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 |