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English Vocabulary: Useful Words To Talk About Relationships

The document discusses English vocabulary related to relationships. It describes terms used to talk about dating such as being "casual" or looking for a "steady" relationship. It also defines having a "crush" on someone and "flirting" with them. Once in a serious relationship, people may refer to their partner as their "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" and discuss becoming "engaged" or getting married. The document also covers ending a relationship through "breaking up" or getting a divorce. It concludes by defining the term "best friend".

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English Vocabulary: Useful Words To Talk About Relationships

The document discusses English vocabulary related to relationships. It describes terms used to talk about dating such as being "casual" or looking for a "steady" relationship. It also defines having a "crush" on someone and "flirting" with them. Once in a serious relationship, people may refer to their partner as their "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" and discuss becoming "engaged" or getting married. The document also covers ending a relationship through "breaking up" or getting a divorce. It concludes by defining the term "best friend".

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Unit 1

People and Relationship

English vocabulary: useful words to talk about


relationships
‘Hugs and kisses’, ‘butterflies in your stomach’, ‘a pounding heart’ – what am I going on about? Love
and relationships of course!

Talking about relationships can be a tricky, and you don’t want to make a mistake when trying to tell
someone else how you feel about them. To avoid any mix-ups, here are some useful words and
phrases about dating in English.

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When they are dating, people are often either ‘casual’ or interested in a ‘steady’ relationship. A ‘casual’
dater, someone ‘playing the field’, is someone who isn’t looking for a serious relationship, while a
‘steady’ dater is looking to possibly settle down with the right person soon.

Maybe you haven’t had the opportunity to ask the person you like out on a date yet, or perhaps you
only have a ‘crush’. A ‘crush’ is when you really like someone but you haven’t told them yet. Perhaps
you might start ‘flirting’ with them. If you ‘flirt’ with someone, it means you are trying to playfully
impress them.

Once people have started a serious relationship, they often say they have ‘found the one’, referring to
their ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’, the person they want to be with forever. Before they ‘get married’ and
make their relationship legally binding, some people enter into an ‘engagement’. When two people are
‘engaged’, it means they have made an agreement to get married. There is often an engagement ring
representing this promise.

However, sometime love stories come to end. Perhaps you and your ‘significant other’ (the person you
are with: boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife) no longer feel the same way about each other, and you
no longer have ‘butterflies in your stomach’ (that nervous feeling in your belly when you’re with
someone in the beginning). It might be time to ‘break up’ with the other person.

This means to end the relationship and go your separate ways. If you are married, this break up
would be called a ‘divorce’. You would need to officially document the separation to end your marriage.

Well, let’s not leave on a sad note here! There are other types of relationships like your ‘best friend’.
This is a friend that you are very close to and share many aspects of your life with. Some say
relationships come and go, but friendships remain.
Basic words 

father – somebody’s male parent

mother – somebody’s female parent

parent – somebody’s father or mother

son – somebody’s male child

daughter – somebody’s female child

husband – the man who a woman is married to

wife – the woman who a man is married to

spouse – somebody married to another person; husband or wife

brother – a boy or man who has the same parents as another person

sister – a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person

sibling – a brother or sister

elder brother/sister – a brother/sister who is older than you

younger brother/sister – brother/sister who is younger than you

grandfather – somebody’s parent’s father

grandmother – somebody’s parent’s mother

grandparent – somebody’s parent’s parent

great grandfather – a father of your grandparent

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