Flame and Sweet

Flame

Flame noun - A person with whom one is in love.

Usage example: decided to look up an old flame while she was in town

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Sweet and flame are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sweet" instead a noun "Flame".

Nearby Words: flaming, flam, flamed, flamy

Sweet noun - A person with whom one is in love.

Usage example: my darling, my sweet, won't you be mine?

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Flame and sweet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flame" instead a noun "Sweet".

old	old flame	old sweet
single	single flame	single sweet
big	big flame	big sweet
huge	huge flame	huge sweet
Other adjectives: little, main, hot, former, freaking.

Sweet Home Alabama, where the main character almost ends up marrying her initial suitor, only to fall back in love with her old flame.

Source: Wrong Guy First
Kain: By the sweet-smelling flame of the Soth, I command the Gates of Elderwalk to open... who writes this stuff?

Source: Who Writes This Crap?!
Another "Once More, With Feeling" example would be Sweet, the demon summoned that causes everyone to burst into song and then occasionally into flame.

Source: Minor Character, Major Song

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