LOVE VOCABULARY

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 get engaged/married

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

terms of endearment

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 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

A secret admirer

Someone who fancies someone else but keeps it a secret

                                                                                                                  Adapted from BBC English

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