Name: 10 British Slang Verbs & Phrasal Verbs | Lingoda Language Marathon (€567 refund!!!) #Spon
Uploaded: 2018-05-10T09:47:29.000Z
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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

I've had so many requests for another slang,

British slang video, so I thought I'd cover

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So, lots of lovely slang, predominantly British,

although you will find some in Australia, for example,

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.

but it's so important that I'm going to mention it again.

You need to know it, we use it all the time.

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.

is to express that we want or we feel like something.

I could say, I really fancy fish and chips tonight.

And that means I really feel like fish and chips.

Or in a question, do you fancy going to the pub?

So, remember that if you use it in an exam.

Right, the next one, number two is a phrasal verb.

This means to report a person to somebody of authority for a wrongdoing.

you inform someone in a position of authority.

For example, I can't believe Ellie dobbed me in

to the teacher for skipping class yesterday.

who is in a position of authority, over me.

I remember at school, if somebody was being mean,

which means I'm going to tell the teacher.

Right, the next one, number three, another phrasal verb.

Now, this can mean two things in British English.

and the second one is slightly less common,

it's kind of used in a more sarcastic way.

So, if somebody's paying me lots and lots of compliments,

I think in America you might say to hit on.

The other meaning is to talk to somebody persuasively,

For example, say a bouncer wouldn't let us into a club,

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

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10 British Slang Verbs & Phrasal Verbs | Lingoda Language Marathon (€567 refund!!!) #Spon

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