New English Phrases ẗ̤ö̤ l̤̈ë̤ä̤r̤̈n̤̈ Everyday

[Preety_India]

I need to brush up my bad English. 

English is my second language. 

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by Preety_India

[Preety_India]

 

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by Preety_India

[Preety_India]

New phrase learned today 

oeillade

[ œ-yad ] 

noun

an amorous glance.

 

[Preety_India]

4th post 

daily forum log

How I use this forum

Tabular Index

 

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by Preety_India

[Preety_India]

 

Speak of the devil

The person we were just talking about showed up!

Your guess is as good as mine

I have no idea

Barking up the wrong tree

To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by Preety_India

[ajai]

Thanks, It was much required indeed!!

[Preety_India]

@ajai I'm glad!

[Preety_India]

At the drop of a hat. 

 

[Preety_India]

 

take the mickey out of

 

over the hill

fed up to the back teeth with

 

 

Edited March 2, 2021 by Preety_India

[jerrypua]

I'll leave some useful ones:

Taking the browns to the super bowl.

Smashing pissers.

Beat them guts in.

Tongue punch your fart box

Check the oil.

Slap the salmon.

 

[Preety_India]

I'm not into trash slang. 

I got standards

 

 

Edited March 3, 2021 by Preety_India

[Preety_India]

 

Culture vulture 

 

 

[Preety_India]

Diatribe 

-verbal attack.

[Preety_India]

Bilge - rubbish.. 

[Preety_India]

Piffle - nonsense. 

 

[Preety_India]

Facetious 

Battier 

 

[Preety_India]

Goose and the gander 

 

[Preety_India]

assuage

To make less severe 

Certain words I learned from the forum.. Cough cough 

 

hate-following an account - 

Top-tier projection - 

passive-aggressive crypto-scolding - 

slack-jawed -

knuckle dragging -

head injured -

lobotomy recovering - 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 2021 by Preety_India

[Preety_India]

I downloaded an app to improve my vocabulary. 

I will start using that from today. 

I will start using page breakers. 

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Gumption 

Cahoonas

Cahoonas is the English derivative of ''cojones'' used in US and British slang to denote “boldness, manliness and courage” and popularised by iconic films such as Pulp Fiction and British male underwear brand Cahoonas.

You'll need a huge pair of Cahoonas to go 3 rounds in the ring with that nutter.

 

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Edited March 21, 2021 by Preety_India

[Preety_India]

 

Expressions used in daily conversations 

"scoffs" 

"sod off"