Saturday, January 27, 2007

Slang expressions beginning with ‘A’ and ‘B’:

1) The letter ‘A’

Expression : ace [Adjective]explanation : best; top-rated (of people)translation : kapitalny; świetny (o ludziach)example : Jack is an ace swimmer. You could be an ace student if you tried harder.

Expression : ain't [Function word]explanation : am / are / is not; have / has nottranslation : -example : I ain't got any money. I ain't seen him lately. Ain't that nice?

Expression : all ears [Idiom - with "to be"]explanation : to listen carefullytranslation : zamieniać się w słuchexample : I'm all ears. Tell me what happened.

Expression : all in [Idiom]explanation : very tired; exhausted; poopedtranslation : skonany; wykończonyexample : God! I'm all in after all this work.

Expression : awesome [Adjective]explanation : fantastic; great; terrific; excellenttranslation : kapitalny; super; genialny; rewelacyjnyexample : Awesome! Your new car is really awesome!

2) the letter ‘B’

Expression : babe [Noun]explanation : girl; young woman; sweethearttranslation : panienka; laska; kochanieexample : Look at that babe! She's gorgeous. Hi, babe. You look great today.

Expression : beat it! [Exclamation]explanation : get out!; go away!; get lost!translation : spadaj!; wynoś się!example : I've had it with you! Beat it! I can't look at you any more! Beat it!

Expression : bizarre [Adjective]explanation : strange; weirdtranslation : dziwny; dziwacznyexample : He's such a bizarre guy. That's really bizarre.

Expression : butthead [Noun]explanation : stupid persontranslation : głąb; osiołexample : Hey, butthead, you're sitting on my hat! You butthead!

Expression : BYOB party [Noun]explanation : "bring your own bottle" partytranslation : -example : I hate BYOB parties. There's never enough to drink.

Expression : berserk [Adjective]explanation : mad; furioustranslation : szalony; wściekłyexample : My husband wiil go beserk if he finds you here.

Expression : be up the creek [Idiom]explanation : to be in an awkward positiontranslation : być w niezręcznej sytuacji, w kłopocie, w kropceexample : I'm kind of up the creek and don't know what to do.

Expression : butt in [Verb]explanation : to interrupttranslation : wcinać się; wtrącać sięexample : Stop butting in on our conversations! Please don't butt in all the time!

Źródło: http://angielski.friko.pl

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Good morning Poland!

I was just thinking about how to make my blog help you learn English with ease. And I've come up with the following conclusions. First of all, I'm not gonna torture you with my own writings because I'm almost certain that I'd bore you all to death!!! :-) Secondly, I think I'm no more interesting a person than you are. Finally, I've decided to publish some interesting material taken from numerous web pages across the Internet. I've encountered lots of worthwhile web pages while having some rest during the winter break. I shall start publishing the new material very very soon.
P.S. I'm still working on photo hosting as far as my blog is concerned.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

I set up my own blogger.com account today

The account was created on 24 January 2007. Soon I shall keep you informed.