đối đãi
(verb) to treat; to approach; to handle
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Sweethearts, spouses, parents, and the words between them.
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đối ứng
(adjective) corresponding
đồi truỵ
(adjective) displaying or referencing sexual activities in graphic detail that's deemed distasteful; obscene (lewd or lustful); NSFW
đồng cách ngữ
(noun) words in apposition; appositives
đồng hương
(adjective) from the same hometown
đồng tình
(verb) to agree, to share the sentiment with
đồng tính
(adjective) homosexual; gay
đớp thính
(verb) to respond positively to another person's “thính” (flirtation, romantic advances, etc.)
đứng đắn
(adjective) serious; serious-minded; decent; upstanding
ưu phiền
(noun) sorrow; trouble; worry
ưu tư
(adjective) worried; troubled; pensive
ấm cúng
(adjective) cosy/cozy, intimate
ấp ủ
(verb) to wrap up; to muffle up (in clothing to keep warm)
ẩn số
(noun) an unknown
ở rể
(verb) to live with one's wife's family
Admiration: our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves. (Ambrose Bierce)
Admiration is insincere praise for someone who resembles us
agog, all-a-gog
Anxious, eager, impatient: from the Italian AGOGARE, to desire eagerly.
all of a hugh!
All on one side; falling with a thump; the word HUGH being pronounced with a grunt.—Suffolk.
all there
Completely sane or normal
amorous gallants’ tongue tipp’d with golden expressions
Or the Art of Courtship refined, being the best and Newest ACADEMY; containing Select Sentences, forms of Courtship; Choice Letters; Interpretation of Dreams: to which is added Bills, Bonds, Releases, Letters of Attorney, &c.; together with A Canting Academy, or the PEDLAR’S FRENCH DICTIONARY, 13th edition. London, for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, n. d. , 12mo.
apron string hold
An estate held by a man during his wife's life.
bell rope
A lovelock.
blossom forth
To bloom.
break-teeth words
Hard words, difficult to pronounce.
clap up
to imprison
cold pudding
This is said to settle one's love.
colt's tooth
An old fellow who marries or keeps a young girl, is said to have a colt's tooth in his head.
cosy up
To snuggle.
court of assistants
A court often applied to by young women who marry old men.
cows and kisses
Mistress or missus—referring to the ladies.
cream-pot love
Such as young fellows pretend to dairymaids, to get cream and other good things from them.
cully gorger
A companion, a brother actor.—Theatrical. See GORGER.
dear joys
Irishmen: from their frequently making use of that expression.
devil's daughter
It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife, that he has married the Devil's daughter, and lives with the old folks.
dig on
To be attracted to (someone).
do it
To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable.
dona and feeles
A woman and children. Italian or Lingua Franca, DONNE E FIGLIE. The word DONA is usually pronounced DONER.
dutch uncle
A personage often introduced in conversation, but exceedingly difficult to describe; "I’ll talk to him like a DUTCH UNCLE!" conveys the notion of anything but a desirable relation.
family jewels
something very valuable or precious to someone
family men
Or PEOPLE, thieves, or burglars.
family of love
Lewd women; also, a religious sect.
fourth estate
The media, especially the press, in its role of holding power to account.
gooseberry pudding
A woman.
hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-basket portion.
hang with
To spend time with; to hang out with; to socialize with.
have words
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hinney, my honey
A north country hinney, particularly a Northumbrian: in that county, hinney is the general term of endearment.
honest woman
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of her.
honey moon
The first month after marriage. A poor honey; a harmless, foolish, goodnatured fellow. It is all honey or a t--d with them; said of persons who are either in the extremity of friendship or enmity, either kissing or fighting.
horse godmother
A large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of a lady.
household words
No. 183, September 24.
kissing crust
That part where the loaves have touched the oven.
leaping over the sword
An ancient ceremonial said to constitute a military marriage. A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the company repeated these words:
let on
To give an intimation of having some knowledge of a subject. Ramsay employs the phrase in the Gentle Shepherd. Common in Scotland.
lie upon
To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon.
love glove
A condom.
love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone whom you can't live without
True love is about needing someone emotionally, not just wanting companionship.
love pump
The penis.
love sausage
The penis.
love spud
A testicle.