To fall for something (informal)

To begin with, the verb "to fall" can be confusing when students need its past form. FELL, the past form of FALL, gets to be a problem because of the verb "to feel", believe it or not...

So, a quick review before we move on to the next part: fall - fell- fallen BUT feel- felt- felt. Okay? ;o)

I must confess that there´s no way of talking about the verb "to fall" without mentioning "to fall in love with someone". Such a beautiful verb, right? Please use it correctly not to spoil your love declaration: to fall IN love WITH sb. It also exists "to fall FOR sb", a shorter form that means the same: to start to love someone.

(and that´s a cute picture taken in Paris at the Palace of Versailles back in 2008 - très jolie!)

Finally, here I am to teach you the use of "to fall for something". In my view, the nicest! (the romantic people should forgive me for saying so...). It means to be tricked into believing something that is not true, to be deceived by a trick, a lie...

Calvin & Hobbes are going to be my assistants in order to give you a nice example - one that fits like a glove as it´s Christmas Eve!!!

(Source: "There´s treasure everywhere", by Bill Watterson)

Merry Christmas, everyone! My warmest hugs!!!