20131023

Lazy

vocabulary:

  • stall:
    (n) a large table or small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place
    in the village market, the stalls are piled high with local vegetables.
    (n) the seats on the main floor of a theatre or cinema, not at a high level
    (v) if an engine stalls, it stops working suddenly
    i stalled the car twice during my driving test but still managed to pass.
  • squiffy: slightly drunk
    "I've only have one glass of sherry and i feel squiffy already." she said.
  • tipsy: slightly drunk
    Auntie Pat is getting a little tipsy again. 
  • sober: not drunk or affected by alcohol.
    are you sober enough to drive?
    sober (sb) up: to become less drunk, or make someone less drunk
    i went for a walk to sober up.
    have a black coffee - that should sober you up
  • There are plenty more fish in the sea: user to tell someone whose relationship has ended that there are many other people that they could have a relationship with
    Don't cry over him - there are plenty more fish in the sea! 
  • spring to mind: to come quickly into your mind
    say the word 'Australia' and a vision of beaches and blue seas immediately springs to mind
  • clumsy: describe someone who often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful way
    that's the 3rd glass you've mashed this week - you're so clumsy. 
  • footy: football 
  • bloody: used to emphasise an adjective, adverb, or noun in a slightly rude way
    life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.
    I had a bloody good time last night.
    What a bloody morning. 
  • mend: to repair something that is broken or damaged
    I've left my watch there to be mended.
    could you mend this hold in my shirt?
    on the mend: to be  getting better after an illness or injury
    my hand is on the mend. 
  • fix (fix a problem, but mend a thing) 
  • knackered: very tired
    i'm too knackered to go out this evening
    knacker: tire out
    don't go to fast. you'll knacker yourself in the first hour
  • aloof: not friendly or willing to take part in things
    she seemed rather aloof when in fact she was just shy.
    not interested or involved, usually because you do not approve of what is happening
    she kept herself aloof from her husband's business. 




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