JOHNNY’S CREATIVE DICTIONARY

CONVERSATION CLASSES-1

1Topic-I have a funny relationship with my neighbors –I don ‘t have a good relationship
with my neighbors-funny here means strange or weird...
We don’t get along well-see strained for different contexts-the relationship between Iraq
and America can be strained-tense,not harmonious.
Relationships-Contrasts
2When it comes to politics,Lula and Fernando Henrique Cardoso are poles apart
It’s like night and day]means it’s totally different
There’s a world of difference between being a friend and a lover
A yawing gap divides the rich and the poor in this country.

3Getting back on the right track-contrasts-he

It’s a horse of a different color-It’s totally different
I’m in the outs with my neighbors They give me such a hard time-if you say you’re in the
outs with your neighbors that means you don’t get along well with them.
I ignore someone – I give him or her a cold shoulder-he or she is no entitie for u

4Nothing to write home about-that means you don’t care much about someone
I keep them at arm’s length-to keep at a distance
You know how tricky neighbors can be.-
:you give an inch they take a yard-means if you”re not careful they will abuse.
They’re so nosy.They like to interfere-see also inquisitive
They like to sneak into people’s privacy
They are very inquisitive
I don’t like to socialize.
I’ve been on the shelf for so long.
I’m rather closed off
I don’t think my private life is of any interest.-you can also say u are a very private person
It’s none of your business
Mind your own business
Low profile
They sometimes are so mean-people can be mean,cruel or ruthless
They can treat you like shit
I had a shout out with my neighbor-I had an argument with my neighbor
We don’t have to make a fuss over that-don’t make a mountain out of a molehill-don”t
exagerate.
My neighbors make a lot of noise-what a racket!!!!!
To peer someone through the key hole-to watch someone do something
I’ve fallen out with my friends again – that means you had an arguments with them
Let’s try to be friends again-let ‘s try to make it up

5 you lose weight

you slim down,
you might look like a bag of bones
you might look skinny
you overweight
u gotta lose some weight
u gotta work out
u gotta exercise
u fat
u obese
love handles
bay window
pot-bellied
crow feet line
bags under your eyes
wrinkles
fatso
fatso-toothpick –fatso x toothpick
I can’t stand working out with a bunch of lardos who reek to high heaven
Slender-thin and elegant

6 someone is rich
he’s loaded
he’s wealthy
he’s got the G’S
he’s filthy rich
he’s bank
he has got a lot of money
money-stash
the green
you’ve got enough to get you by?
I’m broke
I ain’t got no cash
I’m plumb broke
I’m cash-strapped-
he’s rolling in dough
that specific business can give a lot of dough
you can make money hand over fist in a business like that-means you can make money fast.
Let’s get down to business
Let’s cut the crap and get down to it
Let’s call it a day –used when you finish work
I couldn’t stand that job anymore so I called it quits
7Can also mean to dump-to walk out on someone
My girl friend dumped me.
She called it quits.
She jilted me.
To break up-opposite-I make it up to someone
8Do you remember the text about anorexia?
Thin
Slim
Slender
Paper-thin-very thin like paper
The silver plate was very old and paper- thin.
Wafer-thin – a wafer-thin slice of lemon.
A very thin slice of lemon.
Thin can be used in other contexts
He was wearing a thin cotton shirt..
Fine can also mean thin-
The cups were fine bone china-thin and of excellent quality.
Grow thinner-get thinner
Flimsy clothes are very thin and do not cover your body very well
She wore that flimsy dress again knowing that john would have a fit.
Lean-thin and physically fit
Paulo Zulu is lean.
Lean can also mean very little.
You made a lot of money last year
I guess the next year is gonna be pretty lean.
Willowy-attractive and tall in a nice way
To keep your figure-to stay thin and attractive even though you’re getting older.
John have kept his figure all these years
Be skin and bone-very thin in a unhealthy way
Scraggy
Scrawny
Bony
Very thin in a untidy and unhealthy way.
I work to the bones
He made no bones about the fact he had been in prison.
Backbone-if you work hard you’re a backbone
9I work hard
I work my ass off
I work like crazy
I got a lot of work to do
I’m swamped with work
I ‘m wrapped up
I’m so booked up
I work like a dog
I need to take a break
I need some RR
I need to get out of my system
I have to cool it
Just chill it
I have to get my head straight
You can play straight,
You can be straight
You can also go straight
You can be as straight as an arrow
You got to easy your mind
Mind over matter
A matter of life and death
I’m dead serious.
You’re history
He’s a goner
He’s dead meat
He met the maker
He’ll buy the farm
I’m gonna frisky that guy
He’s at large
9I want a cool place to lie low for a while
My place
My pad
My flat
My crib
My digs
Come to my pad
Come to my crib
Nice digs
Let’s get out of here
Let’s bounce
What’s crackin’with ya?
I ‘LL TELL WHAT’S RUNNIN’AROUND HERE
NIGGER NIGGE’
DON’T U UNDERSTAND T HAT DOG?
YAPPING ON US MAN
U did something wrong.Now,u gotta face the music.face the consequences
He got her pregnant and had problems with the police.It was a double-whammy.
U have to learn how to keep your mouth shut-evil eye-when people put a wham on it
See spooky-geeky-weird-funny-haunted-ghost-
10I love someone
I have a crush on someone
I get hooked on someone
I have the hots for
I adore
I can’t do without you
I want u
There’s a thing going on
To give someone a line
To make a pass at someone-sexual conotation
To gor for it-to go deep into something
To be caught red-handed-to be caught with your pants down
You-u]
To-2
U think your shit don’t stink
U think u are the best
He”s a know-it-all
He thinks he’s all that
He thinks he’s gotta the whole town wired.
10-resemblance
to be a dead ringer for-johnny is a dead ringer for Rodrigo Santoro.
to be the spitting image of
a chip off the old block-filho de peixe-peixinho é.
Exercising what you’ve just learned.

