TAILIEUCHUNG - British english a to z_2

Đây là cuốn sách rất hay, giúp chúng ta phân biệt được đâu là từ mà người Anh thường dùng, cũng như sự khác nhau giữa : DV: Britain: fancy (v), thì America: like, suppose | blot one s copybook 35 tors is having an increasing effect in bringing block in the American sense into British usage. See also apartment flat. block of ice ice cube Obsolete. The American term sometimes hyphenated appears to have won out. bloke n. Slang. guy Slang. See also chap guy. My bloke means my boy friend my fellow. bloody adj. adv. 1. adj. Slang. lousy contemptible 2. adv. Slang. damned goddamned Slang. This word is now commonly used as an adverb intensifier modifying either a pejorative adjective as in It s bloody awful or a flattering adjective as in This is bloody marvelous. Used as an adjective its nearest equivalent in America would be lousy as in the phrase a bloody shame. Bloody once regarded as a lurid oath was formerly proscribed in mixed company but that sort of inhibition is waning nowadays. Despite popular belief there is no sound reason to suppose that it is derived from by Our Lady. See bleeding blooming blinking bally ruddy flipping flaming. As to British swearing habits generally damn is less objectionable in Britain than in America in polite circles and darn is practically obsolete in Britain. Americans are freer with religious names like Christ and Jesus and deformations like Jeez but Crikey from Christ originally an oath is now common as an exclamation of surprise and sometimes of admiration. bloody-minded adj. Inf. pigheaded stubborn Inf. Willfully difficult stubbornly obstructive cantankerous. An awkward but useful adjective to describe persons you simply can t cope with. bloomer n. 1. Slang. booboo 2. see comment 1. Slang. Synonymous with blunder and sounds like the American slang term blooper which however is generally reserved for an embarrassing public booboo. 2. n. A large loaf of bread glazed and slashed on top before baking. blooming adj. adv. Inf. damned Inf. Euphemism for the intensifier bloody like blinking bally ruddy etc. Bloomsbury n. adj. 1. see comment 2. approx. highbrow 1. Bloomsbury is the name of a section of Central

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