BrE

/ə'kweɪntəns/

AmE

/ə'kweɪnt̬əns/

noun - a person who you have already met

BrE

/'ɑ:sk sʌmbədɪ aʊt/

AmE

/'æsk sʌmbədɪ aʊt/

verb - to ask somebody to go to a restaurant, cinema etc. with you

BrE

/'bɔɪfrend/

AmE

/'bɔɪfrend/

noun - a boy who has a romantic relationship with somebody

BrE

/'breɪk'ʊp/

AmE

/'breɪk'ʊp/

verb - to stop being boyfriend and girlfriend, to break such a relationship

BrE

/ˌfɔ:l ɪn'lʌv/

AmE

/ˌfɔ:l ɪn'lʌv/

verb - to start to feel a strong affection towards somebody or something

BrE

/ˌfɔ:l'aʊt wɪð/

AmE

/ˌfɔ:l'aʊt wɪð/

verb - to stop being friendly with someone and start to have arguments with them

BrE

/'fænsi/

AmE

/'fænsi/

verb, British English, informal - to feel sexually attracted to somebody

BrE

/fɪ'ɒnseɪ/

AmE

/ˌfɪ:ɑ:n'seɪ/

noun - a man who has promised to marry someone

BrE

/fɪ'ɒnseɪ/

AmE

/ˌfɪ:ɑ:n'seɪ/

noun - a woman who has promised to marry someone

BrE

/'frend/

AmE

/'frend/

noun - a person who you like and know well and who is not from your family

BrE

/ˌget ɪŋ'geɪdʒd/

AmE

/ˌget̬ɪŋ'geɪdʒd/

verb - to promise each other that you will marry each other

BrE

/ˌget ɪn'vɒlvd wɪð/

AmE

/ˌget̬ɪn'vɑ:lvd wɪð/

verb - to start a sexual relationship with someone

BrE

/ˌget 'mærid/

AmE

/ˌget 'mærid/

verb - to become a husband and wife, to become someone's husband or wife

BrE

/ˌget tə'nəʊ/

AmE

/ˌget tə'noʊ/

verb - to become familiar with

BrE

/'gɜ:lfrend/

AmE

/'gɜ:rlfrend/

noun - the girl who has a romantic relationship with somebody

BrE

/ˌgəʊ 'aʊt wɪð/

AmE

/ˌgoʊ 'aʊt wɪð/

verb - to have somebody as a boyfriend or girlfriend

BrE

/'dʒeləs/

AmE

/'dʒeləs/

adjective - being afraid of losing a person you like or love because somebody else likes him/her too

BrE

/'laɪ/

AmE

/'laɪ/

verb - not to tell the truth

BrE

/'mi:t/

AmE

/'mi:t/

verb - to come together, to see each other, to introduce each other

BrE

/'pɑ:tnə/

AmE

/'pɑ:rtnər/

noun - a person who shares in the same activity as somebody else