- Hey, johnny, why don’t come to my -----------(place)one of these days?-

-That sounds good.Think we could have a great time together. As a matter of fact,
I --------(emphasis)need some -------(to relax)I’m .I’ve been so stressed out. got the axe
last week and I guess I’m gonna have a tough time trying to get myself a new job.
Take it easy john, after all you still have some money left in the bank.
To make matters worse, Mary ---------(to walk out on someone) when she got to know I
was peering through the keyhole . Gotta put it straight 2 u :I was having so much fun......
God !you had the eyes on that baby.......
I was caught red handed, so now I gotta ----------( face the consequences.)
Well john, it was a ---------you lost your job and your wife as well
She always looked so ---------strange in that funny hippie dresses.
That was what really caught my eyes.
Come on john, look at the bright side!!
She’s history, your ex-wife wanna --------(reconciliate.)
Problem is ,I can’t seem to get that babe off my mind.
U really -------want her bad.
Sure do.
So u gotta --------- to go deep into that
U so not gonna hang with both babies......
U think----------------------u better than everybody
U use to hang with lots of babies in the past.u were married at that time,weren’t ya?
But that”s ------------ totally different.
U ain’t gotta be no Einstein to realize that we’re in the same--------(situation)

Exercise 2
Correct the mistakes in the coloquialisms below and explain them to your classmates.

I can”stant my neighbors no more.u said they cool but they ain’t no cool
Wanna talk 2 me ?I dunno nothin””about it.
I”m tide,so need some sleep
Thanxs
My bad
Ain’t no thang
If need be,I’ll talk to him myself
There’s a lot of cars in the street
I don’t like it too.
Did you ever?
If I had time yesterday I would --------yesterday.
U ain’t gotta be no Einstein to realize that.
Rephrase the sentences .

3 hey johnny what”s the matter with ya?----------------------------------------------

You look weird dude.----------------------------------------------------------
Ya,I got screwed this time.Can’t get myself to do anything.-----------------------------------
How did it happen?u looked cool last Friday----------------------------
Ya,when I got home I passed out.When I came to I was at the
hospital.---------------------------
I remember they wheeled me in and hat to cut me open.--------------------
No shit!
On top of that they later realized that they had operated on the wrong guy.....
What u mean by wrong guy?
I mean there was another johnny who was a dead ringer for your old friend johnny.....
Oh,no!!
Oh,yes!!
So what u gonna do about it!!
I’m gonna sue their asses!!!

Vocabulary review

I know where u’re coming from means

U understand what I am saying

U ain”t no nothing
U don”t give a damn about it

Hello,man, long time no see!!Take a load off !!!!!

Take a load off means-

Sit down
Sit straight
Sit over there

Sometimes I go balistic-

To go balistic means-

To get pissed off

To get depressed
To get pregnant
Go get yourself a bite to eat

Get yourself a bite to eat means

U wanna eat but u”re not hungry

U got butterflies in your stomach
U never been to a restaurant before

U so prissy!!!!!!!!

Prissy means –

U look side
U like a patricinha
U like a mauricinho.