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Your English Five a Day #29.3

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Exploring the Meaning of 'to Fall for Someone' and 'Engaging'

Exploring the meaning of 'falling for someone' and the adjective 'engaging', with examples to demonstrate their usage in various contexts.

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This is to fall for someone. To fall for, fall F-A-L-L-4-F-O-R. To fall for someone. This is similar to be head over heels, but to fall for someone is that moment when you start to love someone. So to develop strong feelings or love and attraction towards someone. So sometimes we say she fell head over heels or she is head over heels, but you can use simply the phrase of verb to fall for someone. I'm worried I might fall for you. There's such a strong chemistry between us. I'm worried that I might fall for you. Actually, I think it's too late. In fact, I am head over heels in love with you. That's it. I've realized the connection between us is so strong. The chemistry is undeniable. There's been a spark between us from the very beginning. Here's an example sentence. I can't believe I'm falling for my best friend. I never thought of him that way before. Okay, last on the list is an adjective and it is engaging. Engaging. We spell this E-N-G-A-G-I-N-G. Engaging. Engaging. If someone is described as engaging, then they are charming. They are attractive and interesting. You are pulled towards them. If someone is engaging, then you can't help but watch them or listen to them. You can describe content as engaging or an attraction, like a tourist attraction, could be quite an engaging performance, for example. If you're walking down the South Bank in London and you'll see a myriad of performers on the streets doing different things, Mime and acrobatics and magic and singing, music. But if someone is a really engaging performer, giving an engaging performance, then you are attracted to it. You turn your eyes towards it. You open your ears and your mind and your heart and you watch it. You might even interact with it. You feel engaged. Here's an example sentence. The teachers engaging personality made the students feel excited to learn. All right, so that's our five for today. Let's do a quick recap. We started with the noun spark, describing a strong, immediate connection or attraction between two people. Then we had the noun chemistry, which again describes a mutual connection or attraction between two people. Then we had the idiom to be head over heels. This could also be extended to be head over heels in love with someone. And this means to be deeply, deeply in love and have intense feelings of love.

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