E.A.S.E.

©2001by Sherry MacKay/Reproducible for Classroom Use

The Language of Love

Match the idioms and expressions with their definitions.

___ 1. double date A. To accept someone’s

proposal of marriage

___ 2. blind date B. To innocently like someone

___ 3. to go dutch C. A date where two couples go

out together

___ 4. to break up D. To have your date fail to

appear at the appointed time
or even to call to cancel the
date.

___ 5. to go steady or to go with E. To have a relationship with

someone another person when you are
married.

___ 6. to make out F. To not show any interest in the

other person even though
you may be interested.

___ 7. to have an affair G. To end a relationship.

___ 8. to get engaged H. To use a cliché without really

meaning it, with the hopes of
gaining someone’s interest.
___ 9. to be stood up I. A date arranged by a third
party for two people who
have not met.

___ 10. to play hard to get

J. To date only one person.

___ 11. to flirt K. To slowly get to know a

person before getting into a
serious relationship.

___ 12. to feed someone a line L. To kiss passionately.

___ 13. to get to know someone M. To tease another person with

your body or by what you
say.

___ 14. to have a crush on N. A date where each person

someone pays his or her own way.

E.A.S.E.©2001by Sherry MacKay/Reproducible for Classroom Use