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SCHOOL VOCAB
It's the beginning of a new school year – a perfect time to brush up some school-related slang!
A COPY-CAT – a pupil who copies test answers from someone sitting next to him or copies someone else's homework
A CHIPHEAD – a computer nerd
AN APPLE POLISHER - a student who tries to appeal to the teacher by excessive politeness or helpfulness
A GRIND/ GRUNT/ CRAMMER/ SWAT – someone always studying, cramming for exams or tests
BAD NEWS – a strict, demanding teacher
A CRIB/ CHEAT SHEET - a slip of paper on which the expected answers to exam questions are written and which is smuggled into the classroom
A SNOW JOB - attempt to cover up a lack of knowledge by using big words, a florid style, complex rhetoric, etc.
TO PLAY TRUANT/ HOOKEY – not to attend school
„STREET“ IDIOMS
Primeri uzeti iz Englesko-srpskog frazeološkog rečnika Margot Vilijams – Milosavljević i Boška Milosavljevića
IN QUEER STREET - u buli, bez prebijene pare
Buying that car has really put him in queer street.
Izraz potiče od query = „znak pitanja“, kojim su trgovci u knjigama obeležavali dubioze.
NOT IN THE SAME STREET AS SOMEONE – ne biti u istoj kategoriji
Indian tea is not in the same street as some of the teas from Ceylon.
ON EASY STREET – kao bubreg u loju, kao lord
When she gets her uncle's inheritance, she'll be on easy street.
RIGHT UP ONE'S STREET - taman ono što se traži, upravo ono što nekome treba
She is smart and well educated – a perfect candidate for that job, right up our street.
STREETS AHEAD – daleko bolji
Our sportsmen are streets ahead of theirs.
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Cancel someone's Christmas
Sl. to kill someone; to destroy someone. (Underworld or jocular; the idea is that the dead person will not live until Christmas.) If he keeps bugging me, I'm gonna cancel his Christmas. Willie threatened to cancel Richard's Christmas if Richard didn't pay up.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Prov. Since Christmas only happens once a year, we should treat it as a special time by being good to others or by indulging children. Christmas comes but once a year, so we urge you to give to those less fortunate through this Christmas charity campaign.
Nitty -gritty
When people get down to the nitty-gritty, they begin to discuss the
most important points or the practical details.
"I was interested in the project, but we didn't get down to the nitty-gritty
until his partner arrived."
A senior moment
A momentary lapse of memory, especially in older people, or an absent-minded action such as putting the cereals in the fridge, is humorously referred to as having a senior moment. "I found the phone in the cupboard. I must have had a senior moment!"
Be like a dog with two tails
to be very happy
When our team won the match, the coach was like a dog with two tails.
Crack a book
idiom, American, informal
to open a book in order to study
I haven't seen her crack a book and the French test is tomorrow. [usually negative]
SCHOOL VOCAB
It's the beginning of a new school year – a perfect time to brush up some school-related slang!
A COPY-CAT
A pupil who copies test answers from someone sitting next to him or copies someone else's homework
A CHIPHEAD – a computer nerd
AN APPLE POLISHER - a student who tries to appeal to the teacher by excessive politeness or helpfulness.
A GRIND/ GRUNT/ CRAMMER/ SWAT – someone always studying, cramming for exams or tests
BAD NEWS – a strict, demanding teacher
A CRIB/ CHEAT SHEET - a slip of paper on which the expected answers to exam questions are written and which is smuggled into the classroom
A SNOW JOB - attempt to cover up a lack of knowledge by using big words, a florid style, complex rhetoric, etc.
TO PLAY TRUANT/ HOOKEY – not to attend school
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