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829. 88 English expressions that will confuse everyone (Part 3)

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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How to Stop a Knife Attack

In the event of a knife attack, just whip open a grammar book and read some of the pages from it. Slumped is a word that means when you don't go to school or you avoid work. What's an expression that means someone has died? Sort of a slightly disrespectful one. If you've drunk too much, I'll tell you what, mate, I'm going to have to go home. You can say, honestly, what a load of poppycock complete nonsense. Francois Hollande's tie wasn't straight. Some of the pictures in my pod room, they're not straight. They're a bit skew-wiff. Pissed off - meaning annoyed. It's

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