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JuanZZZ Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Dating

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00For men, we have bacherlor's party02br
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12br 12br 10For example, if a couple of co-workers go out to eat to a restaurant, a man and a woman, is it considered a DATE? 11b 11font 10That's hard for us to determine. 12font 12b 12br 12br 10And12br 12br 10For men, we have bacherlor's party 12br 12br 10and what is the similar thing for women?

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  • 12br 12br 10For example, if a couple of co-workers go out to eat to a restaurant, a man and a woman, is it considered a DATE?
  • 11b 11font 10That's hard for us to determine.
  • 12font 12b 12br 12br 10And12br 12br 10For men, we have bacherlor's party 12br 12br 10and what is the similar thing for women?
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01cite10JuanZZZ12cite10Hi everyone.12br
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0 Dating - well, yes, it does imply some romantic interest. Just two friends or colleagues going for a meal is not a date. 0-
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0 >and what is the similar thing for women? Bachelorette party02br
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00No, we call it a "hen party". 0-
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0...and in the UK, the male version is a Stag Night rather than a Batchelor Party.02br
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00Dating is somewhat different in the UK and the US - British people tend to have a longer getting-to-know-you phase before they ask each other to go out for a meal or similar, so by the time you are on a 01i00date02i00, there has usually been quite a strong sign
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0 Darn, I must have got it wrong! I took my wife to the cinema on a "date" the day we met! (Am I "the exception that proves the rule"?) 0-
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0 No, Martin, it just means that you were oblivious to all the hard work your wife did up to that point, to get you to realise that she liked you enough that if you asked her to go to the cinema she would agree! 0-
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