10 BRITISH SLANG VERBS PHRASAL VERBS Lingoda Language Marathon 567 refund
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i thought i’d cover
british slang verbs and also some slang
phrasal verbs as well really really
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or should I say let’s crack on we’ll
talk about that one in a minute so lots
of lovely slang predominantly British
although you will find some in Australia
for example and maybe the United States
but most of them are more used in the UK
but in the UK you will definitely need
to understand these words if you’re
going to integrate with natives I’m also
going to chuck in include lots of extra
bonus British slang words oh my god
that’s hard to say and I will explain
them as I go along
the first one is to fancy and I have
mentioned this one before but it’s so
important that I’m going to mention it
again you need to know this verb you
need to know it we use it all the time
it has two meanings it can mean to be
romantically interested in somebody so
an example could be I fancied will for
ages and I was gobsmacked when I found
out that he fancied me too gobsmacked
means shocked speechless now the other
way that we use this verb
is to express that we want or we feel
like something I could say mmm I really
fancy fish and chips tonight and that
means I really feel like fish and chips
I want fish and chips or in a question
do you fancy going to the pub do you
want to go to the pub do you feel like
going to the pub now note I said do you
want to go but do you fancy going do you
feel like going so remember that if you
use it in an exam right the next one
number two is a phrasal verb it is to
dub somebody in to dub somebody in this
means to report a person to somebody of
authority for a wrongdoing so if
somebody’s done something wrong you
informed someone in a position of
authority for example I can’t believe le
dubbed me into the teacher for skipping
class yesterday she dogged me in she
informed the teacher who is in a
position of authority over me she told
on me she dubbed me in I remember at
school if somebody was being mean I’d
say I’m gonna Dobb you in which means
I’m going to tell the teacher right the
next one number three another phrasal
verb this one is to chat somebody up to
chat somebody up now this can mean two
things in British English the first one
is the more common use and the second
one is slightly less common it’s kind of
used in a more sarcastic way the first
meaning is to talk to somebody in a
flirtatious way to talk to somebody
flirtatiously so if somebody’s paying me
lots and lots of compliments I might say
are you chatting me up are you flirting
with me I think in America you might say
to hit on are you hitting on me are you
chatting me up the other meaning is to
talk to somebody persuasively normally
with ulterior motives
for example say a bouncer wouldn’t let
us into a club I’ll say I’ll see if I
can chat her up it doesn’t mean I’m
going to flirt with her
it means I’m going to try and be really
really nice to her to try and persuade
her to let us in the next one to be up
for something we use this all the time
are you up for it
I’m up for it she’s up for it the
meaning is very simple it means to want
to do something so if I am up for going
out I want to go out I feel like going
out so if I say we’re going ice skating
tonight if you’re up for it it means
we’re going ice skating tonight if you
want to come to it’s very very informal
next another one we use all the time I
use it so frequently and when I talk to
non-native speakers I try and carefully
select my verbs so that I avoid using
slang so that they can understand me
better but pop is the one that I
struggle with because I just use it all
the time
and pop the meaning is very simple once
you understand it you will be fine it
means to go somewhere usually for a
short period of time and often without
notice so without notice is you haven’t
advised the place or the people that
you’re going to go there you’re going to
visit we often use it with a preposition
I’m just popping out I’m just going
outside for a short period of time or
I’m just gonna pop to the shops do you
want anything I’m just going to go to
the shops do you need anything or if I
say do you mind if I pop in for a minute
it means do you mind if I quickly visit
your house for a second so it’s normally
something spontaneous unplanned short
period of time but it basically just
means go number 6 to go on about this
means to talk continuously and to talk
too much it’s teetering it’s only just
on the negative side and so if I say ah
what’s she going on about again it means
what’s she talking about continuously
and too much again but sometimes it’s
used in quite an affectionate way what
are you going on about what’s he going
on about
but we sometimes forget the going bit so
what are you on about
what’s he on about be prepared to hear
people say on about instead of to go on
about number seven another phrasal verb
very important one can also just be a
verb on its own it is too faff around or
you can shorten it to faff just too faff
it’s not a phrasal verb in this case
it’s got two meanings both are quite
similar the first meaning the most
common one is to spend time doing
unimportant things and avoid what you
really should be doing a little bit like
to procrastinate but with more emphasis
on doing the unimportant things what
have you been doing have you just been
faffing around I’m trying to say what
have you been doing have you been
avoiding all the important tasks and
just doing meaningless tasks the other
meaning is to behave in a silly way so
if someone’s being a little bit stupid
joking around too much I might say stop
faffing around stop messing around it
could also mean faff on its own stop
faffing oh I’m just faffing we don’t
necessarily have to include that around
there number eight a verb on its own to
scoff to scoff and this in British
English slang means to eat something
quickly and greedily so if I see someone
eating their lunch really really quickly
I might say coy you scoff that you ate
that quickly and greedily it’s very
informal it’s quite friendly it’s not
necessarily negative if you use it in
the right way so I might say I scoffed
my dinner and I went up for seconds I
ate my dinner really quickly and
greedily
and to go up for seconds means to return
to the food with your plate to get a
second helping number nine another
phrasal verb this one is to crack on
with something or someone because there
is a new use for this phrasal verb the
first one is to proceed or to progress
quickly you know at the beginning of my
lessons I say right let’s get started
with the lesson
I could say let’s crack on with the
lesson let’s get going let’s proceed
quickly and progress quickly to another
newer meaning for this phrasal verb is
to flirt with somebody so if I say I saw
James cracking on with Holly it means I
saw James at least attempting to flirt
with Holly I guess you could think that
it’s somebody trying to progress with
their relationship with a specific
person but please remember that that one
is very informal and it’s relatively new
the last one number 10 is to skive it’s
a verb on its own but you can add the
preposition off and say to skive off it
means the same thing the definition is
to avoid work school or a particular
duty by leaving early or by just not
going staying away I might say I’m going
to skive off this last lesson because
the teacher just reads off the slides if
they’re just reading off the sides it
means they’re just reading the words on
the presentation they’re not adding
anything extra it was my pet hate it was
something that particularly annoyed me
at school and at university why just
read me the presentation if I can read
it myself at home let’s not go into too
much detail or you could say oh I think
Tom skived off work yesterday because he
called in sick he said he was ill on the
telephone and then I saw him in the
shopping center naughty
have you ever skived off work comment
below if you have right so those are the
10 British sang phrasal verbs and verbs
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