A1/ace | very good excelent | |
acid trip | hallucinatory experience caused by drugs | |
agro | aggravation, bother | |
aggravation | obciążenie, trudnienie | |
aka | also known as | |
alternative | non-conventional | |
awesome | wonderful/amazing | |
bad news | undesirable person who causes trouble/ she's bad news | |
bag | interest/taste/favourite activity/ opera isn't my bag | |
beats me | I can't understand why | |
bend one's ear | bore one by talking continously | |
berk | fool, stupid person | |
bottle | courage: he's got no bottle | |
bug | irritate "it bugs me | |
chat up | get into conversation with usually member of opposite sex | |
clout | influence/they won't listen me. I've got no clout | |
cool | fashionable | |
cop-out | v/n avoid (ance of) a situation. That's a cop-out. Answer the question | |
crash out | go to sleep | |
creep | unpleasant person | |
don't want to know | have no interest drugs? no thanks, I don't want to know | |
dosh | money | |
downside | the negative points about a situation | |
drag | bore, nuisance I've got to do my homework. What a drag | |
eco- | prefix ecological | |
fab | fabulous, wonderful | |
flap | panic. He's flapping | |
flexible friend | credit card | |
flog | sell | |
freak | fanatic, enthusiast | |
freak out | react very emotionally | |
-free | free of, not containing eg sugarfree | |
get lost! | go away! | |
ghetto blaster | powerful portable radio/cassette/ CD player | |
glitz | superficial glamour | |
superficial | pozorny, płytki | |
glitzy | the oscar award ceremony is a glitzy occasion | |
go ape | lose control, get excited, angry wściec się | |
grab | appeal to "how does it grab u" | |
grand | thousand, usually money | |
groupie | young girl fan who follows a rock star | |
hang out | spend time talking with friends | |
hooked on | addicted to | |
iffy | uncertain | |
in | fasionable: in-singer | |
item | a romantically attached couple | |
Joe Bloggs | the ordinary, average person | |
leftie | person with radical or left-wing views | |
like | sort of, kind of | |
Mickey Mouse | worthless, not serious | |
mind-blowing | amazing/ it'll blow your mind | |
mind-boggling | amazing | |
neat | good | |
no-no | taboo, sth one musn't do or say | |
not on | out of the question, impossible | |
no way | not at all, out of the question, no chance. there's no way I'm doing that again | |
o.d | to take an overdose of drugs, or to have too much of sth | |
oldie | old person | |
on a roll | having a run of luck or success | |
one-off | unique, unlike any other | |
out to lunch | crazy, out of touch | |
pig out | eat a very big meal | |
(in) pole position | favourite to win | |
prat | fool, stupid person | |
puke | vomit | |
rave | big, all-night disco party | |
right? | used at the end of the sentence to mean ok? u understand? | |
rip-off | to cheat/rob, a dishonest action | |
roll-up | self-made cigarette | |
sarnie | sandwich | |
scene | to my liking or taste It's not my scene | |
schmuck | fool, idiot | |
smashed | drunk | |
squeaky clean | morally upright and correct | |
sussed | well-informed, streetwise | |
suss (out) | work out/ find out | |
switched on | well-informed, efficient | |
TLC | tender loving care | |
together | well-balanced she's a together person | |
upbeat | lively, positive | |
upside | the positive points about a situation | |
uptight | tense, worried | |
veggie | vegetarian | |
wacky | eccentric, odd | |
wannabe | one who wants to be | |
weirdo | very strange person | |
wet | boring, weak (person) | |
what it's all about | what the main purpose is | |
wrinklie | old person | |
yob | hooligan | |
yonks | a long time | |
yuck! | disgusting | |