False Friend a word in a second language that closely resembles a word in somebody’s first language but means something different “Sorry I couldn´t assist the class yesterday. I didn´t feel very well… I was constipated, and had a discussion with my chef … who was fuming at lunch and molested me because I´m embarrased. What´s more, I had a lot of work ( – I´m an avocado – ) and was tired. I had left my carpet at home anyway, and...
SLANG – AWESOME, INNIT*?! A former student of mine recently came back from a long trip to the U.K. well** excited about the weird and wonderful slang*** that she had learnt. While my British reserve won´t permit me to mention some of the, shall we say, cruder words, here is a selection of some of the other vocab she picked up…it was mostly related to money, food and drink…: *a slang contraction of “isn´t it”, used predominantly in and around London. **in the North of England,...
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