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Will you Marry Me?

Will you Marry Me?
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  1. accord
    concurrence of opinion
    Asking someone to marry you can be frightening, but, according to "The Proposers," it doesn’t have to be.
  2. proposal
    the act of making a suggestion
    This is the UK’s first "proposal agency."
  3. inspired
    of surpassing excellence
    One evening Daisy Amodio and Tiffany Wright were inspired by watching a man in London's Hyde Park who was trying to write the words "Make me the happiest man alive" with candles.
  4. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
    And it developed quickly, thanks to a perfect combination of skills: Daisy has been working in advertising for many years and Tiffany is a writer specialised in love and romance.
  5. advertising
    the business of drawing attention to goods and services
    And it developed quickly, thanks to a perfect combination of skills: Daisy has been working in advertising for many years and Tiffany is a writer specialised in love and romance.
  6. depend
    be determined by something else
    The cost for their services varies from a small fee of £100 to over £2,000, depending on the proposal package.
  7. eternal
    continuing forever or indefinitely
    The happy couple went on a three-hour tour of "the Eternal City" while Daisy and Tiffany decorated their hotel room.
  8. decorate
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
    The happy couple went on a three-hour tour of "the Eternal City" while Daisy and Tiffany decorated their hotel room.
  9. event
    something that happens at a given place and time
    The Proposers have also staged "events" in an art gallery, a castle and a beach hut.
  10. success
    an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
    So far they have had a 100 per cent  success rate: all the ladies have said "Yes."
  11. attract
    exert a force on
    St. Valentine's Day will be very busy for these two dynamic businesswomen, who also hope to attract the attention of girlfriends who want to propose.
  12. attention
    the act of concentrating on something
    St. Valentine's Day will be very busy for these two dynamic businesswomen, who also hope to attract the attention of girlfriends who want to propose.
  13. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
    This is for women who are desperate to get engaged and who want their boyfriends to be sent a "random" email with a little hint about asking the big question...
  14. advance
    move forward
    LANGUAGE LEVEL C1 (ADVANCED)
  15. know-how
    the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
    Would you like to marry the girl or the boy of your dreams, but you don’t know how to ask the big question?
  16. executive
    a person responsible for the administration of a business
    It’s called The Proposers and it’s run by two ladies, Daisy Amodio, an advertising executive, and Tiffany Wright, a journalist.
  17. unique
    the single one of its kind
    Daisy Amodio explains how they came up with this unique idea:
  18. absolutely
    totally and definitely; without question
    Tiffany and I have been friends for absolutely ages, years and years and years, and we were walking back from work one day through Hyde Park and we saw a guy like kind of setting up loads of candles, it was kind of dusk, and he was trying to write “Make me the happiest man alive!”
  19. dusk
    the time of day immediately following sunset
    Tiffany and I have been friends for absolutely ages, years and years and years, and we were walking back from work one day through Hyde Park and we saw a guy like kind of setting up loads of candles, it was kind of dusk, and he was trying to write “Make me the happiest man alive!”
  20. intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
    I don’t think it’s very romantic, it’s not very personal, that there’s so many thousands of people there, it’s not intimate, it’s not really about you, so I’d try and say probably don’t do that!
  21. personable
    pleasant in manner and appearance
    I would say the main thing is to make it personable, it needs to be about you and your girlfriend and your relationship and where you’ve been in your life, it shouldn’t be about anybody else, it doesn’t need to be a big marching band to show your love, it needs to be about you two – unless she loves big marching bands! – so I just think you need to take the time to really think about how it’s going to be special and how you’re going to remember that for the rest of your lives, and then go from t
  22. relationship
    a mutual connection between people
    I would say the main thing is to make it personable, it needs to be about you and your girlfriend and your relationship and where you’ve been in your life, it shouldn’t be about anybody else, it doesn’t need to be a big marching band to show your love, it needs to be about you two – unless she loves big marching bands! – so I just think you need to take the time to really think about how it’s going to be special and how you’re going to remember that for the rest of your lives, and then go from t
Created on Wed Feb 13 18:27:19 EST 2013

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