May 04, 2014

Dating

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 46 v.06

         Date

  1. appointment |n| an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
  2. date |n| a social meeting planned before it happens, especially one between two people who have or might have a romantic relationship.
  3. "He's asked her out on a date."
  4. "She has a hot date tonight."
  5. "We went out on a date."
  6. "I've got a date with someone from work tonight."
  7. "I want there on a date with a boy I used to know."
  8. double date |n| a date in which two couples participate.
  9. blind date |n| a date with a person one has not previously met, with a romantic or sexual aim.
  10. "Elaine arranged for me to go on a blind date with a bloke from her office."
  11. rendevous / tryst |literary| |n| a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly.
  12. "She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar."
  13. "It's a good place for a moonlight tryst."



      Dating

  1. engagement |n| a formal agreements to get married.
  2. "They announced their engagement at the party on Saturday."
  3. "They married after a two-month engagement.
  4. hooking up |pv| a casual get together between two people that may or may not be sexual in nature.
  5. courtship 1 |n| is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind.
  6. courtship 2 |n| a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
  7. "Its was a brief and intense courtship."
  8. suit |n| a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
  9. woo |v| to seek the affection of with intent to romance.
  10. to ask out |pv| invite someone for a date.
  11. "John asked Alice out for dinner."
  12. "He wanted to ask her out but was too shy."

           More Related

  1. engagement ring |n| a ring given in token of betrothal; especially: a diamond solitaire so given by a man to his fiancée.

          The Gilrfriend

  1. girlfriend |n| a person's regular female companion in a romantic or sexual relationship.
  2. "His girlfriend's very young."
  3. "Bill arrived at the party with his new girlfriend on his arm."
  4. bird / date |US| |n| |slang| a girlfriend.
  5. fiancée |n| the woman who a man is going to marry.
  6. "Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year."

         The Boyfriend

  1. boyfriend |n| a man or boy who a person is having a romantic or sexual relationship with.
  2. "Anna says she feels jealous every time another woman looks at her boyfriend."
  3. "I hear Paula has moved in with her boyfriend."
  4. fiancé |n| the man whom a woman is going to marry.
  5. "Her fiancé was killed in the war."
  6. man |n| |informal| a woman's husband or boyfriend.
  7. "She'll always stand by her man."
  8. toy boy |n| |informal humorous| a young man who is having a sexual relationship with and older woman.
  9. "A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman."
  10. sugar daddy |n| |informal| an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex.
  11. "I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy."

      She or He

  1. lover |n| someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to.
  2. "He was going to meet his secret lover."
  3. old flame |n| |informal| someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past
  4. "I found a love letter from one of his old flames."
  5. partner |n| the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with.
  6. "He brought his partner along to the party." 


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