Number Word English definition Context sentence

1 Jot To write something down Jot it down, otherwise

quickly. youll forget it.
2 Missives A letter, usually an official or The Foreign Office sent me
long one. another missive.
3 Wading Walking in water. He was wading, he was not
swimming.
4 Backlog A reserve of work. Because I didnt work on
my birthday, I had a
massive backlog of orders.
5 Piddle Spending time in an I wasted the week piddling
ineffective way. around.
6 Discombobulate To disconcert. She is looking a little
discombobulated and
pained.
7 Pasty A pie filled with fish or other I dont like the pork pasties
things. that the local bakery sells.
8 Endow To provide a source of To endow someones
income. schooling.
9 Destitute Totally impoverished; lacking Sadly, there are many
clothing, food and shelter. destitute families who
cannot afford to send their
kids to university.
10 Workhouse A poorhouse where elderly The men who lived in the
and poor people were given workhouse didnt have any
work in exchange for a place money.
to live.
11 Affluent Being rich. He could buy anything he
wanted; people would
definitely describe him as
an affluent person.
12 Precipitation Unwise rapidity. She already regretted her
precipitation.
13 Depleted Drain, consume, reduce. The presence of the baby
really depleted all of my
energy.
14 Lead A leash. The dog needs to wear its
lead, before shes allowed
to go outside.
15 Shaft A beam or a ray. There were shafts of
sunlight visible through the
trees.
16 Derogatory Intended to belittle. The comments that the
people made about her
wedding dress were so
rude and derogatory.
17 Squabble Fight. The kids are squabbling
again, they really cant
seem to get along.
18 Funnel A utensil in the shape of a I can get the water into the
cone with a tube-opening. bottle, it keeps spilling! Do
you have a funnel that I can
use?
19 Colloquial Characteristics of informal Colloquial and day to day
speech. language.
20 Dustpan A utensil into which dust can There is so much sand on
be swept. the floor, can you get the
dustpan and brush?
21 Gust A strong, sudden blast of I was surprised by a gust of
wind. wind, pulling me towards
the cliff.
22 Prerequisite Beforehand required. His fund of knowledge is
prerequisite.
23 Aloof Disinterested, indifferent. She was seen as aloof, this
was because she was very
shy.
24 Placating To satisfy. The major tried to placate
the citizens by promising
them less taxes.
25 Pandemonium Wild uproar. The result of Chris Pratt and
Anna Faris separating was
pure pandemonium.
26 Raucous Rowdy, unruly, harsh. Her first night out was
hysterically raucous.
27 Unfathomable Not capable of being The lake behind our
completely understood or summer home is
explored. unfathomable.
28 Scythe A tool with a sharp, curved The Grim Reaper uses a
blade at the end of a long scythe to kill people.
pole used for cutting grass.

Number Idiom English definition Context sentence

1 Piece of piss
2 Its more likely
that pigs will fly
Something thats easy to
accomplish.
Something that is very
unlikely/impossible.
Cycling is a piece of piss.
Its more likely that pigs will
fly than that my brother
cleans up his room.
3 Whyd you necking Running your mouth; shut Whyd you necking to dad
up. about the clothes I bought
today.
4 Put the cat among Doing something that When the manager told the
the pigeons makes many people angry employees that they
or causes much trouble. needed to work on the
weekend, he really put the
cat among the pigeons and
many employees got angry.
5 Going booting Going to a boot-sale (sale I need to go booting, I have
from a car boot) so much stuff that I need to
get rid of.
6 Its a bit of a trek A trip that involves Taking the kids to Morrisons
complex organization and was quite a trek.
difficulties.
7 Soft touch Someone who readily does Hes such a soft touch, hell
something when asked. do anything you ask for.
8 A fair exchange is A contract is fair if both If you give me your phone,
no robbery. parties involved agree and Ill give you my tablet. A fair
understand the conditions, exchange is no robbery.
you cant say that you
were treated unfairly
afterwards.
9 Everything went When something goes That group project really
tits up. wrong. went tits up when Maggie
started to get involved.
10 Stupid o clock Very early. I have to get up at stupid o
clock tomorrow.
11 Up at sparrows Very early. I have to get up at sparrows
fart fart tomorrow.
12 Whats that in Metric measurements. Its three inches. Whats
foreign? that in foreign?
13 It looks like a Really ugly handwriting. Look at the letter he wrote!
spider got drunk It looks like a spider got
and ran all over drunk and ran all over the
the place. place.
14 Does a wild bear When something is very Of course I like chocolate,
shit in the woods? obvious. does a wild bear shit in the
woods?
15 She wasnt a full Shes crazy. She smeared her own poop
ticket on the walls, she really isnt
a full ticket.
16 Say it, dont spray Dont spit while youre Could you keep your spit to
it talking. yourself please? Say it, dont
spray it.
17 Chivvy someone Encouraging someone to I chivvied her into reading
up do something they dont the book.
want to do.
18 Having Sunday Having holes in your socks. You have Sunday socks, you
socks (holy socks) really need to buy new
ones.
19 Was your dad a This will be said when Was your dad a glazer? No
glazer? youre, for example, didnt think so, you make a
standing in front of the shit window.
television when someone
else is trying to watch it.
20 Taking the Mickey To make fun of someone in Stop those silly faces! Are
a lighthearted manner. you taking the Mickey?