English slang vocabulary ppsx
English slang vocabulary
... cockney rhyming slang china plate, meaning mate. E.g."Alright china! How's it going then?" ching Noun. Cocaine. chinglish Noun. Pigeon English, a mixture of Chinese and English. Chinky Noun. ... rhyming slang bubble and squeak meaning speak. E.g."If you bubble me to the boss, I'll lose my job." Noun. A person from Greece. From bubble and squeak, cockney rh...
Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 16:23
Slang and uncoventional english part 3 ppsx
... writing or speech, a sound though restricted vocabulary of standard English is preferable to an e qually small vocabulary of slang, however vivid may be that slang. 1 The Gentle Art of Lexicography I ... of that vocabulary. Except i n formal and dignified writing and in professional speaking, a vivid and extensive slang is perhaps preferable to a jejune and meagre vocabulary of...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 21 ppsx
... Drakes UK, 1998. 2 a break. Rhyming slang, formed as above UK, 1998 Charlie Howard noun a coward. Rhyming slang UK, 1936 Charlie Hunt; Charlie noun 1 the vagina. Rhyming slang for CUNT. Also variant ... Extends from CAVE! pronounced ‘kay-vee’ (beware!); school slang UK, 1906 cave verb to have sex with someone US, 1973 cave! beware! School slang, pronounced ‘kay-vee’, from Latin cavere...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 41 ppsx
... and knife noun 1 life. Rhyming slang, generally used in the phrases ‘not on your fork and knife’ and ‘never in your fork and knife’ UK, 1934. 2 a wife. Rhyming slang UK, 1937 forked adjective ... Korean and Vietnam war usage US, 1989 foul adjective unpleasant, unfriendly. Conventional English rendered slang with attitude US, 1999 foulball noun a despised person US, 1925 fouler noun a v...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 75 ppsx
... 1984 Pommified adjective having taken on an English character AUSTRALIA, 1936 Pommy; Pommie noun an English person, or more loosely, a person from Britain. Originally used of English immigrants to Australia, ... in oral sex. Rhyming slang for ‘plate of ham’, GAM (to perform oral sex) UK, 1968. 2 to engage in oral stimulation of the anus UK, 2003 plate and dish noun a wish. Rhyming sl...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 79 ppsx
... The Oxford English Dictionary offers both Scottish and US origins, but the earliest slang sense is from English writer R.H. Froude UK, 1827 real bikini noun something that is excellent. Teen slang ... Rhyming slang; first recorded in Songs and Slang of the British Soldier: 1914–1918, John Brophy and Eric Partridge, 3rd edition, 1931. Recorded in the US in 1943 UK, 1931. 2 an inform...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 82 ppsx
... cigarette. Rhyming slang for SNOUT UK, 1974. 2 gout. Rhyming slang. Sometimes varied as ‘salmon trout’ UK, 1932. 3 the nose. Rhyming slang for ‘snout’ UK, 1974. 4 an informer. Rhyming slang for SNOUT ... irritated condition. Rhyming slang for POX UK, 1992 royally adverb greatly, extremely US, 2002 royal mail; royal noun bail. Rhyming slang UK, 1961 Royal Navy noun gravy. Rhyming s...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 98 ppsx
... lottery US, 1957 trouble and fuss noun bus. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 trouble and strife; trouble noun 1 a wife. Rhyming slang UK, 1908. 2 life. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 troubled adjective drunk UK, 2002 trough ... Uncertainty surrounds the first slang usage of the term. US slang lexicographer Peter Tamony argued in American Speech (Summer 1981) that the term was first used in a slang...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
Slang and uncoventional english part 103 ppsx
... potato crisp. Rhyming slang UK, 1992 Will’s Whiff noun syphilis. Rhyming slang, formed from a brand of small cigar UK, 1992 willy noun 1 the penis. Originally northern English, not dialect, for ... smoker. Rhyming slang UK, 1931 widow’s wink; widow’s noun a Chinese person. Rhyming slang for CHINK (a Chinese person) UK, 1979 Widow Twankey; widow noun 1 a handkerchief. Rhyming slang f...
Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 16:20
1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers Vocabulary
... man 21 be 69 make 117 year 22 at 70 thing 118 came 23 one 71 see 119 show 24 have 72 him 120 every 25 this 73 two 121 good 26 from 74 has 122 me 27 or 75 look 123 give 28 had 76 more 124 our 29 by 77 day 125 under 30 hot 78 could 126 name 31 word 79 go 127 very 32 but 80 come 128 through 33 what 81 did 129 just 34 some 82 number 130 form 35 we 83 sound 131 sentence 36 can 84 no 132 great 37 o...
Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 08:20