weddings, marriages, divorces Flashcards

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to look sb up, look up to sb, to be attracted to

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have a crush, admire sb, respect

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2
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to be smitten with sb

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suddenly feeling that you are in love with somebody

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3
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to be hit by love, to be hit in your heart by the emotion of love

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to be struck by love

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4
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falling in love with the person you met for the first time and not on the first time you actually “saw” him/her

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love at first sight

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5
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matični urad

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registry office

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6
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snubitev, snubiti

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proposal, to propose

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7
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oltar

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the altar

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8
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vikar

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a vicar

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9
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ženin

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the bridegroom

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10
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ženinova poročna priča

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the best man

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11
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dekliščina

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a hen party, bachelorette party

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12
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stare pločevinke

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old tin cans

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13
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družice

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the bridesmaids

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14
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priženjeno sorodstvo

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in-laws

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15
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in-laws

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relatives by marriage

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16
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sprejem

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the reception

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17
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organist

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a person who plays the organ

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18
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pevski zbor

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the choir

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19
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šopek

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bouquet

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20
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prehod

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the aisle

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21
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wedding march

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a piece of music at a traditional UK wedding, usually from Wagner’s opera

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zakonec

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medeni tedni

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fantovščina

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stag party

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train
the part of a long formal dress that spreads out on the floor behind the person wearing it
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vlečka
train
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to go out with someone
to be dating
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všeč ti je nekdo
you fancy sb
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what are you when you like sb?
you are infatuated
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zaljubiti se
to fall in love
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to live with someone unmarried
to cohabit
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to start living with sb
to shack up with sb
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razšla sva se
we split up
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to officially split up
to get a divorce
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an arranged marriage
a marriage in which the parents choose the husband or wife for their child
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a shotgun wedding
it has to take place quickly beacause a woman is pregnant and the couple has to get married because of society
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a marriage for love
when you love sb and you decide to get married together
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a marriage of convenience
a marriage for reasons other but love, for greencard, for money, for insurance
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white wedding
traditional wedding because the bride wears white dress, takes place in a church
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venue
a place where you get married
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tančica
veil
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suit
tuxedo, morning suit
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chief bridesmaid
maid of honour
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oznanilo
reading of the banns
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all the guests
congregation
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she chickens out
she gets cold feet
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the central passage
up the corridor
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what do they sign
a register = book that is the official record of their marriage
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conffetti
small pieces of coloured paper
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two parts
reception and ceremony