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.

“I can’t work because all I do is think of you…”

The phrase “I miss you” seems too weak for some situations. It doesn’t capture that feeling of chaos and minor catastrophe caused by the absence of a true love or however you call them. To give the phrase more depth, sometimes you need to add props or a few extra words.

1. I can’t stop thinking about you. – Nem tudok nem gondolni rád.

2. I can’t wait to see you again. – Alig várom, hogy újra lássalak.

3. When will I see you again? – Mikor láthatlak újra?

4. I hope I will see you again soon. – Remélem, hamarosan látlak majd. / Remélem, hamarosan találkozunk.

5. I feel sad without you. – Nélküled szomorú vagyok.

6. All I do is think of you. – Folyton csak rád gondolok.

7. I wish you were here. – Bárcsak itt lennél!

8. I’m counting down the days. – Számolom a napokat.

9. I’m counting the days until I see you again. – Számolom a napokat a viszontlátásig.

10. Your picture makes me smile. – Mosolygok, ha a fényképedre nézek.

11. I think of you night and day. – Éjjel-nappal rád gondolok.

12. I was thinking about you and it made me smile. – Rád gondoltam, és ettől elmosolyodtam.

13. I’ve been thinking of you. – Gondolok rád mostanában.

14. You have been running through my head all night. – Egész éjjel te jártál a fejemben.

15. I can’t wait to see your beautiful face. – Alig várom, hogy lássam a gyönyörű arcodat.

16. I think about you all the time. – Folyton rád gondolok.

17. I smile when I think of the time we spent together. – Elmosolyodom, ha az együtt töltött időnkre gondolok.

18. I miss you so much it hurts. – Annyira hiányzol, hogy az már fáj.

19. I can’t work because all I do is think of you. – Nem tudok dolgozni, mert csak rád gondolok.

20. I can’t sleep because I have been thinking of you so much. – Annyit gondoltam rád, hogy aludni sem tudok.

21. I need you now. – Szükségem van rád, most.

22. I can’t wait to be with you again. – Alig várom, hogy újra veled legyek.

23. I can’t wait to talk to you again. – Alig várom, hogy újra beszéljünk.

24. I look forward to seeing you again. – Már várom, hogy újra lássalak.

25. I would like to be with you again. – Szeretnék újra melletted lenni.

26. The world is not the same when you are away. – Más a világ is, ha te nem vagy itt.

27. You’ve been on my mind. – Sokat gondoltam rád.

28. You occupy my thoughts. – Te töltöd meg a gondolataim. / Te jársz a fejemben.

29. I yearn for you. – Téged áhítalak.

30. I long for you. – Vágyom rád.

31. You’ve crossed my mind. – Átfutottál az agyamon.

32. I miss you so much. – Nagyon hiányzol.

33. I want you here with me now. – Azt akarom, hogy most itt legyél velem.

34. I’m incomplete without you. – Nélküled nem vagyok teljes.

35. My life has a void when you are not with me. – Amikor nem vagy velem, űr van az életemben.

36. I’m so unhappy without you. – Annyira boldogtalan vagyok nélküled

37. I can’t breathe without you. – Levegőt venni sem tudok nélküled.

38. Your presence makes me a happy person. – A jelenléted boldog emberré tesz.

39. My life is meaningless without you. – Nélküled nincs értelme az életemnek.

source: eslbuzz.com

“I Miss You” Vocabulary – Can you match these words with their English definitions?

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

When you fall in love, you start to love someone romantically:

They met in the spring and fell madly in love.

If you start to love someone from the first time you see them, you may describe the experience as love at first sight:

Al and I met in a friend’s kitchen and it was love at first sight for both of us.

To describe the same experience of immediate, very strong, romantic love for someone, you may say that they sweep you off your feet:

The first time I met her, I was completely swept off my feet.

Meanwhile, although this phrase describes a slightly less intense feeling, if you take a shine to someone you have just met, you start to like them immediately:

I think Karl’s taken a bit of a shine to your sister.

An idiom that is used to describe great strength of feeling, rather than the start of that feeling is head over heels. If you describe yourself as head over heels (in love) with someone, you mean you are completely in love, with very strong feelings:

The actor is reportedly head over heels in love with his co-star.

In a relationship, if someone loves and admires their partner very much, it is sometimes said that they worship the ground that they walk on:

I’ve never known anything like it – he worships the ground she walks on.

Sadly, in the real world not all couples get to live happily ever after (= happy together for the rest of their lives). Love sometimes ends. If you break someone’s heart, you make them very sad, usually because you have stopped loving them:

She was crazy about Daniel and it broke her heart when he left her.

Sometimes, a person has strong feelings for someone who does not love them. For this sad situation, we use the phrase unrequited love:

James was very keen on a woman that he worked with but sadly, it was a case of unrequited love.

Meanwhile, someone who is said to carry a torch for a person, loves or admires them over a long period, even when the person does not realise this:

He’s been carrying a torch for Rebecca for years.

source: dictionaryblog.cambridge.org

Can you match the expression to its definition?

Key

1. d.

2. e.

3. b.

4. c.

5. a.

Toshiyuki Kuroki of Japan spent two years planting thousands of flowers around his farm property in order to cheer up his wife Yasuko who had become blind due to a diabetes-related complication.

People show love for their spouse in many remarkable ways. Toshiyuki and Yasuko Kuroki of Japan had been married for 30 years when she went blind due to diabetes-related complications. She reportedly got very depressed, particularly since she and her husband had planned to travel after retiring. In an effort to lure her outside and cheer her up with visitors, he decided to plant a mass of flowers throughout their property. The whole project, which incorporates thousands of pinkish-purple blooms, took about two years to complete. The garden now welcomes thousands of sightseers annually, and Mrs. Kuroki can be seen smiling again.

Go together like a horse and carriage

This I tell you brother

You can’t have one without the other

Love and marriage, love and marriage

It’s an institute you can’t disparage

Ask the local gentry

And they will say it’s elementary

Try, try, try to separate them

It’s an illusion

Try, try, try, and you will only come

To this conclusion

Love and marriage, love and marriage

Go together like the horse and carriage

Dad was told by mother

You can’t have one, you can’t have none, you can’t have one without the other!

Listen to the song once more and fill in the gaps in the lyrics.

Love and (1)……….., love and marriage

Go together like a horse and (2) ……….

This I tell you brother

You can’t have one without the (3)…….

Love and marriage, love and marriage

It’s an (4)………… you can’t (5) ………..

Ask the local (6) ………

And they will say it’s (7)…………

Try, try, try to (8)……….. them

It’s an (9)………..

Try, try, try, and you will only come

To this (10)…………

Love and marriage, love and marriage

Go together like the horse and carriage

Dad was told by mother

You can’t have one, you can’t have none, you can’t have one without the other

No Sir!

Key:

1. marriage

2. carriage

3. other

4. institute

5. disparage

6. gentry

7. elementary

8. separate

9. illusion

10. conclusion

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