| 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 |