Because February is the month of love - here is a Valentine's day activity for Advanced Learners:
Match the idiom with the correct definition and then use them in the table bellow.
1. blind date
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A. To not show any interest in the other person even though you may be interested
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2. double date
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B. To have a romantic relationship with another person when you are married
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3. to go dutch
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C. To innocently like someone
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4. to break up
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D. To accept someone's proposal of marriage
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5. to go steady
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E. To use a cliché without really meaning it, with the hopes of gaining someone's interest
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6. to get engaged
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F. A date arranged by a third party for two people who have not met
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7. to be stood up
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G. A date where two couples go out together
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8. to have a crush on someone
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H. To date only one person.
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9. to get to know someone
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I. A date where each person pays his or her own way
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10. to feed someone a line
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J. To tease another person with your body or by what you say
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11. to play hard to get
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K. To have your date fail to appear at the appointed time or even to call to cancel the date
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12. to have an affair
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L. To slowly get familiar with a person before getting into a serious relationship
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13. to flirt
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M. To end a relationship
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Use the idioms from the table above in these sentences (in the appropriate tense and form)
- “She hasn’t called me back all day, I thought she liked me”.
“Don’t worry, I think she’s just ___________________________.
- I’ve always liked Joey...as I matter of fact I’ve had a _________________ him since primary school.
- I don’t believe men should always pay for everything, it makes more sense to me to ___________.
- He must have had an accident…I don’t believe he would____________ by not showing up at all.
- First we got __________ each other, then we decided to go_______, and after a year we got_________.
