First dates

First dates

Update: 2026-01-132
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Was Pippa's date with her friend a success? Neil and Beth talk about dates and teach some phrasal verbs like 'get on', 'hit it off' and 'settle down', with grammar guru Georgie.

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essi

فریزال‌ورب‌ها (phrasal verbs) سه دسته اصلی دارند: 1. **فعل‌هایی که مفعول می‌گیرند و جداشدنی‌اند** مثال: ask out, put on, turn off I asked my friend out / I asked out my friend 2. **فعل‌هایی که مفعول می‌گیرند ولی جداشدنی نیستند** مثال: go out with, look after, bump into Phil went out with a girl / I look after my dog 3. **فعل‌هایی که مفعول نمی‌گیرند (مگر با with)** مثال: get on, settle down, break up The team get on well / They broke up / Phil broke up with his girlfriend

Jan 25th
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essi

blind date قرار ملاقات کور hit it off خیلی سریع صمیمی شدن، جور شدن whirlwind رابطه یا ماجرای خیلی سریع و پرهیجان break up = split up به‌هم زدن رابطه، جدا شدن got on well خوب با هم کنار آمدن، رابطه خوبی داشتن ask out کسی را به قرار ملاقات دعوت کردن settled down آرام گرفتن، تشکیل زندگی خانوادگی، سر و سامان گرفتن bump into به طور اتفاقی کسی را دیدن، برخورد کردن با کسی

Jan 25th
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