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British Slang Words Today I learned many British slang words from my friend, Tom. I think if I want to speak more like natives, sometimes slang words might help. However, I have to take time to remember them because most of the words I haven't ever seen it before. Here's some examples: 1.Bollocks = Rubbish, Nonsense 2.Donkey's year = For a long time 3.Shake a leg = Get out of the bed or Hurry up 4.Not my cup of tea = Not my type 5.Shattered = Tired 6.Gutted = Upset 7.Mint, Ace = Awesome 8.Bladdered = Drunk 9.Give me a bell = Call me 10.Cost a bomb = Expensive I find it interesting, because some of words you can see the literal meaning and understand. That is so cool and I learned a lesson!

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British Slang Words

Today I learned many British slang words from my friend, Tom. I think if I want to speak more like natives, sometimes slang words might help. However, I have to take time to remember them because most of the words I haven't ever seen it before.  I haven't seen most of these words before.

Here's Here are some examples:

1.Bollocks = Rubbish, Nonsense
2.Donkey's year = For a long time
3.Shake a leg = Get out of the bed or Hurry up
4.Not my cup of tea = Not my type
5.Shattered = Tired
6.Gutted = Upset
7.Mint, Ace = Awesome
8.Bladdered = Drunk
9.Give me a bell = Call me
10.Cost a bomb = Expensive

I find it interesting, because with some of these words, you can see the literal meaning and understand.
That is so cool and I learned a lesson!

 

Very good! Here in Australia, we use lots of these words as well.  There are a few here I've never heard of and they sound quite weird to me (eg. "bladdered" sounds really strange..if you're not sure why, look up the word "bladder" in the dictionary!)

 

加油 :)

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