Love Life

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• ex-girlfriend a woman who used to be someone's girlfriend, but is not anymore
• in the pink (informal) feeling healthy and happy
• fallen in love started to love someone deeply
• the one (here) the perfect man or woman for someone
• the pub a local bar serving alcohol
• fit (here; informal) attractive
• two-timing (informal) unfaithful; having another boyfriend/girlfriend secretly
• heart broken made to feel sad by a loved one leaving or betraying you
• soulmate a person you have a special relationship with because you understand each other’s feelings
• got it really bad (informal) deeply in love
• smitten suddenly feeling you are in love with somebody
• loved up (informal) overwhelmed with feelings of love
• love at first sight falling in love the first time you see someone
• fancied (informal) was sexually attracted to
• she just gets me (informal) she completely understands me
• I asked her out I asked her to go out with me for a romantic meeting
• date (here) a romantic meeting for an activity
• steady on (informal) calm down; do not rush
• relationship (here) a romantic or sexual friendship
• express to show or tell people about your feelings or opinions
• falling out of love to stop loving someone
• split up stop having a relationship with someone
• dumped (informal) ended a romantic relationship with someone, possibly quickly and unexpectedly
• dare be brave enough to do something
• staring looking at somebody or something for a long time with wide-open eyes
• spectacular amazing to look at; impressive
• once-in-a-lifetime very rare; doesn't happen often
• Manhattan an island neighbourhood in New York
• accomplices people who help someone to commit a crime
• hold up to steal from somewhere using the threat of violence
• branch an individual office of a business organisation, such as a bank
• raid a quick attack, usually by a small group of people
• would-be describes someone trying to become a type of person such as a robber
• motivation reason for doing something
• committing a crime breaking the law; doing something illegal
• FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation - a US national police force
• gender reassignment the process of changing your sex, from male to female or the reverse
• homosexual attracted to people of the same sex
• gay attracted to people of the same sex
• siege when an armed force surrounds something, for example a building, with the intention of taking control of it
• bandits armed thieves
• documentary a film or television programme giving facts about something
• compelling very interesting
• eccentric someone who behaves in a strange way
• blast from the past something that reminds you clearly of an earlier time
• love at first sight when people fall in love the first time they see each other
• an item (informal) a couple in a long-term relationship
• to dump (informal) to finish a relationship with someone, maybe without warning
• seeing (here) having a romantic relationship
• regretted felt sorry about something you did or have not been able to do
• fancied (informal) was attracted to
• asked her out invited 'her' to go out as a way of starting a romantic relationship
• sixth form prom a school dance for 16-18-year-olds
• divorcee someone who is not married anymore
• brunette a woman with dark-brown hair
• passionate (here) with strong feelings of love
• drifted apart gradually became less close
• C’est la vie! (French) that’s life!
• footman a male servant who delivers letters and messages
• croquet a traditional English game played on grass. Players use long wooden hammers called mallets to hit wooden balls along the grass and through arches made of curved pieces of metal
• grinning (verb to grin) smiling very widely
• pots and pans containers that people cook and serve food in
• plates and dishes the flat (usually ceramic) objects that people serve and eat food from
• mad crazy

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