To fall in love means to start having strong romantic feelings for someone. It is most often about a person, but you can also fall in love with a city, a book or an activity that you liked very much straight away.
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fall in love with + person/place/thing; fell in love (past); be in love with + person
- My parents fell in love at university and got married five years later.
- I fell in love with Lisbon on my first trip and now go back every summer.
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First versionHe fell in love in a girl from his office.
RevisionHe fell in love with a girl from his office.
In can seem natural here because the phrase already contains in love. But the person you fall in love with is introduced with with: fall in love with someone. In after the expression is only for a place or time: They fell in love in Paris.
Fall in love is the moment the feeling begins. The state is be in love: They fell in love at school and are still in love. Fall for someone also means to fall in love, but it sounds more informal and usually describes a sudden feeling.
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The first time I heard this song, I fell in love ___ it.
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with — Whatever you fall in love with is introduced with with, even a song or a city. Fell in love in it would sound like a place, as if the falling in love happened inside the song.
Write about a place you fell in love with while travelling. Name the place and one detail that won you over.
I fell in love with Tbilisi during a work trip because of its old wooden balconies.
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