... Caribbean, Ireland and New Zealand We also include pidgin, Creolised English and borrowed foreign terms used by English-speakers in primarily English-language conversation We include slang and unconventional ... Partridge made a deep and enduring contribution to the study and understanding of slang In the eight editions of The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English published between 1937 and 1984, Partridge ... The Macquarie Dictionary of New Words and general editor of The Macquarie Book of Slang and The Macquarie Slang Dictionary. John Loftus manages the online archive at www.hiberno english.com He
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... hand; the arm. May be abbreviated to ‘mart’ UK, 1992. < dry martini the left hand. Based on the popular branded drink UK, 2002. < sweet martini the right hand. Based on the popular branded ... 1877. 3 to go away. Usually used as a command to dogs TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO , 1956. 4 to pass, to hand to someone, to give US, 1944 mash and dash verb to kiss and run US, 1996 mashed adjective 1 drunk ... series of bad tips about horses and races AUSTRALIA, 1989 Maoriland nickname New Zealand AUSTRALIA, 1859 Maori overdrive noun coasting downhill in neutral NEW ZEALAND, 1998 Maori screwdriver noun
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"Nn" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English doc
... nederhashnounany or all varieties of hashish produced in the Netherlands A compound of Dutch Nederland (Netherlands) and HASH NETHERLANDS , 2003 Ned Kellynoun1a television; television Rhyming slang ... New Zealand greennouna strain of marijuana, known elsewhere as Tasmanian tiger, Thai Buddha and Hawaiian headNEW ZEALAND, 2002 New Zealand mafianouna notional organisation of New Zealand professionals ... a recreational drug AUSTRALIA, 1994 nits and buggersnounin poker, a hand with a pair of threes and a pair of twosUS, 1967 nits and licenounin poker, a hand with two low-valued pairsUS, 1967 nitto!stop!;
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"Pp" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English potx
... with vigour during sexTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003 pelternounin poker, a non-standard hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2,one card between 5 and 9 and one card between 2 and 5US, 1963 pennoun1a jail ... todrop suddenly first the back and then the front of a carUS, 1980 pancake saddlenounin western Canada, an English saddleCANADA, 1987 panda car; pandanouna black and white police patrol car, hence ... especially bread and spread; a sandwich Originally just ‘a slice of bread’ Also seen in English dialect use from Northumbria to CornwallUK: SCOTLAND, 1787.8(especially with children) a sandwich Used
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"Rr" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ppsx
... English US, 1968 R and R noun 1 rest and rehabilitation; rest and recovery; rest and recreation; rest and recuperation; rape and restitution; rape and ruin; rape and run. Despite disagreement on ... rails bookmakers are situated; hence, big-time bookmaking AUSTRALIA, 1981 rail sandwich noun a surfboard between your legs US, 1978 rails bookmaker; rails bookie noun one of the more prestigious bookmakers ... rancid randan noun a spree of wild, debauched, hedonistic behaviour, especially if heavy drinking is involved. Usually in the phrase ‘on the randan’ UK: SCOTL AND, 1985 Randolph Scott; Randolph
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"Tt" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ppsx
... cup-shaped spoon, a spade and a shovelUS , 1980 three-point c and bnouna painful parachute landing The three points were the head, heels and buttocks, while the ‘c and b’ was a ‘crash and burn’US , 1991 ... privately signal to someoneUK , 1676.< tip the brandyto lick, suck and tongue another’s anus A combination ofTIP(to perform oral sex) andBRANDY AND RUM(the buttocks)UK , 2002.< tip the bucket ... toad-stickernouna knifeUS , 1945 to and fronounsnow Rhyming slangUK , 1992 to-and-fro’ing; to’ing-and-fro’ingnouna constant moving about UK , 1961 to and fromnounan English person Rhyming slang forPOM
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"Ww" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English pot
... stick that you wave in your hand UK , 2001.2in pool, a player’s cue stickUS , 1993 wandering hands brigadenouna male’s hands exploring afemale’s bodyNEW ZEALAND , 1984 wandwavernouna male exhibitionistUS ... sandal made with pieces of tyre and tied withthatch stringCAYMAN ISLANDS , 1985 wampumnounmoney An imitation of Native American IndianlanguageUS , 1950 wampyadjectivecrazyNEW ZEALAND , 1950 wandnoun1the ... wait and lingernounthe finger Rhyming slang, applied only in ananatomical senseUK , 1992 waiter’s delightnounin poker, a hand consisting of three threesand a pair A ‘three’ is aTREY, the hand
