Hi and welcome back to Love English I'm Leila and today I have got a short
simple lesson to help you sound super British! Today I'm going to be looking at
five expressions that we commonly use in British English now whether you want to
sound more British to understand films better or to simply impress at your
English teacher with some of these expressions you will love them you will
be able to use these expressions frequently these expressions are
quintessentially British meaning they are only used here in the UK if you try
and use these expressions in America you might get a rather confused or perplexed
expression from an American native speaker before we get started
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right shall we get on with the lesson five English super English expressions
that you would use daily in the UK
right guys so number one I've actually started with my favorite expression
rather than saving it for last I want to make sure you guys learn to use it to
throw a wobbly to throw a wobbly now this expression could often be used when
referring to children but in any other situation as well when you throw a
wobbly it means that you become exceptionally angry frustrated and
annoyed you basically lose your temper that is the more formal equivalent to
lose your temper or to throw a wobbly I borrowed my mom's car the other night
and had a small accident when she saw the damage she threw a wobbly or you
could say she threw a massive wobbly so when was the last time you threw a
wobbly or indeed have your parents thrown a wobbly when you've done
something wrong have they lost their temper and become very angry and annoyed
with you to throw a wobbly number to what did you get for your birthday oh
you know bits and bobs bits and bobs is a very British way of saying things
various items so what did you get for your birthday bits and bobs I got some
makeup some money a nice jumper a gift voucher bits and bobs various things
it's a nice way of condensing something if the items you're referring to are not
particularly relevant or interesting so how could you try and use this in an
expression what situations might you use to talk about bits and bobs various
things what did you buy at the shops today few bits and bobs number three oh
this is an expression I actually use very frequently to fast about now the
verb it to faff means to waste time to spend time doing something and not doing
it efficient but often we use too fast about or too
fast about with something so in this situation I might say come on hurry up
we're going to be late stop faffing about meaning stop wasting time getting
ready maybe that person is taking too long doing their makeup choosing their
clothes they are faffing about or stop faffing about and just focus and study
you keep looking at your phone and wasting time faffing about now number
four be careful how you use this expression it could sound rude if used
in the wrong context or with the wrong person what are you on about or what are
you going on about this simply means that I'm not following what you are
saying I don't completely understand what you're saying it could also mean
you disagree with what someone is saying what are you going on about of course
we'll get there on time you're disagreeing with what they are saying or
what they believe sorry what are you going on about I don't understand you or
what do you want about I don't understand what you are trying to tell
me this is really common but again I would use it more with friends or very
close family and be careful not to sound too rude or direct adding sorry before
might soften your language this is more slang informal English it could with the
wrong use in the wrong context with the wrong person sound very very rude do not
say this to your boss do not say what are you on about you would say sorry I
don't follow you so what do you want about what are you going on about number
five my final expression it's actually more of an intensifier it can make
something that you're saying stronger it can also be used as an exclamation to
express shock or disbelief bloody bloody or if you want to sound a little bit
more polite if you like or formal you can say bleeding bloody is considered to
be you might say oh bloody hell and this
would sound very very rude again don't use it with the Queen or in a business
situation with friends in the pub of course you probably could use this
expression we can also use bloody as I said as an intensifier it's bloody
freezing today oh it's bloody raining again I'm
bleeding freezing and of course you can say Oh bleeding hell it is really less
common I just say bloody and I do use this expression a lot and if any of you
have watched Harry Potter you might already know this expression Ron uses it
a lot so just to recap you can use bloody hell as an exclamation mark
annoyance frustration surprise or you can use it as a modifier with an
adjective to make it stronger it's not just freezing it's bloody freezing I'm
not just tired I'm very exhausted hopefully guys those expressions are
already maybe a little bit familiar to you if you watch British television
British films they are expressions that we use daily I'm not teaching you
something that isn't common in the English language but remember these
expressions are generally more informal so be careful when and how and with whom
you use them there we go a super simple short sweet lesson
why don't you comment below try using some of these expressions and why not
tell me about some expressions you've heard in films that confuse you that
leave you a little bit perplexed there's a nice advanced word for confused for
you there I will include these in another lesson
looking at some British expressions and I will also comment below and let you
know what they mean if you did enjoy this lesson then there's plenty more
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