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FALL IN LOVE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Begin to experience feelings of love towards
Example:
She fell in love with her former student
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "fall in love" is one way to...):
fall (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue fall in love
Context examples:
If you are single, having Jupiter in your sign is the best place to discover the one person to fall in love with and with whom you can build a life together.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You must not forget, said Agnes, calmly changing the conversation as soon as I had concluded, that you are always to tell me, not only when you fall into trouble, but when you fall in love.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
She read the short reports he sent more than she did your letters, and pinched me when I spoke of it, and likes brown eyes, and doesn't think John an ugly name, and she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you are warned against it; and, therefore, I am not afraid of speaking openly.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
That weekend would be ideal for browsing spaces—you are likely to fall in love with one you see.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I do not mean to reflect upon the good intentions of either Mr. Dixon or Miss Fairfax, but I cannot help suspecting either that, after making his proposals to her friend, he had the misfortune to fall in love with her, or that he became conscious of a little attachment on her side.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
