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  2. Courtship - Wikipedia

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    According to Sapolsky, humans are somewhat in the middle of this spectrum, in the sense that humans form pair bonds, but there is the possibility of cheating or changing partners. [15] These species-particular behavior patterns provide a context for aspects of human reproduction, including courtship. However, one particularity of the human ...

  3. Curtsy - Wikipedia

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    She may also use her hands to hold her skirt out from her body. In the Victorian era, when women wore floor-length, hooped skirts, they curtsied using the plié movement borrowed from second-position in classical ballet in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight. Both feet and knees point out so the torso lowers straight down.

  4. Marriage vows - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 November 2024. "In sickness and in health" redirects here. For other uses, see In sickness and in health (disambiguation). Promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You ...

  5. Partnership - Wikipedia

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    This definition superseded the previous definition given in section 239 of Indian Contract Act 1872 as – "Partnership is the relation which subsists between persons who have agreed to combine their property, labor, skill in some business, and to share the profits thereof between them". The 1932 definition added the concept of mutual agency.

  6. Dating - Wikipedia

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    With the internet, many dating sites have been created to modernize the personals section of newspapers as a way to find prospective partners. Speed dating, blind dating, and the use of matchmaking are all possible ways of beginning the dating process. Group dating is a modern dating practice especially popular in Japan.

  7. Kemps (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the game, partners confer to pick a single, secret visual [8] signal that will indicate "I have four-of-a-kind" to their partner. [5] Examples of signals would be tapping, gesturing, or holding cards a certain way, or the player winking or grimacing at their partner. [ 8 ]

  8. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the study of the origin and evolution of words, including their constituent units of sound and meaning, across time. [2] In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. [1]

  9. Romance (love) - Wikipedia

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    The word "romance" is derived from the Latin adverb Romanice, meaning "in the vernacular," in reference to the languages Old French and Old Occitan. These languages were descendants of Latin, the language of the Romans. Evolutions of the word Romanice were used to refer first to the Romance languages and eventually also to the works composed in ...