to persist in an endeavor or undertaking. | |
See eye to eye on something | To agree about something | |
That’s just the name of the game | “That’s just how things are” | |
Just shy of 2 years | Just under; “just shy of + a number”. | |
Go off without a hitch | To happen without any issues arising | |
Happy wife, happy life | The classic saying that when your wife is happy, you will also be happy! |
Questions
1. What are your 5 love languages you like to receive?
2. What advice would you give to couples?
3. What age do people normally get engaged in your country?