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Upgrade your relationship vocabulary today.

You read English, you understand English.

You've been learning for years, but when it's time to speak, your mind just freezes and the words don't come out.

If that sounds familiar, you're not alone.

My name is Ola and this is Teacher La Podcast.

I'm here to help you finally speak out loud.

This is about your voice, your words, your real English.

Today's episode is all about relationships, the words and phrases we use when we talk about meeting people, dating, breaking up or staying in touch.

You will hear lots of expressions that come up in real life and you will practice them with me out loud, just like always.

Before we begin, I want to remind you that my speaking course Say It Out Loud or SIOL is now open for enrolment at siol.pl.

This course is not about memorizing grammar or repeating rules.

It is about speaking.

Every single day you will join my speaking club and you will send me short voice messages for daily feedback and meet other learners who want to train their speaking, not just study English.

It's a complete experience built to get you talking and it really works.

If you are still not sure whether to join, maybe you are worried about your level or is it the right time for you,

There is a short form you can fill in and I will get back to you personally.

We can talk through WhatsApp or have a quick meeting so I can help you decide.

And if you have not seen it yet, make sure to watch the replay of my webinar present not that simple at teacherola.com forward slash simple.

In that session I showed you why even strong learners still make present simple mistakes and how to finally fix them.

So, go to seol.pl and join Say It Out Loud or fill in the form at teacherola.com forward slash course, I mean kurs in Polish, kurs, if you want to talk it through first.

And now, let us dive into today's topic, the language of relationships.

When we meet new people, we get to know them.

We learn about their lives, what they like, what they do and what kind of people they are.

Sometimes it happens slowly, like when you meet someone at work and you talk a little bit every day.

Other times you just click with someone straight away.

This means we enjoy each other's company and have a good relationship.

And the conversations feel easy and natural and you find yourself laughing at the same things.

That's when you know you get on well with someone.

Sometimes we hang out with someone.

When people hang out, they spend time together doing things like watching movies, chatting in a cafe or going for a walk in the park.

So hanging out is spending time with someone.

Not for any special reason, just because you enjoy being together.

For example, you could say I hung out with my friends last weekend.

If we start to like someone in a special way, we might go out with them.

Go out with someone.

This means we start dating or being in a romantic relationship.

Maybe you start seeing each other regularly, going for dinner or just spending more time together.

Before we start dating we might have a crush on someone.

Have a crush on someone.

When you have a crush you like someone a lot in a romantic way.

Maybe you think about them all the time, smile when you see them or feel a bit nervous when they talk to you.

That means asking the other person to marry them.

It's usually a very special moment.

Some people plan it carefully, others just do it spontaneously.

If they say yes, they get married, which means they become husband and wife or life partners if they get married.

Sometimes relationships end and people break up.

When we break up with someone we stop being in a romantic relationship.

Sometimes it's a relief.

Or it can be difficult, especially if you have been together for a long time.

Sometimes people break up because their partner is having an affair.

That means they are seeing someone else behind their partner's back.

After relationship ends or even when two people stop working together, going to the same school or living in the same town, they sometimes keep in touch.

This means they continue to talk, message or meet from time to time.

You might hear someone say, we don't see each other very often, but we keep in touch.

But sometimes people lose touch and they stop talking or seeing each other.

Life gets busy, people move and you just drift apart.

Finally, if you fall out with someone, fall out with someone, it means you have a big argument or fight and it damages your relationship.

This could happen with a friend, a family member or a partner.

Maybe you said something you didn't mean or maybe you disagreed about something important.

Sometimes people make up after that and sometimes they don't.

Sometimes people make up.

Nothing can truly take the place of real practice and the best kind of practice will always be an actual conversation with another person.

Still, saying sentences out loud comes very close.

It trains your brain to connect grammar, pronunciation and the natural flow of speech.

So get ready to speak with me, say the words out loud, not just silently in your head, ok?

It takes time to get to know people at work.

It takes time to get to know people at work.

Do you want to hang out this weekend?

They got married last summer.

It's never easy to break up with someone.

They fell out over something really small.

And that's where we'll wrap up today's episode.

To keep going, head to titrola.com forward slash 315 and download your free worksheet.

It's the perfect way to practice a little more and really make the new phrases stick.

Before you go, just a quick reminder, the replay of my webinar, present not that simple, is still up, but only until the 18th of November 2025.

You can find it at teacherola.com ukośnik simple.

In that session I break down why even strong learners still make mistakes with the present simple and show you how to finally fix them for good.

And one more thing.

Enrollment for my speaking course Say It Out Loud or SIOL is now open at siol.pl

where I give you personal feedback every day, monthly live sessions and lifetime access to all of it.

All of these elements are built to get you talking and they really do work.

Join Say It Out Loud at siol.pl and let this be the moment you stop studying English and start speaking it confidently.

Thank you for listening.

Stay fearless, take care and say it out loud.

I'm your teacher, Teacher Ola and you've been listening to Teacher Ola podcast.