to be in love (with) – szerelmesnek lenni valakibe
They are so much in love. – Annyira szerelmesek egymásba.

lovebirds – szerelmespár
The lovebirds were kissing each other all day long. – A szerelmespár egész nap csókolózott.

unconditional love – feltételek nélküli szerelem
Unconditional love is known as affection without any limitations. – A feltételek nélküli szerelem olyan érzelem, amely nem ismer határokat.

unrequited love – viszonzatlan szerelem
Unrequited love or one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated. – A viszonzatlan szerelem vagy egyoldalú szerelem olyan érzés, amelyet nyíltan nem viszonoznak.

love at first sight – szerelem első látásra
It was definitely love at first sight. – Egyértelműen szerelem volt első látásra.

love triangle – szerelmi háromszög
The football player found himself in a strange love triangle. – A focista egy furcsa szerelmi háromszögben találta magát.

to make love – szerelmeskedni
The secret lovers made love in a hotel room. – A titkos pár egy szállodai szobában szerelmeskedett.

to send one’s love to somebody – (szeretetteljes) üdvözletet küldeni valakinek
Aunt Julie is sending her love to you. – Julie néni üdvözletét küldi neked.

love child – szerelemgyerek
After they had a love child they decided to get married. – Miután lett egy szerelemgyerekük, úgy döntöttek, hogy összeházasodnak.

love letter – szerelmeslevél
My friend got a love letter but she doesn’t know who the sender is. – A barátnőm kapott egy szerelmeslevelet, de nem tudja ki a feladó.

love nest – szerelmi fészek
The young couple moved into their first love nest last month. – A fiatal pár múlt hónapban költözött be az első szerelmi fészkébe.

love-hate relationship – se veled se nélküled kapcsolat
They have a love-hate relationship, as soon as they spend more than a day together they start arguing. – Se veled se nélküled kapcsolatban élnek, amint több, mint egy napot együtt töltenek, azonnal veszekedni kezdenek.

puppy love – gyerekszerelem
Little Susie and Tommy are in love, but nobody takes them seriously. It’s just puppy love. – A kis Susie és Tommy szerelmesek egymásba, de senki nem veszi őket komolyan. Ez csak gyerekszerelem.

– Are you married?

– Yes.

– How long have you been married?

– We got married in 2001.

– Do you remember how you popped the question?

– Yes, I took my then girlfriend to the beach and we walked out to a rocky point and I got down on one knee the best I could and pulled out a ring and then I asked her if she would marry me.

Pop the question – this expression means

a. to ask someone on a date

b. to ask someone to marry you

c. to ask someone his/her age

d. to ask someone to kiss you

This expression means: to ask someone to marry you

Example: He got down on one knee, pulled out a ring, and popped the question.

– Where did you two exchange vows?

– We got married on Lovells Island in the bay in Massachusetts.

Exchange vows – this expression means

a. to look at each other with love

b. to give each other addresses, phone numbers etc.

c. to kiss each other

d. to get married, to have a wedding ceremony

This expression means: to get married, to have a wedding ceremony

Example: They exchanged vows on a beautiful island. – In other words: They had their wedding ceremony on a beautiful island.

Vow is a solemn promise, a very special promise. So when you exchange vows you’re exchanging promises how you will love each other and how you will care for each other for the rest of your lives.

– Did you have a honeymoon?

– Yes, we had our honeymoon at Martha’s Vineyard.

Honeymoon – this expression means:

a. beautiful weather

b. a wedding dress

c. a wedding trip/vacation

d. a romantic dance

This expression means: a wedding trip/vacation

So this is the trip or vacation people take just after they get married.

Example: They went to Martha’s Vineyard for their honeymoon.

We can use honeymoon with different verbs. Let’s look at the following phrases:

Go somewhere on your honeymoon.

Spend your honeymoon somewhere.

Have your honeymoon somewhere.

Take your honeymoon somewhere.

So now let’s try an exercise:

Complete the statement with one of the new expressions. Each expression will be used only once.

Choose from the following:

– pop the question

– exchange vows

– honeymoon

1. Ellen and David decided to go to Hawaii on their ……. . They will spend 10 days travelling to the different islands.

Answer: honeymoon

2. Did you know that in Las Vegas you can …… in a helicopter over the city? How many people can say that they had their wedding in the air?

