Valentine's Day (February 14)
1. Valentine's Day is a holiday that celebrates romantic (romance/romantic) love - a day when lovers express their feeling for each other, often by exchanging gifts.
2. Chocolate, flowers, and jewelry are all typical (typical/topical) Valentine's Day presents.
3. The most traditional gift on this day is a Valentine's Day card (card/note), which has a written message saying how much someone means to you.
4. Other modern symbols are the heart-shaped outline (shape of a heart) and the figure of Cupid, usually shown shooting his bow to inspire (make/inspire) romantic love.
5. Many couples go out on romantic dates (dates/meetings) on Valentine's Day.
6. An example of the above is a candlelight (candlelight/candle-burning) dinner in a romantic restaurant.
7. When a boy asks you to be his "valentine", he wants you to simply accept (except/accept) the fact that he likes you. Sometimes this can also mean that he wants to spend (make/spend) time with you on Valentine's Day.
8. A sweetheart (sweetheart/sweet-tooth) is a slightly outdated term meaning "the one I love".
9. If you're buying your loved one a dozen (dozen/twelve) roses, it means you're buying her/him 12 roses.
10. Wow! What a beautiful bouquet (bucket/bouquet)! ( = arrangement of flowers usually given as a present).
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