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Showing posts with label humour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humour. Show all posts
25/04/2020
21/01/2018
04/03/2016
Chris Rock's Jokes
tux: tuxedo, a dinner jacket
outfit: A set of clothing, often with accessories
18/05/2015
15/04/2015
Fired
Vocab
- candour:frankness
- candid: frank & outspoken
- to nod:to make a slight, quick inclination of the head, as in assent, greeting,..
19/03/2015
12/02/2015
How to survive Valentine's Day if you're single
Vocab:
Take heed: to consider someone’s advice or warning and do what they suggest
Mope: to feel bored or unhappy and show no interest in doing anything
Brash: cheekily self-confident and
impolite
Smug: well satisfied, or too obviously pleased,
with oneself
Sneer: to raise the top lip at one side in a kind of
smile that expresses scorn or contempt
Sour grapes
: criticism of something that you make because you are annoyed that you cannot
have it
Pay through
the nose: to pay a lot, or too much
tat :anything that
looks cheap, is of low quality, or in bad condition
Slushy programmes: Expressing emotions in an
excessive, silly or embarrassing way
A knowing smile: showing that you know
about something, even when it has not been talked about
A tacky teddy bear: used about something that looks cheap and of
poor quality or something that shows bad taste
Play
the field: to have
several sexual relationships before you choose a permanent partner
16/12/2014
22/05/2014
Smokes
From the Third Episode of the First Season of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Incredibly funny.
Vocab:
a git- a moron -a twat
a con man
pathetic- credulous - harmless -healing -soothing-
Vocab:
a git- a moron -a twat
a con man
pathetic- credulous - harmless -healing -soothing-
12/03/2011
George Carlin - Airline announcements
The truth about airline talk
VOCAB
bogus = fake
Dr Pepper = a soft drink brand name
Kahlua = a coffee-flavored liqueur
And here's the link to a site with the text
VOCAB
bogus = fake
Dr Pepper = a soft drink brand name
Kahlua = a coffee-flavored liqueur
And here's the link to a site with the text
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