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This activity allows students studying for the Preliminary English Test (PET) to practice the "describe the photo section" (Part 3) of the speaking exam. This application works on mobiles, iPads and on digital whiteboards.

There are 26 photos in total in this version of the activity and offers plenty of practice for students preparing for the Cambridge PET exam.

Use the "tips" and "phrases" section to allow students to practice key skills required in the exam before they begin the practice session.

The timer allows the teacher and student to complete the task in the required time. Press "set" to set one minute on the timer and then press "start" when the student is ready to begin.

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ESL Boggle is a fun warmer or cooler that can be used in class. This no prep game is great for face-to-face classes but works really well in online classes too.

How to play ESL Boggle

1. Project or show the grid of letters on the board / screen.

2. Students have three minutes to find as many words as they can (which have a minimum of three letters). Words can be formed by connecting letters in order horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

3. At the end of the time, elicit acceptable words from the class and write them on the board. Review the vocabulary as you go.

4. Students calculate their scores as shown below. When a word includes an underlined letter, the score for that word is doubled.

5. Repeat for each round.

6. The winning student/team is that which has the highest score after a predefined number of rounds (e.g. one or two) or the first to reach a certain score).

ESL Boggle Game Scoring

Three or four-letter words: One point Five-letter words: Two points Six-letter words: Three points Seven-letter words: Five points Eight (plus)-letter words: Eleven points

Discover more of ESL Kids Games' online activities . Irregular Verb Challenge - Practice irregular verbs with your students using this tool. This versatile game can be played in many different ways and is a great routine to master irregular verbs with your students. ESL Odd One Out - An online game that is a great way to practice vocabulary and speaking with young learners. This activity is great to help students practice for the Cambridge Movers exam. Number Match - A simple multiplication challenge to get students thinking and multiplying in English. A great warmer to get your students thinking and focused! ESL Vocabulary Fortunes - An online game for teens and adults that is a great way to practice vocabulary on a large number of topics. ESL Bomb Game - Bomb is a engaging scoring system that adds excitement to any game. Interactive Word Search - Online interactive word search (word soup) puzzles for Young learners with target vocabulary for Cambridge Young Learner Exams (Starters, Movers and Flyers A1 & A2. A Fun way to practice spelling with students in class, on their own or online with Zoom. ESL Hangman - Hangman is a no-prep way to practice spelling and vocabulary recall with your students. Blockbuster - Gamify your online and face to face lessons with Blockbuster. Use this game to practice vocabulary, word formation or just about any activity. Students work in teams and have to get across the board. ESL Category Generator - Generate categories to get your students practicing vocabulary. Great activity to be used with a ball or in online classes to get students thinking at the start of class as a warmer. Random Letter Generator - Generate random letters from the alphabet with this simple letter generating tool. ESL Idiom Generator - Generate over 100 of the most common English language idioms. Get students to draw or mime out the idioms as a way to introduce them to the most common idioms in English. Random Noun Generator - Randomly generate over 200 of the most common nouns in the English Language. Great for Pictionary and other end of the class coolers. ESL Boggle - Boggle is a great warmer that can be used in the classroom. With this online version get students writing words to be the top of the class. Anagram Word Game - A simple word game. Suitable for teens and adults with an intermediate and above level of English. ESL Brain Teasers - Do you want to get your students thinking? Practice lateral thinking and reading with this brain teasers for all ages and levels. Describe the photo - Practice speaking about photos for B1 (PET) students. ESL Countdown - Practice vocabulary and spelling with countdown. ESL Writing Prompt Generator - An entertaining way to practice writing with young learners and even teens.

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Brain Teasers are a fantastic way of engaging students and can work well in the classroom. Brain teasers are puzzles where your students have to think to find a solution to the problem. They require students to often think in unconventional ways and as such can be a fun activity for everyone in the class, not just the best students.

Ways to use Brain Teasers in the classroom

As a Warmer/Cooler

Start/end your lesson with a Brain Teaser. Have students read a brain teaser and try and think of a solution to the problem. After a few minutes, have students discuss their possible solutions.

As a conversation starter

Display a Brain Teaser and have students work in pairs or groups to discuss their solutions to the problem. After, have the different pairs/groups explain their ideas.

Between activities

Show your students a Brain Teaser in between activities to give students a short 'active time' break between activities and help refocus.

