Preview（腕試し）

Please guess the best answer.

If you fall for someone, you:

A. fall on that person

B. start to like that person (in a romantic way)

C. meet that person in the autumn

　

Examples（例文）

This idiom can be used to mean "fall in love."

Even though he was tricked by Susie, John fell for her. No one could understand why he liked her so much.　

Another meaning is "to allow yourself to be deceived."

John fell for Susie's joke. She told him he had a winning lottery ticket so he tried to claim the money. He felt foolish when they told him his ticket was not the winning one.

Exercises （練習）

1. Yoshi seems to ______________ for Yumiko. He talks about her every day.

A. fell for

B. have fallen for

C. have falled for

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2. Junko fell for the salesman's story about the car being in very good condition even though it looked very old and dirty. What did she do?

A. She bought the car.

B. She didn't buy the car.

C. She is thinking about buying the car.