Answer: exchange vows

3. Benjamin was ready to …… . He had been practicing what he was going to say to his girlfriend every day for over a week.

Answer: pop the question

Thanks for watching. Happy studies!

Marina Bellai about her project:

“When last year I crocheted 100 small hearts and hid them in various places in Budapest, I decided t hat this year I would do that again, and I would make even more.

Got heart! This year I’ve dispatched 500 tiny crochet hearts with this message. On the one hand it is obvious that the one who finds a heart, gets a heart – so (s)he has got heart. On the other hand with this short message I also wanted to draw attention to the fact that good dwells in everyone. In you, too! I meant this sentence to plant a seed of an idea, which I hope will germinate in some people. 🙂

They are literally heartful teddies as I really put a crochet heart into their bodies when I make them.

I crocheted 40 hearts on average each day and used about 400 meters of yarn in total. Then I cut the cards, made a hole and tied the hearts to them. Meanwhile I took lots of photos which I used to create the video above. I think the result is pretty cool considering that I’m not a photographer or a film editor.

I started to crochet the hearts on the 1st of January so I finished everything in time but I had to ask my friends to help me to hide the hearts. I think, without them I would be running in the streets with the hearts until Christmas. Thanks to them there are hidden hearts in almost all the districts of Budapest so I am really happy. We’ve started to hide the hearts on the 2nd of February, and we can finish it sometime before Valentine’s Day.

Since I wrote my blog’s name on the cards, people started to send photos of the hearts found.”

Happy hunting and good luck in case you want to find a teddy!

source: welovebudapest.com, topysworld.com

Here are a few definitions. What’s the word?

1. to make clothes and other things using wool/yarn and a special needle with a hook

2. the small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows

3. a person who lives in a city, town, village etc.

4. a feeling of liking and caring for someone or something

5. being artistic or interested in the arts

Key

1. to crochet

2. seed

3. dweller

4. affection

5. artsy

1. KLIMT’S CAREER WAS ON THE DOWNSWING WHEN HE PAINTED THE KISS.  

Before creating this piece, Klimt had received scathing scorn in the first decade of the 20th century for his three-part University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings. Because of the nudity in these works, his interpretation of Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence were derided as “pornography” and “perverted excess,” wounding his reputation.

2. KLIMT CREATED HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK IN A TIME OF CREATIVE PANIC.

In 1907, perhaps reeling from the poor reception of the Vienna Ceiling Paintings, Klimt was sketching furiously, but he doubted his work. He confessed in a letter, “Either I am too old, or too nervous, or too stupid—there must be something wrong.” But before long, he would begin the painting that would be his most popular.

3. THE KISS WAS BOUGHT BEFORE IT WAS FINISHED.

In 1908, the Austrian Gallery displayed The Kiss for the first time, even though Klimt hadn’t yet put the finishing touches on the work. Its unfinished state didn’t stop the Belvedere Museum (a.k.a. The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere) from adding it to their collection on the spot.

4. THE KISS’S SALE BROKE RECORDS.

How do you buy a work of art that hasn’t even been finished yet? You make an offer that can’t be refused. To acquire this transcendent piece of art, the Belvedere paid 25,000 crowns (or about $240,000 today). Prior to this mammoth sale, the highest price paid for a painting in Austria was a relatively paltry 500 crowns.

5. THAT PRICE TURNED OUT TO BE A BARGAIN.

Austria considers The Kiss a national treasure, and so the Viennese museum that has long been its home would never dream of selling it. However, if such a transaction were to happen, it’s predicted The Kiss would break sales records again. After all, Klimt’s less renowned (though still quite famous) Adele Bloch-Bauer I sold for $135 million in 2006. The New York Times noted at that time this was “the highest sum ever paid for a painting.”

 6. THE PIECE REFLECTS A COLLISION OF ARTISTIC STYLES.

The pose of the lovers depicted in The Kiss reflects the natural forms favored in the Vienna Art Nouveau (of Vienna Jugendstil) movement. But the simple forms with the bold patterns of the pair’s cloaks shows the impact of the Arts and Crafts movement, while the use of spirals harkens back to Bronze Age art.

7. IT’S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF KLIMT’S “GOLDEN PERIOD.”

Inspired by the Byzantine mosaics he’d seen on his travels, Klimt mingled gold leaf into his oil paints to create what would become his signature style.

