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Topic: ROMANCE

Complete these colloquial expressions.

1

He's been trying to invite Karen out for a date but she keeps playing ........ to get and finds excuses for saying 'no', even though she likes him.

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2

I think all my daughter's friends at school have a crush ........ one celebrity or another.

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b)
c)
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3

Steve had a blind ........ with a woman his friend works with and apparently they both got on really well.

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b)
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Now complete the gaps with the missing words.

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A) I think I'll play hard to with Marlon. I don't want him to know how much I like him yet.

B) I remember when I was young I had a on one of my teachers.

C) I'd never go on a date. You never know who you might meet!

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Make them your own!

1) Do you ever play hard to get?
2) Have you ever had a crush on someone?
3) Have you ever arranged a blind date with or for someone?