I'm from the US, and we don't understand some British slang.我来自美国，我们听不懂一些英国俚语。Anyway, what is slang?不管怎样说，什么是俚语呢？Slang phrases can cover any topic, and are mostly used in informal contexts.俚语短语可以涵盖任何主题，并且大多用于非正式语境。In this lesson, you...
There are manyunderrated British crime dramas, butMinder(the title, “Minder,” refers to UK slang for right-hand-man) managed to appeal to audiences both in and out of the UK because of its likable antihero, Terry McCann. A former boxer, Terry spends most of his time in the series as...
But these more surreal scenes aside, the film’s success is down to its detail: Sherwin and Anderson well knew the world they were satirising, which is why the rituals, slang and behaviour all ring so disturbingly true. That said, the film’s knock-out scene is a rousing, shocking, ...
but if you can you'll find this sumptuously shot, beautifully understated drama is worth the effort. Forget Hannibal Lecter: this isAnthony Hopkins' finest performance by a country mile. As the buttoned-down butler who places propriety about everything else in his ...
Smarmy- Another word for a smoothy, someone who has a way with the ladies for example. shambolic (British slang) disorderly or chaotic So if you ever visit The Shambles in York, then the name does not refer to the somewhatshambolicnature of the buildings; it's a reference to the site ...
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This has nothing do with insulting anyone, just intellectual curiosity. If interested, I can tell you what slang terms are used in the US for different ethnicities: Polack (Pole), Kraut, Squarehead (German), Dago, Wop, Greaser, Guinea (Italian), Kike, Hebe (Jew), Bohunk (Czech but also...
A month ago I had the pleasing experience of packing for Perth. In South African slang, ‘packing for Perth’ means immigrating to Australia. In the decade that followed thetransition to democracy, around800,000 mainly white South Africans left– some for New Zealand, Britain, and the United...