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    1. The document provides definitions and examples of colloquial English words and phrases such as "to be stressed out", "to bug someone", and "a twat". 2. It also includes idioms like "to be a far cry from something", "to keep an eye out", and "to take something with a pinch of salt". 3. Finally, it lists vocabulary related to skepticism, haunting, and mythical creatures such as "sceptical", "haunted", "werewolf", and "to vanish".

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    1. The document provides definitions and examples of colloquial English words and phrases such as "to be stressed out", "to bug someone", and "a twat". 2. It also includes idioms like "to be a far cry from something", "to keep an eye out", and "to take something with a pinch of salt". 3. Finally, it lists vocabulary related to skepticism, haunting, and mythical creatures such as "sceptical", "haunted", "werewolf", and "to vanish".

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    Unit 12 Vocabulary Colloquial Words/phrases:: Bucks

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    Unit 12 Vocabulary

    Colloquial words/phrases:
    To be stressed out=to be very worried
    To bug someone=to annoy someone
    A twat=a silly person
    An idiot
    To chuck something out=to throw something out
    To pop into a place=to go into a place for a short
    time
    To mess something up= to make a mistake
    To chill out=to relax
    The telly=the TV
    A few quid/bucks($)= an amount of money
    The loo=the toilet/the throne/the little girl`s
    room/the jack`s/the can
    To be trendy=fashionable/modern/cool
    A mate=a friend
    Pretty + adjective =quite/very + adjective
    The meal was pretty expensive.
    Pretty (adjective) = attractive
    That girl is really pretty.
    To fancy someone=to be attracted to someone
    To fancy something=to want something/to do
    something
    I fancy a piece of chocolate.
    I fancy going to the cinema tonight.
    A hassle (noun) = an annoying/difficult situation

    Additional questions:
    1: Why is Louise stressed out?
    She can`t find her mobile.
    2: What really bugs Louise?
    When she loses things.
    3: Why does Angie tell Louise to chill out?
    Louise is worried that someone is using it to call
    Australia.
    4: Who called Louise when she left work? Josie.
    5: What does Angie say about Louise and the taxi
    driver?
    She thinks Louise fancies him.
    Unit 12 B
    A Great Inheritance
    Approximately A large amount
    Somewhere in the Tons of + noun
    region of
    Roughly=around Loads of + noun
    odd The vast majority of +
    noun
    Give or take A great deal of + noun
    Or so A huge amount of +
    noun
    -ish
    around

    There were 50-odd people at the party.


    He looks 40-odd.
    To inherit something from something=
    To leave something to someone= to give someone
    something when you die.
    To write a will=to create a legal document saying
    who you will leave your things to when you die

    Unit 12C Idioms


    To be a far cry from something
    To keep an eye out for someone or something
    To take something (information) with a pinch of
    salt
    To pull someone`s leg
    To be a piece of cake
    To recharge the batteries
    To be in the middle of nowhere
    Out of the blue
    To give you food for thought
    To break the ice
    To make someone`s day
    To sleep like a log
    To vanish into thin air=to completely disappear
    Unit 12C Vocabulary
    Sceptical=adjective
    To be a sceptic = noun
    Haunted=adjective
    To haunt=verb
    Spooky=adjective
    To spook=verb
    A werewolf/werewolves=noun (mythical
    creatures)
    To vanish =verb
    Proof = uncountable noun
    To prove =verb

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