The teaching plan of the practical lesson №1

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Love Idioms

§  to fall for someone: to start to be in love with someone

§  She fell for him on their first date.

§  to be seeing someone: to be dating someone

§  I started seeing someone else.

§  to be an item: to be in a relationship

§  We’ve been an item for about 3 months.

§  to cheat on someone: to be unfaithful (for example, by kissing someone else)

§  My boyfriend cheated on me.

§  to get (back) together: to start dating someone (again)

§  He said he was sorry and that he would never cheat again. We got back together, but I don’t know if it’s going to last.

Falling in (and out of) Love

§  Fall In Love

§  When you “fall in love,” you start having romantic feelings about another person.

§  Example: I think I’m falling in love with Melissa. I can’t stop thinking about her!

§  to have a crush (on someone)/to have a thing for (someone): to like someone romantically, usually without them knowing

§  He has had a crush on her for a year.

§  He has had a thing for her for a year.

§  love at first sight: when you fall for someone the moment you see them

§  It was love at first sight.

§  to be in love (with someone): to love someone very much in a romantic way

§  After 14 years together, they are still very much in love.

§  lovebirds: two people who are obviously very much in love with each other

§  If you two lovebirds could give us your attention for a moment, we’d like to ask your opinion about something.

§  to dump someone: to end a romantic relationship

§  I think I need to break up with my boyfriend.

§  I’m definitely going to dump him.

§  on and off again/on-again, off-again: when you date, break up, and get back together repeatedly

§  We’ve been on and off again for about a year.

§  there are plenty of fish in the sea: there are lots of potential mates in the world (usually said to console someone who has recently gone through a breakup)

§  After breaking up with my girlfriend, my friends reminded me that there were plenty of fish in the sea.

§  long-distance relationship (LDR): a romantic relationship between people who live far apart/are geographically separated from one another

§  We were in a long-distance relationship for the first 3 years of our 15 years together.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

I’m not sure how common these mistakes are outside of Korea, but these are common mistakes I hear my Korean students make.

Don’t say:                  Say:

x lover                       o boyfriend/girlfriend

x make a bf/gf         o find/get a boyfriend/girlfriend

x meeting                 o date