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The Brain has selected interesting
relevant
sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our
fictitious experts based on their personalities.
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Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
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A dictionary of slang and unconventional English: colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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English/Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary - a comprehensive list.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Remnants of Cockney rhyming slang , however, are found with a very few exceptions only in the English spoken in Britain, especially around London.
Sidelight: While most of the words derived from rhyming slang were likely to be understood only by those familiar with the idiom, some have continued in general English slang usage, as is the case with the above example.
These lessons explain and illustrate English idioms, slang, other aspects of the English language, and sometimes cultural items.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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The Oxford Dictionary only goes from English to Hebrew, but it covers scientific words, medical words and slang terms much better than any other dictionary.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms of the UK - A monster-sized dictionary of English slang and British colloquialisms (informal speech) currently used in the UK, including over 3000 expressions.
There is a wide variety of accents in London alone, ranging from very clipped BBC English to Cockney rhyming slang, which when listened to can be completely incomprehensible to outsiders.
Australian English does not differ significantly from other forms of English, although some colloquial and slang expressions are unique.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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There are also some words on the translation of idioms, where a word-for-word translation cannot be applied, as well as an insight into colloquial English with its wide usage of phrasal verbs and slang expressions, and its most appropriate Russian equivalents.
I have a huge pile of English dictionaries: phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, prepositional idioms, slang, thesauri etc.
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Jordan Jones,
Rapper
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English/Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary Some plain rhyming slang, other slang words.
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