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The Marriage Contract
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Relationships
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Plot overview
A struggling woman agrees to a temporary marriage contract with a powerful, wealthy man to solve her financial problems or protect her family. Initially, they maintain a strictly professional relationship, but forced proximity and shared challenges lead to unexpected romantic feelings, complicating the terms of their agreement. They must navigate corporate rivals and jealous ex-partners while deciding if their fake marriage can become real.
Level insight
The dialogue involves formal language used in legal or business settings related to the contract, combined with intense emotional vocabulary as the relationship evolves.
Learning goals
Learn vocabulary for formal agreements and negotiations
Practice expressions for expressing conflicting emotions (duty vs. love)
Master conversational phrases used in domestic cohabitation
Lingos you'll learn in this series
Why don't we keep things just as they are?
Conflict Avoidance
A polite suggestion to leave a situation unchanged and avoid making things more complicated.
Why would they go after you because of her?
Questioning Motive
A skeptical way of asking why one person would be targeted because of another person’s actions or connection.
What in God's name do you think you're doing?
Angry Challenge
An angry way to ask what someone thinks they are doing.
My father put you up to this, didn't he?
Hidden Influence
A skeptical question used to suggest that someone else influenced the person's actions.
Didn't you two break up a long time ago?
Relationship Check
A surprised question asking if two people ended their relationship long ago.
Is it another joke of you and your friend?
Call Out Joke
A skeptical question asking whether something is just another prank or joke.
That's a choice use of words there, don't you think?
Subtle Critique
A mildly sarcastic remark that calls someone’s word choice unusual, clever, or loaded with meaning.
Try to wash off some of the pepper spray, okay?
Urgent Care
A gentle instruction telling someone to rinse off pepper spray from their skin.
What's the daughter of Martin Duboi doing working in a coffee shop?
Social Surprise
A rhetorical question showing surprise or disapproval that a person from a wealthy or known family is working a simple job.
I can't just swing by and see my old man again?
Casual Visiting
An informal way of saying you can’t just make a quick visit to see your father again.
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