Use to practice grammar

Brain teasers are a great way to use modals of speculation ( It could be..., I think it might be... and It may be that...) with your students.

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ESL Countdown is a very popular show in the UK and Ireland. It is a simple game that is great as a warmer or cooler for the ESL classroom. It's useful with nearly every level and a great way to get your students writing and practicing spelling. Everyone from young learners to adults can enjoy this simple and fun ESL activity. Activity Time: 5 mins +

Materials required: whiteboard and optionally a projector to use the digital version below.

Skills practiced: Writing, brainstorming, vocabulary and fluency.

Level: All levels Young learners - adults
Note: The clock is set for 30 seconds. Allow extra time for younger or lower level students.
Method

1. Ask students to take out a pen and notebook. Put students into pairs or on their own depending on age and level.

2. Explain to the students that they must pick vowels or consonants and then they have 30 seconds to write any words they can make with the letters on the board. The team who creates the longest correct words gets one point for each correct word.

3. You can use the digital version below by clicking on the different options, click on more rules for instructions etc.

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Improve and practise your listening skills with the best music videos. Fill in the gaps to the lyrics as you listen and sing Karaoke to your favourites

Thousands of teachers, all over the world, are already using LyricsTraining to teach languages and motivate their students through this unique immersion process

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Welcome

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.

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Welcome

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.

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On his blog called Homophones, Weakly, Bruce Worden uses minimalistic illustrations to help us understand the differences between homophones (each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling).

Piece or Peace? Sail or Sale? Bare or Bear? Bruce's got an illustration to help you with that.

Scroll down and comment and upvote on your favorites!

artFido's videos and content are viewed more than 2.5 billion times a month. This makes the network the seventh most viewed media company in the online sphere, behind the Walt Disney company in sixth place, and in front of US media giant Comcast in eighth place.*

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English books that have been adapted to your level.

Choose one level below your class to begin with (B2 level, choose B1+).

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English e-Reader is the biggest online library of graded e-books

Here you can find plenty ebooks in different digital formats: epub, fb2, mobi, rtf, txt, as well as audio books in mp3 format. You can download ebook in format you want or just read online for free.

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Hester is the Director of Studies at our Langports Brisbane school. She has a strong passion for education and has set up her own website and blog to help her students.

Her blog for this week is a list of:

Have a read of the below list and we are sure you will find a lot of helpful tips to improve your English!

1. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Be confident. People can only correct your mistakes when they hear you make them.

2. Surround yourself in English. Put yourself in an all English speaking environment where you can learn passively. The best way to learn is through speaking.

3. Practise every day. Make yourself a study plan. Decide how much time a week you are going to spend studying and stick to it. Establish a routine.

4. Tell your family and friends about your study plan. Get them to push you to study and also don't let them interrupt you.

5. Practise the 4 core skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. They all need to be worked on for you to improve.

6. Keep a notebook of new words you learn. Use them in sentences and try to say them at least 3 times when you speak.

7. Do a lesson at least once a day.

8. Memorisation of lists is one of the most common ways of learning vocabulary for a test. It's only a good exercise for short term studying because you often do not retain the information that you have learned for a test.

9. Use your body clock. If you're not a morning person, study in the afternoon.

10. You will find words easier to remember if you try to remember an example sentence using that word rather the word on its own.

11. Plan to take a test. You'll find that you work harder when you need to study for something.

12. Saying that, it's better not to study just to take a test. Think of the bigger picture. What can you do when you have a good command of English? How will the quality of your life improve?

13. Give yourself a long term goal . Focus on working towards it.

14. Give yourself short term goals too and reward yourself when you achieve each one.

15. Create an atmosphere in which you want to learn, not because you have to. You'll learn more when you're learning because you want to.

16. Know what works best for you. Think about what methods have been successful for you in the past and stick with them.

17. Figure out how you learn. It can be by memorising, reading, speaking, summarising or other methods. Find out how you study best. It can be in a quiet place by yourself or with a group.

18. Get help! If you don't understand something you've got to ask someone. Ask your teacher, classmates or friends for help.

19. and review and review! Make sure that you take the time to review things you have studied in the past.

20. It's not a good idea to study on your own for more than 30 minutes at a time. Take regular breaks, get some fresh air and stretch your legs.