8. THE KISS WAS A DEPARTURE FROM A MAJOR KLIMT THEME.

The painter’s works mostly focused on women, so the inclusion of a man—albeit one whose face is obscured—was unusual for Klimt. The figures’ modest dress also marks this painting as one of Klimt’s more conservative creations. 

9. THE KISS MAY BE A SELF-PORTRAIT.

Some art historians have theorized that the lovers seen lip-locked here are none other than the Austrian painter and his long-time partner, fashion designer Emilie Flöge, who he had previously depicted in a portrait.

10. OR THE GIRL MIGHT BE ANOTHER RECURRING MUSE.

Others have posited that The Kiss’s lovely lady was actually salon hostess and society woman Adele Bloch-Bauer, who had posed for a Golden Period portrait that same year. Still others have suggested the red hair is a clue that this is ‘Red Hilda,’ the model Klimt employed for Danae, Lady with Hat and Feather Boa, and Goldfish.

11. IT’S REALLY BIG.

The Kiss measures 180 centimeters by 180 centimeters, nearly a 6-foot square.

12. ITS SHAPE IS OFTEN MODIFIED FOR MERCHANDISING.

While Klimt’s original composition is a perfect square, the popularity of the painting spurred countless reproductions on posters, postcards and various mementos. But these souvenirs regularly truncate the right and left sides of the painting to make for a more standard rectangle display.

13. THE KISS IS ARGUABLY BLASPHEMOUS.

Klimt’s use of gold calls back to the kinds of religious art found in churches. Using gold leaf here to celebrate the earthly pleasures and sensuality of sexuality was considered by some profane.

14. KLIMT AND THE KISS WERE MINTED.

In 2003, Austria released a commemorative 100 Euro coin that had an etching of The Kiss on one side, and a portrait of Klimt at work in his studio on the other.

15. THE KISS NEVER DISAPPOINTS IN PERSON.

Maybe it’s the grand scale. Maybe it’s the gold. But when re-assessing The Kiss for Klimt’s 150th birthday, journalist Adrian Brijbassi wrote, “The Kiss by Gustav Klimt surpasses expectations,” unlike that tiny and underwhelming Mona Lisa.

After throwing shade on the more famous painting, Brijbassi explained, “[The Kiss] does what a great piece of art is supposed to do: Hold your gaze, make you admire its aesthetic qualities while trying to discern what’s beyond its superficial aspects.”

Take that, Mona.

source: mentalfloss

Valentine’s Day is about love and kisses. Did you know the following facts about kisses?

1. A person burns 26 calories in a one-minute kiss.

2. The human brain has special neurons to help couples find each others’ lips in the dark.

3. As many as 278 colonies of bacteria are exchanged during a kiss.

4. An average person spends two weeks of their life kissing.

5. The scientific name for kissing is osculation.

6. A man who kisses his lady goodbye when he leaves for work every morning averages a higher income than a man who doesn’t.

7. Ninety percent of people worldwide kiss on the lips according to anthropologists.

8. Fifty percent of people have kissed before they turned 14.

9. Kissing can be a beauty treatment. Scientific tests show that good kissing helps reduce dermatitis, blemishes and skin rashes.

10. Kissing makes your hair glow and your hair shine.

source: Ruth McConnell: The Kissing Cure

SunriseSenior Living in the US polled its residents across the nation to find the key to achieving a long and happy marriage.

The results were compiled into these Top 10 Love Tips and Relationship Advice.

1) Take Your Time

Love yourself first before you commit to another person and make sure the emotion involved is love and not simply infatuation. Follow your heart, but also use good judgment so that you aren’t rushing into anything.

2) Embrace the Romance

Do not be afraid to fall in love with someone and once you do, never forget the reason why you fell in love initially. One resident put it best, “Love is grand if you have the right person.”

3) Spend More Time Together

Companionship was their favorite aspect of being in love. Many couples enjoyed sharing interests, trying new things together and especially traveling with one another, which all help to keep the love alive.

4) ExpressYour Love

Whether it is a kiss goodbye or saying “I love you” every night before bed, it is important to remind your partner of your feelings toward them, especially the intimate ones.

5) Be with Someone Who is Kind

Love can be a beautiful thing, but kindness is necessary for a successful relationship. According to one resident, “Kind people will love you with all of their heart and don’t forget it.”

6) Love is a Two-Way Street

A successful relationship takes teamwork. Do away with the “me” and focus on remaining true to the person you love. Trust and understanding contribute to a happy, healthy relationship!

