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Valentine’s Day party

Kevin: Hi, I’m Kevin. Isn’t this an awesome Valentine’s Day party?

Cindy: Weil, it might be if I’d actually got a date.

Kevin: You mean you didn’t get any valentines?

Cindy: No. I just broke up with my boyfriend of three years.

Kevin: You mean some guy ditched a lovely girl like you - he must be a real jerk.

Cindy: We were incompatible, that’s all. He became obsessed with American football.

Kevin: So you’re young, free and single, then? Perhaps this is your lucky day!

Cindy: You wouldn’t be hitting on me, would you? Because that’s a pathetic pick-up line.

Kevin: True, but my heart’s been broken, too... Look, there are plenty more fish in the sea, and you seem really nice. I’d love to see you again.

Cindy: Sorry, but I don’t feel like getting serious right now.

Kevin: Who said anything about getting serious? What would you say to going out to see a movie or grabbing a burger?

Cindy: I’m vegetarian - I don’t eat burgers.

Kevin: Well come round to my place, then. I do a fantastic vegetable stir-fry. We can get to know each other a little better, and I could be a shoulder to cry on. And it won’t be a padded one, either - I’m lousy at sports…

Conversation vocabulary

awesome = (surtout US) super

break up = rompre

ditch = plaquer

jerk = (surtout US) ici, abruti

young, free and single = jeune, libre et célibataire

hit on sb = (US) draquer qn

pathetic pick-up line = baratin idiot

There are plenty more fish in the sea = Un de perdu, dix de retrouvés

get serious = avoir une rélation sérieuse

grab = ici, avaler

my place = chez moi

stir-fry = sauté

padded = rembourré (comme en football américain)

lousy = nul

Extra vocabulary

dating agency = club de rencontres

make a pass at sb = faire des avances à qn

be going steady = sortir ensemble

go on ablind date = avoir rendez-vous avec un(e) inconnu(e)

have an affair with sb = avoir une liaison avec qn

have a date with sb = sortir avec qn

It was love at first sight = Ça a été le coup de foudre

have the hots for sb = en pincer pour qn

Would you like to go out sometime?= Voudriez-vous que l’on sorte ensemble un soir ?

stand sb up = poser un lapin à qn