british slang

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british slang

have you ever been to the UK? if not, would you like to go there? What have you heard about British people and their traits of character? What are your associations with this country?

Welcome to the UK

I get paid each Friday,and by Tuesday I'm always skint.

(of a person) having little or no money available

skint

They got involved with a dodgy businessman and lost all their savings.

dishonest or unreliable

dodgy

My bike is knackered.

broken or too old to use

I'm too knackered to go out this evening.

very tired, exhausted

knackered

Paul's a really good bloke.

a man, often one who is considered to be ordinary

bloke

Andrew Garfield is so fit. How does he manage to be this perfect?

fit

a way of saying that a person is attractive, or sexy.

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Well, darling. I don't really trust him. He seems pretty _______.

He is a good _______, funny even. Also, he's cute and _______. But I don't know how I feel about him. Everything is so difficult.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I'm just so _______.

What's on your mind, my love?

Well done, darling!

Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.

used to express anger or to emphasize what you are saying in a slightly rude way; sometimes just to express strong emotions that doesn't necessarily mean to be rude

bloody

He's not so daft as to listen to rumours.

daft

silly or stupid

He was always skiving (off) and going to the cinema.

skive (off)

to avoid work or school by staying away or by leaving without permission

I was gutted when she broke up with me. She was the fittest girl I’d ever met.

extremely disappointed and unhappy

gutted

She's got such a cheeky grin.

be slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way; also used to describe any activity that is a little bit naughty but nice.

cheeky

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I pretend you didn't just insult me by calling my brilliant theory _______.

There is no chance it was him, Sherlock. Are you _______ serious?

Did you hear that, Harry? Hermione telling us to skip classes with that _______ smile on her face? Uh, McGonagall's gonna be so _______.

Well, we always can _______. We need to find out who's behind this.

you did amazing, love!

I can think of lots of better ways to spend that sort of dosh.

money

dosh

I saw them snogging on the back seat of a bus.

to kiss and hold a person in a sexual way

snog

Blimey, that's a lot of food!

an expression of surprise

blimey

"They're such a wicked band, innit."

short form of isn't it, used at the end of a statement for emphasis (in american english we use ain't it)

innit

I wish you'd stop faffing about and do something useful!

to spend your time doing a lot of things that are not important instead of the thing that you should be doing

faffing around/about

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Well, I'm not gonna ___, so straight to the point... I wasn't really impessed by all this ___, so I told them that I'd rather be ___ than use this kind of money, you know.

Yeah, it was! Oh my gosh, look! Is this couple _____? God, I love London... that impossible shit happens only here

_____! What a day! That was such a show, _____?

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