7) Be Patient With Each Other

Partners must have a lot of patience. Be understanding and supportive of each other’s dreams and take one another’s advice. Listening to one another is important.

8)Communicate Emotions

Be comfortable enough with each other to express your feelings, most importantly when you’re upset. Discuss things that are bothering you, instead of making them guess what you need so that you never go to bed angry.

9) Respect is Key

A majority of residents said that respecting their partner was an integral part of their relationship’s success. Respect and be true to each other even if opinions may differ.

10) Never Give Up

A successful relationship takes work. One resident explained how, “You don’t always have to like each other, but always love each other.” Working together will help the relationship overcome any difficulties.

Can you remember the ten pieces of advice? Let us revise a little bit – but now they are in a different order.

1. Be …………. with each other.

2. Love is a …………. street.

3. …………. your love.

4. Never …………. .

5. …………. your time.

6. Communicate …………. .

7. Be with someone who is ………….

8. Spend more time …………. .

9. …………. the romance.

10. …………. is the key.

Key:

1. patient

2. two-way

3. express

4. give up

5. take

6. emotions

7. kind

8. together

9. embrace

10. respect

If you don’t like taking too much time baking, these are the cookies for you! It takes only a few minutes to create … and to eat them!

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

3 eggs

3 ½ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

½ teaspoon salt

Preparation:

Mix ingredients together until smooth. Chill dough for 1 hour.

Roll out onto lightly floured surface and use a heart shaped cookie cutter to create the shapes.

Bake at 375 °F (190 °C) or 8-10 minutes. Do not over bake!

After they’re cooled you can frost them or dip them into melted chocolate for a more elegant and tasty treat.

You can also sprinkle some granulated white sugar on the top of the cookies. 

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baking soda – szódabikarbóna
powdered sugar – porcukor
vanilla extract – vanília kivonat
cream of tartar – tisztított borkő
smooth – sima, egyenletes, csomómentes
to chill – lehűt
dough – nyers tészta
to roll out – kinyújt
lightly floured surface – enyhén belisztezett felület
cookie cutter – sütiforma
to frost – cukormázzal bevon
to dip – bemárt
melted chocolate – olvasztott csokoládé
to sprinkle – megszór
granulated white sugar – fehér kristálycukor

The Valentine’s Day routine of out-of-season roses and chalk-like candy hearts can get a bit dull. If you are travelling this February, there are plenty of places to take your loved one that offer something a bit different.

Reversal of gender roles in Japan
In Japan, the Valentine’s Day tradition is for women to buy chocolates for men. It dates back to a custom of women giving “obligation chocolates” to male colleagues and employers, something that began in the 1930s with a push from the confection industry, according to CBS News. Exactly one month later, on White Day, men return the favour by giving women chocolates. The holidays result in a major boon for the chocolate industry which receives a $660 million boost during the Valentine’s season.

Secret admiration in Denmark
In Denmark, young people have developed a playful secret admirer guessing game called Gaekkebrev. Boys and girls write funny rhymes or love notes, but sign them with dots instead of their names. If the recipient guesses who the sender is, she or he gets a prize: an egg on Easter Sunday.

Random hearts in Brazil
Brazil’s Valentine’s Day, Dia dos Namaorados, or Day of the Enamoured, does not come until 12 June. One tradition practiced by young women is to write the names of their crushes (all of them) down on pieces of paper, fold them up and put them in a hat (or any container). On the 12th, they pick a piece of paper at random. The name they choose supposedly determines who they should marry.

The original Valentine in Dublin, Ireland
If you find yourself in Dublin on 14 February, know that Saint Valentine’s remains rest at the city’s Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church. Pope Gregory XVI is said to have given the church the relics in 1835 to boost Catholicism’s popularity. If you would prefer to mix romantic and religious experiences on Valentine’s Day, this is your opportunity.

Blind dating in Dallas, Texas
You may have heard about a trend that tests one sense by taking another away. One of the  “Dining in the Dark” restaurants, Opaque, is hosting a special Valentine’s Day event at its Dallas, Texas location with a four-course menu served in pitch black darkness, creating a very intimate, if unusual, dining experience.

Every February we celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving flowers, candy and cards to those we love. We do this in honour of Saint Valentine. You may be wondering, “Who is St. Valentine”? Time to brush up on your Valentine’s history!

