I dumped him!
Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! But how painful it is to break up with your Mr Right! Carla and her friend Max are having a conversation about her ex-boyfriend.
Max: That's incredible, Carla! It's the best thing you could have done! Just think... he really was an impossible person. I've even heard that he cheated on you.
Carla: No! He was sleeping around! At first, he had nothing at all to say. Then I discovered that once a week, in the evening, he went on blind dates.
Max: But now that I think...you both were in an open relationship. So what's wrong with that? Anyone Either one of you was free to meet new people and couples. (Both of you were free to meet...)
Carla: You're now talking about him as if he were innocent. I should know with who he's seeing. It's risky to touch and kiss someone who probably hooked up all night with the first person he met on the corner. This gets on my nerves. (This is the idiom, but it doesn't fit the context that well)
Max: Calm down please. It's not the end of the world. You should deal with it and realize that there are plenty more fish in the sea. If I were you, I would stop dating this way. Look for the your true love, the one doesn't that won't hurt you and who makes you feel like you are on cloud nine. But remember, don't let your heart rule your head.
Carla: Now I see why you don't have a girlfriend. You're totally out from of this world. (The idiom 'out of this world' means absolutely fantastic e.g. the food was out of this world = the food was absolutely fantastic, so we can see it doesn't really fit this context) Better to say something like 'You're totally detached from reality'.
Max: At least I'm looking forward to meeting the perfect girl and not the a stupid one. We'll know how to kiss and make up after our fights and look past each other's imperfections, how to treat each other well, no matter how many times our courtship (courtship = old-fashioned, 'relationship' is better) is on the rocks...
Carla: And you will be live happily ever after.
Max: Yes, that's right! Although I prefer being in a long-term committed relationship, nothing will stop us to getting along/getting on like a house on fire. I think there is something rather odd about marriage, don't you agree?
Carla: Like what? Apart from costing an arm and a leg...
Max: The average period of time it takes for a couple to stand each other is around five years. (Bit of confusion here because we almost always use 'stand' in this context in the negative sense i.e They can't stand each other = They really dislike each other. I'm not sure what meaning you want to show here.) Some of them say they are on a break, but the truth is that popping the question was easier than keeping their vows.
Popping the question = ask someone to marry you, and keeping their vows = staying true to the vows said during the marriage ceremony. The meaning of this paragraph is a bit confusing.
Carla: Nothing odd about that. If you're head over heels in love, you may last thirteen years. Then you can search find out whether the number thirteen really is unlucky or not. you or your partner got carried away by the bad luck.
Thank you :)
I dumped him!
Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! But how painful it is to break up with your Mr Right! Carla and her friend Max are having a conversation about her ex-boyfriend.
Max: That's incredible, Carla! It's the best thing you could have done! Just think... he really was an impossible person. I've even heard that he cheated on you.
Carla: No! He was sleeping around! At first, he had nothing at all to say. Then I discovered that once a week, in the evening, he went on blind dates.
Max: But now that I think about it...you both were in an open relationship. So what's wrong with that? Any one of you was free to meet new people and couples.
Carla: You're now talking about him as if he were innocent. I should know with who he's seeing. It's risky to touch and kiss someone who probably hooked up all night with the first person he met on the corner. This gets on my nerves.
Max: Calm down please. It's not the end of the world. You should deal with it and realize that are plenty more fish in the sea. If I were you, I would stop dating this way. Look for the true love, the one that doesn't hurt and makes you feel like you are on cloud nine. But remember, don't let your heart rule your head.
Carla: Now I see why you don't have a girlfriend. You're totally out of this world.
Max: At least, I'm looking forward to meeting the perfect girl and not the stupid one. We'll know how to kiss and make up after our fights and imperfections, how to treat each other, no matter how many times our courtship is on the rocks...
Carla: And you will live happily ever after.
Max: Yes, that's it! Although I prefer being in a long-term committed relationship, nothing will stop us to get along like a house in fire ?????. I think there is something rather odd about marriage, don't you agree?
Carla: Like what? Apart from costing and arm and a leg...
Max: The average period of time it takes for a couple to put up with each other is around five years. Some of them say they are on a break????, but the truth is that popping the question was easier than keeping the vows.
Carla: Nothing odd about that. If you're head over heels in love, you may last thirteen years. Then after that, you can find out whether the number thirteen brings any bad luck to your relationship.
Thank you :)
The couple can't stand each other <em>is correct but usually we would use "to put up with"</em>