21. Don't be in such a hurry to move up a level. Concentrate on the level you are at now.

22. Watch DVDs rather than TV. It's better to use something that you can watch over again to catch information you might have missed the first time.

23. Watching TV only gives you the chance to hear something correctly first time. This is better for high level students. It can be great practice for speaking to native English speakers so you don't have to ask them to repeat themselves!

24. Read graded readers. These books are especially written for your level. Read a whole novel. You can do it! You'll feel great afterwards.

25. Children's books have easier words and are a good alternative to graded readers.

26. Newspapers are a good place to find passive constructs. Read through an article and see if you can find the passive sentences.

27. Read for the general meaning first. Don't worry about understanding every word, then go back and look up new words.

28. For a word you don't understand in a sentence, look at the other words around it. They will give you a hint. Try to guess the meaning from the context.

29. Learn root words. They'll help you guess the meaning of words. For example: scrib = write, min = small

30. When you learn a new word, think of all its other forms: Beautiful (adjective),beauty (noun), beautifully (adverb).

31. Learn (dis-, un-, re-) and suffixes (-ly, -ment, -ful), these will help you to figure out the meaning of words and build your vocabulary.

32. English, unlike Japanese or French, uses word stress. For new words, count the syllables and find where the stress is. Only one stress per word and always on a vowel. Two syllable verbs have a stress on the second syllable (beGIN). 2 syllable nouns (TEAcher) and adjectives (HAPpy) stress the first.

33. Use English whenever you can. It's as simple as that!

34. Don't translate into English from your own language. Think in English to improve your fluency. Talk to yourself...but not on the bus otherwise people will think you have gone crazy!

35. You can't learn English from a book. Like driving a car, you can only learn through doing it.

36. The most natural way to learn grammar is through talking.

37. Keep an English diary or journal. Start by writing a few sentences a day and then get into the habit of writing more.

38. Why not start an online blog and share your writings with the world?

39. To become a better writer brainstorm as many ideas and thoughts onto paper without worrying about grammar or spelling. Then think about the structure. After that, write your piece using good grammar and spelling. Finally, read it through or give it to someone else to check for mistakes.

40. Keep an eye on your punctuation as it can totally change what you're trying to say. Check out the difference in meaning between these two sentences: "A woman without her man is nothing" and "A woman: without her, man is nothing".

41. Sing your heart out! Show the world your beautiful voice! Learn English songs and sing along with them to improve fluency and intonation... anyone for Karaoke?

42. Get a penfriend or use chat-rooms, forums and community sites. If you can't speak to someone in English, this is the next best thing.

43. Shadow English CDs. Listen to a few sentences then repeat what you heard. Focus on the rhythm and intonation.

44. Have English radio on in your house. Even if you are not actively listening to it, you will still be training your ears.

45. Mirror CDs. Read out loud along with a CD. Again, this is great for intonation, pronunciation and rhythm.

46. Dictation. Listen to a CD or friend and write down what you hear.

47. Nobody likes to hear their own voice, but be brave and try it! Record your voice and listen to your pronunciation and intonation. It will help you to identify your problem areas.

48. Ask your helpful teacher if you can record his lesson. This is a great way to review. You can also listen to your teachers speaking speed and intonation.

49. Use an English/English dictionary as it will help you to keep thinking in English and not translating.

50. If an English/English dictionary seems scary, there are learner's dictionaries for English students of your level.

51. Don't become too reliant on your dictionary. Your dictionary should be an aid, not your main teacher. Try to guess the meaning of words rather than going straight for your dictionary.

52. Don't give up! Stay positive! Sometimes you will feel that you aren't learning quickly enough. Everyone feels like this, don't worry about it. You'll get there in the end.

53. Enjoy it! We learn more when we are having fun!

54. If you get nervous when speaking, take two deep breaths before you say something. You'll speak better when you feel relaxed.

55. Keep yourself motivated by looking back at the textbooks and CDs you used in the past. You'll be surprised at how easy they seem to you now! Congratulations, your level is improving!

56. You are never too young or too old to start learning English. Don't make excuses not to learn. What are you waiting for?

57. Procrastination can stop you from being successful. To stop procrastinating, it's important you understand if your procrastinating is to avoid studying, or if it is your bad habit.