Legend has it that Valentine was a priest who served during third century Rome. There was an Emperor at that time by the name of Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those that were married. With this thought in mind he outlawed marriage for young men, in hopes of building a stronger military base. Supposedly, Valentine decided this decree just wasn’t fair and chose to marry young couples secretly. When Emperor Claudius II found out about Valentine’s actions he had him put to death.

Another legend has it that Valentine was an imprisoned man who fell in love with his jailer‘s daughter. Before he was put to death he sent the first ‘valentine’ himself when he wrote her a letter and signed it ‘Your Valentine’, words still used on cards today.

Perhaps we’ll never know the true identity and story behind the man named St. Valentine, but this much is for sure…February has been the month to celebrate love for a long time, dating clear back to the Middle Ages. In fact, Valentines ranks second only to Christmas in number of greeting cards sent.

Another valentine gentleman you may be wondering about is Cupid (Latin cupido, “desire”). In Roman mythology Cupid is the son of Venus, goddess of love. His counterpart in Greek mythology is Eros, god of love. Cupid is often said to be a mischievous boy who goes around wounding both gods and humans with his arrows, causing them to fall in love.

candy – cukorka, csoki

in honour of … – … tiszteletére

to brush up sth – felfrissíteni vmit

to serve – szolgál

Emperor – Császár

single – egyedülálló

with this thought in mind – ezzel a gondolattal a fejében

to outlaw – törvényen kívül helyez

in hopes of … – abban a reményben, hogy …

supposedly – feltehetőleg

decree – dekrétum, rendelet

to put sth to death – halálra ítélni vkit

imprisoned – bebörtönzött

jailer – börtönőr

identity –  azonosság, kilét

to celebrate sth – ünnepelni vmit

the Middle Ages – a középkor

to rank second – második helyre sorolható

mythology – mitológia

goddess – istennő

counterpart – társ

mischievous – pajkos, csintalan

to wound – megsebesít

human – emberi lény

A study by dating app Flirt Planet says only five per cent of women like chat-up lines. The chat-up line, "I like your dress but it would look better on my bedroom floor" has been named the worst of all by women. In a list of corny lines least likely to succeed it was followed by: "I’m looking for treasure – can I have a look around your chest?"

A study by dating app Flirt Planet says only five per cent of women like chat-up lines and more than half prefer a simple compliment. Both sexes said flirting is highly stressful and tests confirmed higher heart rates and increased sweating. One in five females and one in eight men are so scared they physically shake in a flirty chat. Spokesman Sebastian Coman said: "Some compared the stress to the stress experienced during their driving test."

The top 10 chat-up lines

1) I like your dress – but it would look better on my bedroom floor

2) I’m looking for treasure – can I have a look around your chest

3) Your eyes are like spanners – every time I look at them my nuts tighten

4) Are you Jamaican? Because you’re Jamaican me crazy…

5) Is your father a thief? Because he must have stolen your eyes from heaven

6) You look like a parking ticket – because you’ve got fine written all over you

7) Did it hurt – falling from heaven

8) If I could rewrite the alphabet I would put ‘u’ and ‘I’ together

9) Are you tired? Because you’ve been running round my mind all night

10) Have a feel of this shirt – do you know what that feels like? Boyfriend material

source: www.mirror.co.uk

study – tanulmány
per cent – százalék
chat-up line – ismerkedős, felszedős szöveg
corny – csöpögős, giccses
least likely – legkevésbé valószínű
treasure – kincs
app – (application) alkalmazás
to prefer – előnyben részesít
compliment – bók
flirting – flörtölés
stressful – nyomasztó, nehéz, stresszes
to confirm – megerősíteni
heart rate – pulzusszám
to be scared of sg. – félni valamitől
flirty – könnyed, flörtölő
experienced – tapasztalt
driving test – (autóvezetői) forgalmi vizsga
spanners – csavarkulcs
nuts – mogyoró (férfiaké is)
to tighten – összehúzódik, összeszorul
heaven – mennyország
parking ticket – parkolási bírság
fine – 1. jó, kellemes, 2. pénzbüntetés
to rewrite – újraírni
alphabet – ábécé
to have a feel – megérinteni, megtapintani vmit
boyfriend material – jó pasianyag

Match the chat-up lines with their endings. 
 

 answers: 1-h  2-d  3-j 4-a 5-c 6-i 7-e 8-g 9-f 10-b