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10 British Phrases with Movie examples

This video is all about helping you understand some common British phrases even more.

Don’t forget to watch the video and make a comment on the video with an example of your
own, as this will really help you remember and understand how to use these phrases.

Here they are:

1. ‘blag’ – which means to get something for free or a lower price by using charm.
‘Better be, I blagged a lorry.’ – meaning that he got a lorry/truck.

2. ‘cracking’ – This means something or someone is great.

‘Young Mr. Frodo here, he's cracking.’ – meaning that Frodo is a great person.

3. ‘grub’ – which simply means food

‘I meant for you to get some grub for them an’ all.’ – of course this means he
wanted her to get some food for the others.

4. ‘pocket’, but this is the verb to ‘pocket’ something – which means to keep
something, often in a dishonest way.
‘We pay that animal. We pocket the rest.’ – meaning: we keep the money.

5. ‘bottle’, and no I don’t mean a bottle of beer or a bottle of coke etc, - actually, this
means to have courage.
‘Don’t talk to me about losing our bottle. We’ve got bottle.’ – meaning we’ve not lost
our courage; we have lots of courage.

6. ‘fair enough’ – to accept something as being reasonable, could be a price, order,

reason etc and it is used a lot in the UK.
‘I’ll choose my own operative.’ ‘Fair enough.’ – this means that he accepts her
reasoning.

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7. ‘skint’ – this means to have no money, or to be broke.

‘I’m skint and you still owe me some money.’ – Which of course means he has no
money for a hotel.

8. ‘What on earth are you on about?’ – this is used when you are confused or cannot
understand what someone is saying.
Here’s my mate, Tom Hardy
‘What on earth are you on about?’ – Sorry, Tom, I thought we could be friends!

9. ‘Bloody Norah’ – This is used to express surprise at something, but it can be used to
show frustration when something doesn’t go to plan.
‘Bloody Norah’ – here, he used it to express his surprise at how fast the car can go.

10. I’m having you on’ – this means that it’s a joke, I’m joking with you.
It's a joke! I'm not him! I'm just having you on! Put me back! – which means, I’m just
joking with you, I’m not who you are looking for.

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