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When you move to a new city, it can be hard to make friends. You’ll probably have a number of casual acquaintances – people who you know on a basic level, but with whom you don’t have a significant relationship. Over time, some of these may become good friends or close friends – these collocations refer to friends with whom you have an especially strong relationship.

Do you believe in love at first sight? That’s when two people meet each other and immediately fall in love – perhaps because they have strong chemistry – this expression describes strong compatibility or connection between two possible romantic partners. Some people believe that their significant other (their boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife) is their soul mate – this is a poetic expression that means that two people are destined to be together.

It’s possible for one person to have feelings for another person – this expression is an indirect way to describe romantic feelings – but if the other person doesn’t feel the same way, then the feeling is not mutual. The other person might say “he’s/she’s just not my type” – meaning that they are interested in people of a different type of personality/appearance. Ah, there’s nothing sadder than unrequited love! (Love that is not returned)

Some people marry their childhood sweetheart or high school/college sweetheart – this expression refers to a boyfriend or girlfriend from your childhood, teenage, or college years. Other couples are introduced by a mutual friend – one friend that the two people have in common. When the couple is ready to make a commitment, the man proposes to the woman – he asks her to marry him. If the marriage is good, then we say the couple is happily married.

Unfortunately, not all love stories have a happy ending. Sometimes a husband or wife has an affair – they have sex with a different person. We can also say that they are cheating on their husband/wife. The expression “have an affair” is typically used only for married couples, and the expression “cheating on” can be used for married couples or for boyfriends/girlfriends.

• Make friends

  • English: To form friendships with others.
  • Vietnamese: Kết bạn với người khác.

• Casual acquaintances

  • English: People you know on a basic level, but not closely.
  • Vietnamese: Những người quen sơ, không thân thiết.

• Good friends / Close friends

  • English: Friends with whom you have a strong and special relationship.
  • Vietnamese: Những người bạn tốt / thân thiết mà bạn có mối quan hệ gắn bó.

• Love at first sight

  • English: When two people fall in love immediately after meeting.
  • Vietnamese: Tình yêu từ cái nhìn đầu tiên.

• Fall in love

  • English: To begin to have romantic feelings for someone.
  • Vietnamese: Phải lòng, bắt đầu yêu ai đó.

• Strong chemistry

  • English: Strong compatibility or connection between two romantic partners.
  • Vietnamese: Sự hòa hợp hoặc kết nối mạnh mẽ giữa hai người.

• Significant other

  • English: Your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife.
  • Vietnamese: Người quan trọng, bạn trai, bạn gái, chồng hoặc vợ.

• Soul mate

  • English: A poetic expression for someone who is destined to be with you.
  • Vietnamese: Tri kỷ, người định mệnh của mình.

• Have feelings for

  • English: To have romantic feelings toward someone.
  • Vietnamese: Có tình cảm với ai đó.

• Not mutual

  • English: When one person has feelings, but the other does not feel the same.
  • Vietnamese: Không được đáp lại, tình cảm không tương xứng.

• Not my type

  • English: Someone who does not match your preferences in personality or appearance.
  • Vietnamese: Không phải gu của tôi.

• Unrequited love

  • English: Love that is not returned or reciprocated.
  • Vietnamese: Tình yêu đơn phương, không được đáp lại.

• Childhood sweetheart / High school/college sweetheart

  • English: A boyfriend or girlfriend from childhood, teenage, or college years.
  • Vietnamese: Người yêu từ thời thơ ấu / cấp ba / đại học.

• Mutual friend

  • English: A friend that two people have in common.
  • Vietnamese: Bạn chung, người bạn mà cả hai đều quen biết.

• Make a commitment

  • English: To promise to stay with someone in a serious relationship.
  • Vietnamese: Cam kết, hứa hẹn trong một mối quan hệ nghiêm túc.

• Propose to

  • English: When a man asks a woman to marry him.
  • Vietnamese: Cầu hôn, hỏi cưới.

• Happily married

  • English: A marriage where the couple is happy and content.
  • Vietnamese: Hạnh phúc trong hôn nhân.

• Happy ending

  • English: A situation with a positive or happy outcome.
  • Vietnamese: Kết thúc có hậu, tốt đẹp.

• Have an affair

  • English: To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone outside of marriage.
  • Vietnamese: Ngoại tình, có mối quan hệ ngoài luồng.

• Cheating on

  • English: Being unfaithful to your spouse or partner.
  • Vietnamese: Phản bội, lừa dối chồng/vợ hoặc người yêu.