Romance meaning in English

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Definition

a romance: a love story; a love affair, a relationship noun
to romance: to seduce (someone) verb
To romance is rarely used.

Examples

  • "And he's a Sagittarius, which means that he likes indulgence, and romance novels, and new mobile phones, and gold bracelets -"
  • "Man : Yeah, that's good, but how about some romance?"
  • "Brian : Born to an exotic dancer named "Ecstasy" and a hot dog vendor named Larry, Philip Cheeter was always divided between his passion for romance and his devotion to sales."
  • "I'm here to answer your questions about anything and everything: love, sex, romance, work, anything at all."
  • "But as usual, the conversation inevitably turned to romance."
  • "My hobbies are wining, dining, dancing and romancing."
  • "So, how you should travel to the city of lights / the capital of romance / the Paris of, well, France?"
  • "Cross-referencing with idioms. Begin romance sequence."
Exercise 1
Let's get cultural!

Complete each of the sentences below with the correct term used in this dialogue. Choose from the following terms:
isolation | novel | tragic | roads | plot | companionship | astonishing | essence

I was extremely surprised at the news! --> The news was ! "Moby Dick" is a book which contains a long, fictional story. --> Moby Dick is a classic .
This is the main theme, story or scenario of a book or film. --> The of this book was very complicated.
Let's get cultural!

Complete each of the sentences below with the correct term used in this dialogue. Choose from the following terms:
isolation | novel | tragic | roads | plot | companionship | astonishing | essence

I was extremely surprised at the news! --> The news was astonishing 1! "Moby Dick" is a book which contains a long, fictional story. --> Moby Dick is a classic novel 2.
This is the main theme, story or scenario of a book or film. --> The plot 3 of this book was very complicated.
1 astonishing: The adjective "astonishing" expresses an idea of great surprise or shock. In this scene, Bruno remarks that Horatio's (supposed) ability to smell the ideas in books is "astonishing".
2 novel: A "novel" is a book which contains an imaginary or fictional story that is relatively long. In this scene, Bruno and Horatio discuss two novels by Jack Kerouac and another by John Steinbeck. As an adjective, the term "novel" describes something new and rather different. Example: A car which runs on banana skins instead of petrol is a novel idea.
3 plot: The "plot" of a book or film describes the major story line within it. For example: The plot of Jurassic Park is as follows: Cloned dinosaurs cause havoc on a tropical island.

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