Woman: Ugh, it’s Valentine’s Day again. I wish we could skip it.
Man: Why would you want to skip the most romantic day of the year?
Woman: I hate all that lovey-dovey nonsense. All the hearts and flowers and chocolates.
Man: Love isn’t nonsense. You’re just grumpy because you haven’t got a girlfriend/boyfriend.
Woman: Yes, I’ll be spending it alone again.
Man: Maybe an admirer will send you a card this year.
Woman: Well, that’s the other thing I hate: the humiliation of not getting one.
Man: Come on... You’re funny, good-looking, kind... There’s someone out there destined to be your other half.
Woman: I should be so lucky. Cupid wants nothing to do with me.
Man: Just you wait. I have a feeling that this year will be different.
NOW LET’S REVIEW THE VOCABULARY!
- To skip is to omit, to pass over without mention or notice.
- Lovey-dovey is an informal way of describing something romantic or affectionate, often excessively and publicly.
- When someone is bad-tempered or irritable, you can call them grumpy.
- The verb to spend can be used in relation to time: to spend the day at home or to spend Valentine’s with a loved one, for example.
- An admirer is a person who has a romantic interest in someone.
- Humiliation is the feeling of being ashamed.
- Come on is a phrase used to encourage someone.
- Good-looking means ‘physically attractive’. Synonyms include ‘handsome’, ��beautiful’ and ‘pretty’.
- Out there describes an unspecified place somewhere in the world.
- Other half refers to someone’s partner, wife or husband. They can also be described as their ‘better half’. It indicates that, together, the two halves are complete.
- I should be so lucky implies ironically that one’s wishes are not likely to be fulfilled. (It’s also the name of Kylie Minogue’s first single.)
- Cupid is the Roman god of love.
- "Just you wait" is said to indicate that someone is sure that something will happen.