How it started 💞
You meet someone for the first time and immediately get along extremely well.
Hit it off
To gradually become more emotionally honest and share personal thoughts or feelings.
Open up
To reconcile after an argument.
Make up.
A couple has been together for ten years. They still have disagreements, but they always manage to find solutions rather than ending the relationship.
Work things out
A good partner helps you when you’re having a difficult time and doesn’t disappear when things get hard.....
Be there for someone
You unexpectedly start developing strong romantic feelings for someone.
Fall for someone/fall in love
To develop a stronger and closer emotional relationship over time.
Grow closer
To successfully find a solution to a problem or disagreement.
Work things out
What does make or break mean? When speaking about long term relationships.....
Remain in a relationship and break up/grow apart
Your partner has lost their job, and instead of leaving them, you continue to support them.....
Stick by someone
You immediately feel a natural connection with someone and conversation feels easy.
Click with someone
A good relationship can become stronger when two people continue supporting each other during difficult times
Stick by/with someone
To emotionally recover from a difficult experience or relationship problem.
Get over something
If a couple always agrees on everything, it means they have a healthy relationship. Do you agree or disagree and be ready to justify your answer :)
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To admire and respect someone
Look up to
You don’t immediately like someone, but gradually begin to like them more.
Warm to someone
To help someone feel more confident and positive about themselves.
To build someone up
They had a terrible argument, but eventually they ______ and managed to ______.
made up / worked things out
What is the difference between falling for someone and sticking by someone?
Fall for someone means developing romantic feelings, whereas stick by someone means continuing to support them, particularly during difficult times.
To have a good relationship with someone (platonically or romantically).
Get along with
Create a sentence about meeting someone/going on a first date using two expressions from this category.
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Your partner has had a terrible week. Give them some advice using two expressions from this category.
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Using the above three phrasal verbs correctly, speak about a celebrity couple or describe a fictional scenario about a couple.
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“We love each other, but whenever we have a problem, we pretend nothing happened and never discuss it.”
What advice would you give them using one or two expressions?
Possible answer: They need to open up and try to work things out.
Jailson is happy, as has a new girlfriend (Maria) after previously experiencing a difficult relationship. He said to Maria 'you MAKE UP for all of the trauma of my past relationship'. What does Jailson mean by MAKE UP in this scenario?
Jailson means that his happy new relationship 'compensates' for the bad relationship experiences that he had in the past.