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dictionary of slang and unconventional english potx
... Partridge Dictionary of Slangand Unconventional English The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ... and dignified writing and in professional speaking, a vivid and extensive slang is perhaps preferable to a jejune and meagre vocabulary of standard English; on the other hand, it will hardly be ... of us, a dictionary is hardly a book to read; a good dictionary, however, is a book to browse in. Some dictionaries are so well written that one just goes on and on To write such a dictionary
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dictionary of slang and unconventional english pps
... your biblical top tonight Lo and behold! And, yea, I can see the promised land And, hallelujah! – there is milk and honey! One on each tap’UK, 1984 bicverb to understand Vietnam war usage; a corrupted ... Orange and we’re true / Scotland is our country, our colours white and blue, / We’re Protestants and proud of it , we’re known near and far, / Glasgow Billy Boys they call us.’UK: SCOTLAND, 1935 ... Balearic island of IbizaUK, 2002 beef and shrapnelnounin the Vietnam war, a meal of beef andpotatoesUS, 1991 beef-a-roninouna muscular, handsome male Punning with thename of a food product and the
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dictionary of slang and unconventional english pptx
... work stoppage NEW ZEALAND, 1984 British Standard Handful noun the average female breast. A play on standards established by the British Standards Institute UK, 1977 Britland nickname Britain UK, ... 1966 candy C; candy cee noun cocaine An elaboration of CANDY (cocaine) by combination with C (cocaine) US, 1953 candycaine; candycane noun cocaine Punning on the Christmas hard peppermint ‘candy ... whup-ass noun... CANADA, 2002 c and b there used as an invitation to an event TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987 c and d noun cocaine and marijuana UK, 1997 C and E noun 1 a member of the church
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dictionary of slang and unconventional english pot
... actionto understand what is happening and what is being saidUS , 1962 clock and houseverbto see and remember suspects’ faces, andthen follow them to their home FromCLOCK(to see; to watch andfollow)UK ... early to mid-1970s between Britain and Iceland, especially between the British and Icelandic fishing fleets and fishermen, over the fishing rights off Iceland A journalists’ term that allowed ... jiveto understand what is being saidUS , 1947 collar and cuffnouna homosexual male Rhyming slang forPUFF UK , 1934 collars and cuffsnoun< matching collars and cuffs; collars and cuffs that
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dictionary of slang and unconventional english pdf
... gratificationUS , 1999 hand bombverbto throw a just-caught salmon using both hands handbrakienouna handbrake turnAUSTRALIA , 1996 H and Cnoun a mixture of heroin and cocaine A play on ‘hot and cold’, shown ... on ‘hand-to-hand combat’AUSTRALIA , 1998 hand toolsnounlockpicks, screwdrivers and other tools used byburglarsUS , 1982 hand to roufnounin betting, odds of 5–4 A combination ofHAND (five) andROUF(four)UK ... , 1992 handicap chase; handicapnouna face, especially an ugly face Rhyming slangUK , 1992 handienounan act of manual masturbation FromHAND JOB AUSTRALIA , 1994 handiesnounfondling of hands by
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dictionary of slang and unconventional english doc
... 1968 R and Rnoun1rest and rehabilitation; rest and recovery; rest and recreation; rest and recuperation; rape and restitution; rape and ruin; rape and run Despite disagreement on the ‘R’s’, the ... Hatch, a prominent and popular horse racing figure in New Zealand and later Australia AUSTRALIA , 1989 roll-your-ownnouna hand-rolled cigaretteNEW ZEALAND , 2002 rolynouna hand-rolled cigarette ... www.adultpdf.com Trang 9randannouna spree of wild, debauched, hedonistic behaviour,especially if heavy drinking is involved Usually in the phrase ‘on the randan’UK: SCOTLAND , 1985 Randolph Scott; Randolphnouna
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dificulties in memorizing esp vocabulary in the couse book english for finance faced by the second-year non-english major students at the academy of finance and some suggested solutions
