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UNREAL
Something that is unbelievably cool or brilliant
I love
this party, it’s just unreal!
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2. PROPS
This means respect, recognition
I know he failed
the test, but you’ve got to give him props
for trying.
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3. KUDOS
Another word for respect, recognition
Kudos for organizing
this party. It’s brilliant!
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4. BOTTOM LINE
The main point
The bottom line is
we just don’t have enough money to make it
work.
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5. DISS
When a person disrespects someone else
Stop dissing
her behind her back. Show some respect!
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6. DIG
To really like something
Hey, I dig your
new style. Where did you buy that T-shirt?
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7. BOB’S YOUR UNCLE
This is a well-used phrase
in the UK. It is added to the end
of sentences, and means something like and that’s it!
How did you make this cake? It’s delicious!
Well, I just mixed in the batter thoroughly, poured it into a cake pan, baked it for 30 minutes and Bob’s your uncle!
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8. BUDGE UP
When you ask someone to move
and make space for you
I want to sit down
too, could you budge up a little please?
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9. ACE
This has two meanings, something that is
awesome, really cool. Or to achieve something with perfection,
really easily
Ace! I just got a promotion at work!
Robert aced his physics exam!
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10. ALL RIGHT?
This means ‘hello, how are you?’
All
right?
Good thanks, you all right?
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11. FULL OF BEANS
This means to have loads
of energy
All the children were full of beans at
the party today. I couldn’t get any of them to sit still!
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12. BLATANT
Something that is really obvious
She’s blatantly very
annoyed, everyone can see it apart from you.
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13. PEAR SHAPED
This means something has become a
disaster
I was trying to organize a surprise birthday party
for her, but it’s all gone pear-shaped!
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14. PIECE OF CAKE
When someone is boasting or
they think something is extremely easy to do, they
would use this
What did you think of the exam? I thought it was really difficult.
No, it was a piece of cake!
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15. BLIMEY
This is an exclamation of surprise
Blimey, look
at all this mess here! I’d only left the
house for an hour, and look what you’ve done!
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16. BOTCH
There are two ways of using this
expression ‘to botch something up’ or ‘to do a
botch job’. They both mean that the work done was not of a high standard, or was clumsy workmanship
The builder did a terrible job on the roof. He just botched it up, and it still leaks every time it rains!
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17. CHEERS
Used when drinking with friends to salute
or make a toast (raise your glasses and clink
them together)
Cheers everyone! Happy birthday to John!
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18. SMASHING
This means something is terrific, brilliant
I had
a smashing time on holiday, it was so much
fun!
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19. SOD’S LAW
This is another name for Murphy’s
Law – whatever can go wrong, will go wrong
-
I wore my pretty new dress, because it was a sunny day, but as soon as I stepped out of the house, it started raining, and I got completely soaked!
- Sod’s Law!
- Girl-Minion
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20. CHIN WAG
This means having a nice, long
chat with someone. You can probably tell why!
I saw
Mary after such a long time yesterday! We had a lovely chin wag together, like the good old days.
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21. CHUFFED
Used when someone is really pleased about
something
My mum bought me a fantastic car when I
passed my driving test. I was chuffed to bits!
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22. CRAM
This means to study hard in a
very short period of time
I was so busy with
my family before the exam, that I only had three days to cram in all the revision work!
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23. NICE ONE
Can be used when someone does
something particularly impressive
- I published my first book last
year, and I’ve already started working on the sequel!
- Nice one! You’re doing really well.
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24. CRIKEY
An exclamation of surprise
- I went shopping
today! (comes in with lots of bags)
- Crikey! Have
you spent all of our savings??!!
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25. DEAR
Something that is expensive
I avoid going shopping
into the town center nowadays, everything is so dear!
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26. FAFF
This is when someone procrastinates, or wastes
time wondering around
Come on we have to go now.
Stop faffing around, we’re going to be late!