What's up everyone? I'm Andrea, your RealLife English fluency coach and today
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our new lessons. Harry Potter is a great movie franchise to learn British English with because
it's full of vocabulary that natives use a lot, including British slang. So without further ado
let's jump straight into today's lesson. So the first word that we're going to take a look at
is "wicked" and now this doesn't mean evil or something like a wicked witch, for example. It
actually means a good thing. It's another way of saying excellent. Now you won't hear this
words used in American English but they will probably use something like awesome to describe
something that in British English is wicked. I'm gone by the way from Weasley I'm Harry Potter.
so so it's true I mean do you really have the the what
wicked eternal glory that is what awaits the student who wins the Triwizard Tournament but
to do this that student must survive three tasks three extremely dangerous tasks wicked so the next
typically British word is brilliant and this is a very very British word you won't hear it used
in American English and what it means is it's used to describe something that's wonderful or
exciting and in particular when you have some good news so you mean this map shows everyone
everyone everyone where they are what they're doing every minute of every day brilliant where'd
you get it nicked it from filches office of course I didn't mean to blow her up I just lost control
the next word that we're going to learn is bloody now literally this is used to
describe something that is made of blood or has blood on it but in Britain is used as a
slang alternative to very and it's used to add emphasis to what you are saying it can also be
used as an alternative to a particular swear word that some people might use to add emphasis as well
can you imagine looking on we're gonna go to space if we were late
that was bloody brilliant thank you for that assessment mr. Weasley how did you do it
nevermind there's a matter maile your best friend know though now you know what you
know bloody world war now in Harry Potter if you're a big fan you may have noticed that
they say bloody hell very often in the movie franchise our next word is Cheers and you may
have heard this when people are making a toast which usually happens with a glass of wine or
champagne but in Britain we actually use this as an alternative to thank you our next word is mate
and this is very typically British and is also an alternative way of saying friend you might have
also heard it in Australian English because it is also very popular there as well while
they are standing round that monk you're good that isn't just any man cure but-- mate it's a portkey
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our next word is fancy now you might have heard in American English the term I have a crush on
someone well in British English we would say I fancy someone we can also use it to describe
a desire for example I might say I fancy a cup of tea or I fancy some chocolate don't fancy a
butterbeer no if you think I'm gonna let everyone risk their lives for me no no this is different
taking that becoming me no well none of us really fancy you mate yeah imagine if something went
wrong ended up a scrawny specky get forever so our next word is barking and you'll often find this
word collocated with mad so it becomes barking mad and this is used to describe someone that's
acting crazy or acting a bit strangely I reckon you have to be barking mad to put your own name
in a couple in a fire Connolly too long enough now the next one I really like because it's quite fun
it's quite funny the word is dodging now you would describe something as dodgy if it's unreliable or
dishonest and we usually use this word when we want to describe something that is untrustworthy
or that we lack confidence in for example you might say this car has some dodgy brakes
you're a mess hairy sculpting around Knockturn alley dodgy place the one known to see you there
people are thinking up to no good the next word is nutter and it's important to note that you would
probably only use this word with close friends in a very informal way it's used to describe
someone that's acting crazy or silly or strange in American English they might say that someone is
nuts for example but in the UK we would say that someone is acting like a nutter or that person
is a nutter across the ministry still letting you walk around free Potter you better enjoy it while
you can all right but there's a sell em Azkaban with your name on it I'll tell you nothing to
stay away from me so our next word is rubbish and the American English alternative to this is trash
so in America they would call the rubbish bin a trash can and they might say that they're taking
out the trash whereas we would say I'm taking out the rubbish however we also use this as a
slang term to describe something that's worthless untrue or nonsense dear mr. Potter we are pleased
to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
we thought when we took him in we'd put a stop to all this rubbish but first you must broaden your
minds first you are interested in learning more words that are different in British and American
English then I highly recommend that you check out our podcast where Ethan and I discuss this
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that you can check that out later our next word is bloke this is a very informal word
it's a slang way of saying man it's creepy shot was a creepy bloke it's father is a Death Eater
it only makes sense it's one thing for a bloke to sharpen on it okay it's just so I wouldn't be
going alone because believe it or not someone's asked me and I said yes she's lying right so
our last typically British word is one of my favorites because it's a synonym for dessert
and this word is pudding so you will hear this a lot in the UK as a way of describing pudding
another synonym is also afters so rather than say I want dessert or we having dessert next
we would say shall we have some pudding next I think I'll just go have somebody
I hope you enjoyed today's lesson and learning 12 typically British words with me and Harry Potter
thanks for joining me but before I go I highly recommend that you check out our Harry Potter
playlist where we have lots of great lessons for you to choose from next take care guys