58. If you haven't gotten the results you wanted yet, it's not because you're bad at languages, it's because you haven't found your own special way of learning yet.

59. Use resources which match your level. Don't use texts/listening exercises which are too difficult or too easy. Use materials which challenge you but don't frustrate you.

60. Don't worry about making your accent perfect. It's an important part of your cultural identity to keep your accent. Native English speakers enjoy hearing English spoken with an accent.

61. There are many types of English: British, American, South African and so on. None of these are wrong or not as important. English is English.

62. Instead, be aware of the differences in American and British English and use your words accordingly. For example: Elevator (US) / Lift (British).

63. Carry cue cards with you. These are small cards which you can write new words on. You can pull them out and look at them whenever you a free minute.

64. Use post-it notes and stick them around your home. You can use them to label things. Stick one on your pet dog!

65. You can't ignore phrasal verbs (two words verbs), there are hundreds of them in English and they're widely used. The more you focus on their meaning, the more you'll be able to guess the meaning of new ones. You'll start to recognise their patterns.

66. Use your intuition. Go with your gut feeling, you'll be surprised how often your first guess is the right guess. Like we said before, be confident.

67. Gather your thoughts. Take a second to think about what you're going to say. You know the grammar, but maybe you don't use it correctly when you speak.

68. Meet new people . Make the effort to mix with English speakers in your town. You could join a club or go to bars where foreigners hang out. Buy one a drink, they love that!

69. Be the person to start conversations in English. Try to keep the conversations moving and use listening words ('really?' / 'go on...'/ 'what happened then?') Don't wait for others to speak to you. Get in there!

70. Debate. Discuss topics in a group. Each person should choose a viewpoint (even if you don't agree with it) and debate it within the group. Make sure you get your point across. Learn to listen actively. Active listening will help in the classroom and it will help you get more out of, and contribute more to, group study sessions. Focus on the person who is talking. Concentrate on the speaker with your ears and eyes.

71. It's not enough to only learn English words. You can teach a parrot English words but that doesn't mean it can speak English! You still need to have an understanding of grammar.

72. Verb tenses are used by English speakers to talk about the timing of actions. You might not have the same expressions in your own language. It's important that you know these tenses and when to use them.

73. English has many irregular verbs. You should drill yourself on them.

74. Keep it up! If you take a break from speaking English, you will find that your level decreases and all your hard work has been wasted.

75. Don't be put off by a bad test score. Sometimes students have the ability to pass an English test, but can't communicate well with English speakers. If you can speak freely in English, you should be proud of yourself.

76. Remember that as long as you have tried your hardest, you have succeeded!

77. Learn English with a friend. You'll have someone you can practice with and you can motivate each other to study.

78. Remember, the way we write English is not the same as how it's pronounced. For example 'Ough' has over 6 pronunciations. Familiarise yourself the Phonetic Alphabet. It will help you correctly pronounce words in the dictionary.

79. Get used to the 'schwa' sound [É™] - an unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound. 'Schwa' is the most common vowel sound in English. For example, the 'a' inabout and the 'u' in supply.

80. Keep in mind that it takes longer to improve when our level is high. Usually the fastest progress is made when we are beginners. Don't think that you're suddenly not learning anymore, it's just a less noticeable progress.

81. Make sure that your English matches the occasion. It's OK to use slang with friends but not in a business meeting. Decide in which situation it's appropriate to use the words and phrases you have learned.

82. Textbook English is often different from the way we casually speak. To watch movies.

83. Idioms can be difficult to memorise, but they are great fun to use and they'll make your English more colourful.

84. When talking we usually link words together so that two words can sound like one. Simply put, we link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (consonant > vowel). We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (vowel > vowel). Practice these to improve your listening and pronunciation.

85. Make use of the internet. It's full of resources to help you learn: BBC Learning English ; learnenglish.ecenglish.com

86. Think about your strong and weak points. Write down which areas you want to improve on and work on improving them. Of course, don't ignore your strong points. Congratulate yourself on how well you've done!

87. Unlearn your mistakes. You probably make the same grammar mistakes over and over again. Use English tests results as a study tool. Go over your mistakes and choose one or two that you want to focus on. Use your favourite grammar book to check rules.

