Lesson 2 – Relationships

Question 1

make friends
casual acquaintances
good friends or Close friends

Answer 1

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.

make friends: Find friends

casual acquaintances:
دوستی که فقط با او سلام و علیک داریم و خیلی صمیمی نیستیم.

Question 2

love at first sight
fall in love
strong chemistry
significant other
soul mate

Answer 2

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.

1) عشق در نگاه اول
2) شیفتن، عاشق شدن
3) جاذبه احساسی قوی در رابطه ی بین دو نفر

Question 3

have feelings for
feeling is not mutual
he’s/she’s just not my type
unrequited love

Answer 3

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)

1) نسبت به کسی حس داشتن
2) دل به دل راه داره
3) بهم اومدن
4) عشق یه طرفه

Question 4

childhood sweetheart
high school/college sweetheart
mutual friend
make a commitment
proposes to the woman

Answer 4

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.

Make a commitment: ایجاد یک تعهد
ازدواج سعادتمند

Question 5

Have an affair
cheating on their husband/wife

Answer 5

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.

Have an affair:
رابطه جنسی با کسی غیر از شریک جنسی خود برقرار کردن
رابطه نامشروع جنسی داشتن