#182: 12 Native British Expressions

 In this podcast you will have tons of fun seeing Ethan trying to guess some British expressions. If you want to laugh a lot while learning English and improving your vocabulary, then this podcast is perfect for you!

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Topics:

• Common British expressions unknown to Americans.
• Game: Stump the Chump.

Words You’ll Learn:

• Marvelous: causing great wonder; extraordinary.
• To stump (someone): to try to trick someone.
• Stump the Chump: game where one person challenges another person in public to make him or her appear foolish.
• Dapper: fancy.
• Plateau: a flat mountain; a period of slow progress.
• I’m chuffed to bits: to be very pleased or satisfied.
• Donkey’s years: since a very long time.
• Stop whinging: stop complaining.
• Stop your bitching (Am. E.): stop complaining a lot.
• That’s bitching (Am. E.): Something really great.
• To be knackered: to be very tired.
• Stop waffling: to tell someone to stop rambling, when they are not explaining something in a concise way.
• Stop faffing: stop being lazy.
• Taking the Mickey: making fun of someone.
• Full of beans: with a lot of energy
• Bouncing off the walls: full of energy.
• It was chockablock: very busy, crowded.
• I’m skint: when you don’t have any money, when you are broke.
• To be gutted: to be very upset.
• Rank: Disgusting
• Minging: Rank, disgusting
• Rocking chair: a chair mounted on rockers or springs, which can rock back and forth.
• Quintessentially: used to emphasize the most perfect or typical example of a quality.
• Snob: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
• To ameliorate: to improve
• Jam packed: when something is very full.
• Fulfilling: something that makes you feel happy and satisfied.
• Harsh: cruel or severe.
• Gibberish: unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.
• To slack off: when you are being lazy
• Gullible: naive, easy for people to take advantage of you.
• Something rings a bell: something sounds familiar.
• Right old knees up: to have a good time
• The bee’s knees: when something is the best or very cool.

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