88. Use the correct article (a/an, the). Be aware that there is more to this rule than a/an= non specific, the=specific. For example: A university (not an university because it begins with a consonant sound). An hour (not a hour because the 'h' is often silent).

89. For fluency, try image training. Before you go to that restaurant think through what the waiter is likely to say to you. Think of what phrases you are going to use.

90. Much communication comes through body language and gesture. These can be different between cultures and countries. For example, the two-fingered "V" for victory symbol is fine palms-out. If you make it with you palm facing toward you, you'll offend a British person. It means...well, you ask a British person and find out for yourself!

91. The easiest one - Sleep! You'll learn more after a good night's sleep. You'll be able to concentrate more.

92. Take an English course in an English speaking country.

93. If you studying abroad, mix with people from other countries not only people from your own country. It's not a good idea for you to live in a shared house with people from your own country. Enjoy a more cultural experience by spending time with other nationalities.

94. Have you thought about getting a job or doing an internship abroad?

95. Get yourself a qualified teacher. Who wants to learn wrong things?

96. Nobody can learn all of the English language. No need to worry about trying. A useful shortcut to learning is that in English we have lots of words that have the same pronunciation, but a different spelling and meaning. For example, 'come here' has the same pronunciation as, 'I can hear the birds'. You might find it easier to build vocabulary by knowing the different meanings.

97. Once you have a basic level of English explore the different ways you can say the same thing. This makes your English more interesting to the listener and it shouldn't be too difficult for you because you already know the basics. For example, how many ways can we say, 'Goodbye' in English?

98. When you are on your English course, be prepared for your class. Do your homework as soon as possible and hand it in on time. Review your notes and your last lesson a few minutes before the class. Doing this will refresh your memory and you'll be warmed up for lesson.

99. Don't get distracted in class. Focus on the lesson, don't stare out of the window. Don't be late, arrive a few minutes before the start of the lesson. Don't sit next to people who won't speak to you in English. Switch off your phone. Be organised, remember to take your textbook, notebook and pen.

100. Find a comfortable, peaceful place for quiet study. You need somewhere where you can focus 100%.

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Every language has a few phrases that don't always translate well - and the British English has some absolute corkers.

The team at the Business Insider UK office have compiled a list of the best British slang and idioms that define the weird and wonderful British dialect we grew up with.

From our linguistic research, we've confirmed that above all, British people are sarcastic, unsympathetic, and often rather drunk.

Each term is partnered with a description and example. Some entries also feature surprising facts about the phrase's origins, with a few quintessentially British idioms not actually coming from British roots at all.

Whether you think this list is the "bee's knees" or if it's enough to make you want to "pop your clogs," scroll on to discover 88 very British phrases - in alphabetical order - that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK.

Calling "bagsy" is the equivalent of calling "shotgun" or "dibs" when something, like the front seat of the car, is offered up to a group.

Schoolkids might call "bagsy" on items from their friends' pack lunches, like an apple or a cereal bar, that the friend isn't going to eat.
"Does anyone want thi-"

"Bloody" or "Bleeding"
This intensifier can be added to practically any sentence in order to demonstrate incredulity or anger.

Some people consider "bloody" offensive (the origins of the word are widely disputed, so we can't be sure why) and it was considered a profanity until the mid-20th century.

The origins of the word are widely disputed. Some believe it's derived from the Dutch word "blute," meaning "bare." Others believe the word is a contraction of the 17th century phrase "by our lady," and is blasphemous. This second theory has been disproved, however, by the slang's documentation predating the popularity of the phrase "by our lady."

Nowadays, "bloody" is used widely - it's even used in children's films such as "Harry Potter" - and is arguably one of the most quintessentially British words on the list.
"That was bloody good."

A repair job that's been completed in a hurry and will probably fall apart reasonably soon is considered a "botch job."
"Sam did a botch job on these shelves - they're wonky!"

An act which could be deemed as impolite or shameless, but for some reason comes across as funny or endearing to others, would be described as "cheeky."
"Joe's children are absolute rascals - they tied my shoelaces together last week!" "Those cheeky monkeys."

"Chinese whispers"
"Chinese whispers" are rumours that have been circulated and watered down until they only vaguely resemble the truth.

The phrase originates from the game "Chinese Whispers" commonly played at children's parties. A phrase is whispered around a circle and the last person to hear the phrase has to guess what the initial phrase was.
"Simon heard from John that you were fired." "What? No. I just had Friday off work." "Oh. It must have been Chinese Whispers."

