collocation · informal
fall in love with
UK/fɔːl ɪn lʌv wɪð/US/fɔl ɪn lʌv wɪð/fall·in·LOVE·with
Band 4-5speakingtask2
begin to feel romantic love for someone
Examples
“They fell in love with each other during university.”
“It's easy to fall in love with someone who understands you.”
“She didn't expect to fall in love with her colleague.”
Band 8 sentence
“They fell in love with each other slowly; shared interests and long conversations brought them closer over time.”
Collocations
- fall madly in love with
- fall in love at first sight
Word family
fall in love (with someone) verb phrasefell in love verb (past)
Common mistakes
fall in love to→fall in love with
fall love with someone→fall in love with someone
Say it for a higher band
5like→6fall for→7+fall in love with
Synonyms
fall for
Easily confused
fall for
“He fell for the old scam and lost his money.”
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