... law, insurance, and is arranged in clear divisions and subdivisions Look at the arrangement of the subjects/ topics and divisions and subdivisions in the book on the vocabulary and knowledge of ... third and fourth semester, they work with the course book “English for Finance” for the purpose of mastering English skills, especially translating and reading skills in economics, finance and ... faced by the second-year non-English major students at the AOF when working with the course book “English for Finance” by Cao Xuan Thieu and his colleagues at the English faculty of the AOF (2008)
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An evaluation of course book “english unlimited elementary” for first year students of university of information and communication technology under thai nguyen university
... coursebook, teachers may add the materials and tasks, omit the materials and tasks included in the book, replace materials and tasks included in the book and re- order or combine materials and ... a course book must have at least being available in the hand of students and teachers, and used systematically in a course of study, and a course of study in this article refers to an English ... open-door policy, English teaching and learning has strongly developed and English is considered an important subject taught at both schools and universities University of Information and Communication
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Perceptions towards the use of TFLAT dictionary in english vocabulary learning by first year major english students at faculty of foreign languages, hanoi pedagogical university 2 and suggestions for users
... were English description and image The students would expand the English vocabulary by reading English description and image would encourage them to learn more and helped them to learn English ... www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/using-dictionaries www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-use-learners-dictionaryacademic-English https://www.androidauthority.com/best-dictionary-apps-android-751290/ ... Implications 2.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of TFlat Dictionary Basing on the perceptions of the students, Strengths, and Weaknesses of TFlat Dictionary are revealed 2.1.1 Strengths TFlat Dictionary is equipped
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Great Ideas Students book: Listening and Speaking Activities for Students of American English
... newspapers and even DO RESEARCH IN HUNDREDS OF FIELDS WITHOUT EVER GOING INTO A LIBRARY Get flight schedules and fares, and EVEN MAKE AIRLINE AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS Send messages to people and get ... day's work Work and the work world 45 Communication activities 71 Acknowledgments 108 Trang 6Introduction To the student This book is about ideas: about listening to and understanding other people's ... notes to make, and so on In real life we listen to find out about other people's ideas and new information And when we have understood all this, we relate it to our own experience and use it in
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An evaluation of intelligent business elementary for the first year non english major students at academy of finance; suggesions for book use and adaptation
... teachers and the first year nonEnglish major students at Academy of Finance to have a deep understanding about the course book so as for them to have suitable adaptation and to use the book more ... activities and teach reading and speaking integratedly For writing, we can offer them more homework to practise XV APPENDIX 4: THE SYLLABUS OF THE ENGLISH COURSE AND SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH ... experience, etc And external factors are those that characterize the particular language learning situation including curriculum, instruction, culture and status and so on Course book choice is
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"Bb" in Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English pot
... Orange and we’re true / Scotland is our country, our colours white and blue, / We’re Protestants and proud of it , we’re known near and far, / Glasgow Billy Boys they call us.’ UK: SCOTLAND , ... a radio call for a ‘band-aid’ was a call for a medic US, 1991 B and B gang noun on the railways, a building and bridge crew US, 1977 band box noun a county jail US, 1992 band chick noun a woman ... to, and makes herself available to, musicians. An early term for what would come to be known as a ‘groupie’ US, 1961 B and D adjective bad and dangerous US, 1993 B and D; B/D noun bondage and...
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