An adjective used to advocate something that is impressive or agreeable, dench is the equivalent of "solid" or "cool" when used in response to someone else.

Its reported creator, British rapper Lethal Bizzle, elusively told the Guardian that the word "means anything you want."
"I'm going to make us spaghetti carbonara for dinner."

"Dog's dinner"
A "dog's dinner" is a mess or fiasco - sometimes also referred to as a "dog's breakfast."
"You've made a dog's dinner of that."

After "The Full Monty" film was released in 1997, there was some international confusion over the phrase in which it was taken as a euphemism for stripping. However, "the full Monty" actually refers to pursuing something to the absolute limits.

"The full Monty" historically refers to an old tailor called Sir Montague Burton. Going "the fully Monty" meant purchasing a full three-piece suit, a shirt, and all of the trimmings.
"Our Christmas dinner had everything from sprouts to Yorkshire puddings. If you're going to have a roast, have the full Monty!"

"Gaff" is an informal word for "home."

Although the origins of this phrase are largely unknown, a gaff in the 18th-century was a music hall or theatre, and so it's believed to derive from this.

"What are you up to this weekend? We've got a party at our gaff, if you fancy it?"

Not to be confused with literally being disembowelled, someone that says they're "gutted" is devastated or extremely upset.
"I was absolutely gutted."

"Hank Marvin"
"Hank Marvin" is Cockney rhyming slang for "starving."

"I'm Hank Marvin" means "I'm hungry" or "I'm ravenous."

Hank Marvin is a British musician from the 1960s and 1970s, and is a pretty obscure reference nowadays. Marvin played guitar in Cliff Richard's backing band in the 1960s.
"When are we going to eat? I'm Hank Marvin."

"Innit" is an abbreviation of "isn't it" most commonly used amongst teenagers and young people.

This phrase is used to confirm or agree with something that another person has just said.
"It's really cold today."

If someone's "caught the lurgy," they're suffering from cold or flu-like symptoms.

"The dreaded lurgy" originates from 1950s British TV show "The Goon Show," in which one character has to deal with a national epidemic of an unidentified illness.

"Lurgy" is probably based on a mispronunciation of the word "allergy."
"She's come down with the dreaded lurgy."

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Brits are known for favouring a drink or two, so much so that almost any noun can be used as a substitute for "drunk."

In his stand-up show, British comedian Michael MacIntyre said: "You can actually use any word in the English language and substitute it to mean drunk. It works."

Examples include "trollied," "smashed," and "gazeboed."
"I was absolutely car-parked last night."

Something unpleasant, unappetising, or highly unattractive might be described as "minging."

The term comes from the Scottish slang word "ming," meaning faeces.

"What's in that sandwich? Is that ham and tuna? That's minging."

"The Nick" can refer to prison, while "to nick" also means to steal.

The origins of the phrase are largely debated online, however, it's believed that "to nick" as in to steal influenced the slang term for prison, as being imprisoned is similar to being "stolen" away.
"Did you just nick that?" "Don't get caught, or you'll end up in the Nick!"

"On it like a car bonnet"
This colloquialism might be said by someone that has the situation under control.
"How's the report going, Steve?" "Don't you worry, Alan, I'm on it like a car bonnet."

"Over-egg the pudding"
"Over-egging the pudding" means embellishing or over-doing something to the extent that it's detrimental to the finished product.

Although this sounds like an analogy about the chemistry of baking, or putting too many eggs in a cake batter, "egg" actually comes from the Anglo Saxon "eggian," meaning to "excite." This is still used in English in the phrase "egging someone on" to do something.

In "over-egging the pudding" analogy, someone is over-exciting, or over-mixing, the batter too much before it bakes - resulting in a tough or dense cake.
"We get it - you've injured yourself. Don't over-egg the pudding."

A "par" breaches social and common courtesy, eg, a disrespectful comment could be seen as a "par."

"Par" can also be used as a verb, eg, "You just got parred."

This slang term could be a British abbreviation of the French "faux pas," meaning an embarrassing or tactless remark in a social situation.
"I don't mean this as a par, but did you remember to wash this morning?"

"Pear-shaped"
A situation which has quickly evolved into an accident waiting to happen might be described as "gone pear-shaped."

