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British slang

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    Guess the meaning of British slang words.
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  • Wow, this paper is ace! You should have gotten at least an A.
    ‘Ace’ – a British slang term that means something that is brilliant or excellent. Can also mean to pass something with flying colors.
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  • The birthday party went all to pot when the clown turned up drunk and everyone was sick from that cheap barbecue stuff.
    ‘All to pot’ refers to a situation going out of your control and failing miserably.
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  • If your mum is fuming, what does it mean?
    She is very angry.
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  • We saw the teacher coming so we legged it, we didn't want to get in trouble!
    'To leg it' means to run away.
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  • Tina was chuffed with her grade in the English exam.
    'To be chuffed' means to be very happy.
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  • My paper is definitely going nowhere; so I'll bite your arm off if you offer to write it for me.
    Accept something immediately/willingly/eagerly.
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  • Come here and have a gander at what he’s doing.
    To have a gander - to have a look
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  • I can't go out tonight, I'm skint.
    Skint - To have no money
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  • I was gutted with the result, I can't believe we lost.
    Gutted - very disappointed
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  • I know David, he's a really nice bloke.
    Bloke - A man
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  • I'm thirsty, I'm going to make a cuppa.
    A cuppa - a cup of tea
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  • You ledge!
    You're a legend, a compliment when someone has done something great.
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  • He got my dad a dodgy watch for Christmas
    do'Dodgy’ refers to something wrong, illegal, or just plain ‘off’, in one way or another
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  • Yeah, everything’s hunky-dory at the office.
    When a situation is going normal or well.
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  • When my girlfriend saw the mess I’d made, she lost the plot.
    To ‘lose the plot’ can mean either to become angry and/or exasperated to a fault, or to become irrational and/or acting ridiculously.
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  • Don’t eat that mate it looks minging.
    disgusting or gross
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