Everyday Conversations · Engagement, Weddings & Married Life
Health, dating and marriage review
“We've been seeing each other for a year, and it's getting serious.”
B1 · Intermediate10 minPhrases
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This review follows one long story: feeling well, meeting someone, getting engaged, planning a wedding, and living together afterward. Real conversations jump around this story all the time. A friend asks how your back is, then how the new relationship is going, then whether you're coming to a cousin's wedding. You need phrases from every stage, ready at once.
Read each phrase and picture who you'd say it to. Health and dating phrases are mostly for friends. Wedding phrases go to couples, venues and guests. Married-life phrases are for the people who knew you before. The grammar stays steady across all of them: present perfect for anything still going ("We've been seeing each other"), and short, kind reactions for other people's news.
If a phrase feels unfamiliar, go back to the lesson it came from, in this unit or the one before it, and listen again. Then come back and try the drill without looking.
Phrases
tired and not quite well for a while
you want to be fit again
a clear, polite way to ask someone out
says how long you've been dating
the relationship is becoming long-term
the warm reaction to engagement news
the yes when a friend asks you to be in the wedding
checks a date with a wedding venue
asks about the couple's gift list
the first question when newlyweds come back
friendly small talk with a newly married friend
confirm plans before you say yes
a kind way to describe a hard time
full support for a friend in trouble
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
Practice · 3 min
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.