The phrase is reportedly old slang from the Royal Air Force and was used to described awry expeditions and flights.
"Well, this has all gone a bit pear-shaped."

"Pinch punch first of the month"
"Pinch punch, first of the month. No returns of any kind" is a school playground rhyme often exchanged between friends on the first day of a new calendar month, accompanied by a pinch and a punch to the recipient.

If the joker forgets to say "no returns of any kind," the recipient can say "a slap and a kick for being so quick," accompanied by a slap and a kick.

According to the Metro, the playground ritual originates from the medieval times, when a "pinch" of salt was believing to make witches weak, and the "punch" resembled banishing the witches entirely. As a result, "pinch punch, first of the month" was a way of warding off witches and bad luck for the near future.

Nowadays, it's mostly a way for kids to pull pranks on their friends.
"Pinch punch, first of the month!" "Ha! A slap and a kick for being so quick!"

"Pop your clogs"
To "pop your clogs" means to die.

This cheery phrase is widely believed to originate from Northern factory workers around the time of the industrial revolution. When they were working on the factory floor, employees had to wear hard clogs to protect their feet.

"Pop" has evolved from "cock," and when someone "cocked" their clogs, the toes of their clogs pointed up in the air as they lay down dead.
"Did you hear what happened to John's old man? He popped his clogs, didn't he..."

You might buy a "round" of drinks for your friends at the pub, in the understanding that they will each buy you a drink as part of their "rounds" later on.
"Whose round is it? Is it Steve's?" "No way, these pints were my round."

Something that is "skew-whiff" is askew.
"Is it just me or is that painting a bit skew-whiff?"

Lacking in energy; usually after a long period of exertion.

"Do we have to go to the dinner party tonight? I'm slumped."

A British axiom that boils down to the idea that: "If anything can go wrong, then it definitely will go wrong."

"Sod's law" is often used to explain bad luck or freakish acts of misfortune. This is more commonly known in the US as "Murphy's law."
"Of course my toast had to land on the floor butter-side-down. It's Sod's law."

"Spend a penny"
To "spend a penny" is a polite euphemism for going to the toilet.

The phrase goes back to Victorian public toilets, which required users to insert a single penny in order to operate the lock.

Although it sounds crude, the phrase is actually considered a polite way of announcing that you are going to visit the bathroom. Historically, only women would announce they were going to "spend a penny," as only women's public toilets required a penny to lock. Men's urinals were free of charge.
"I'm going to spend a penny."

Similar to "nerd" or "geek" but less derogatory - someone that takes academic study very seriously might be described as a "swot."

"Swot" can also be used as a verb.
"I haven't seen Tom since he started revising for his exams. He's turned into such a swot!" "Yeah, he's been swotting like mad for his Spanish exam."

"Tickety-boo"
Something that is "tickety-boo" is satisfactory and in good order.

This classic British idiom may seem stereotypically twee, however, some sources believe that "tickety-boo" in fact derives from the Hindu phrase "ṭhīk hai, bābū," meaning "it's alright, sir."
"Everything's tickety-boo."

When someone makes a great speech while skirting around a subject or saying little of any value, you might say that they're talking "waffle," or that they're "waffling."

In the 17th century, to "waff" went to yelp, and quickly evolved to mean to talk foolishly or indecisively.
"I wish he'd stop waffling on." "What a load of waffle!"

Someone silly or incompetent might be described as a wally.

Although its origins are largely debated, the term's meaning has evolved over the last 50 years alone.

In the 1960s, someone that was unfashionable might be nicknamed a "wally," according to dictionary.com.
"Don't put down a leaking mug on top of the newspaper, you wally!"

"Wind-up merchant"
Someone that makes comments just to spark controversy or argument might be labelled a "wind-up merchant."

The "wind-up merchant" will often claim to be making their comments as a light-hearted jest when the recipients start becoming irritated.

If you're "winding someone up," you're making them tense or irritated in the same way you wind up a Jack-in-the-box before it pops.
"Stop being such a wind-up merchant and be serious for one second!"

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Every language has a few phrases that don't always translate well - and the British English has some absolute corkers. The team at the Business Insider UK office have compiled a list of the best British slang and idioms that define the weird and wonderful British dialect we grew up with.