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Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
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| gaffer
[colloq.] |
foreman, boss |
| gallery (in a theatre) |
balcony |
| gallon
(Imperial gallon = 4.55 litres) |
gallon
(U.S. gallon = 3.79 liters) |
| galoshes |
rubbers |
| gammon |
cured ham |
| gangway |
aisle |
| gaol |
jail |
| garage drive |
driveway |
| garden |
backyard, yard |
| garden path |
front walk |
| gateau |
layer cake with cream and perhaps fruit |
| gawp
[colloq.] (stare in a rude or stupid manner) |
gawk |
| gauze
(on tripod over Bunsen burner in chemistry lab) |
wire mesh screen |
| gear lever |
gearshift;
stick shift (in vehicle with manual transmission); gear changer (on
bicycle) |
| geezer
[slang] |
male person |
| gelly
(also 'jelly') [slang] |
gelignite |
| general practitioner (or GP) |
community doctor of the first instance |
| gen up on something
[slang] |
get general details about something |
| Geordie
[colloq.] |
native of Tyneside and his/her
accent |
| get
one's cards [colloq.] |
be
dismissed from one's job |
get
your knickers in a twist [colloq.]
(= get worked up over something) |
get
your panties in a knot [colloq.] |
| Get stuffed!
[slang] |
Go to hell! |
| geyser |
gas-powered
domestic water heater |
| git [slang]
(as in 'You lying, thieving git!') |
bastard;
unpleasant, contemptible person |
| give someone a lift
(in your car) |
give someone a ride |
| give someone a ring
(telephone) |
give someone a call |
| give
someone their cards
[colloq.] |
dismiss
someone from their job |
| give way (road sign) |
yield |
| glasses (spectacles) |
eyeglasses |
| glasshouse |
greenhouse |
| go
to the cinema/the flicks
[colloq.] |
go
to a movie theater/the movies |
| gob
[slang] (as in 'Shut your gob, mush!') |
trap
[slang], mouth |
| goggle-box
[colloq.] |
the tube,
the boob
tube [both slang], TV set |
gold
top (gold-coloured foil cap on pint bottle
of milk; see also silver
top) |
full-cream
milk of the kind delivered to British homes |
| golden
syrup |
a
pale, golden colored syrup |
| gong
[slang] |
medal or decoration |
| good job (as in 'It's a good job he left') |
fortunate state of affairs |
| goods
lorry |
freight
truck |
| goods wag(g)on (enclosed type) |
boxcar |
| goods wag(g)on (open &
flat-bottomed type) |
gondola |
| goolies
[slang] |
balls
[slang], testicles |
| goon |
jerk
[slang], half-wit, silly or foolish person |
| goose pimples |
goose bumps |
| gormless
[colloq.] |
unintelligent, brainless, dim-witted |
| governor,
the
[slang]; guvnor, guv [form of address] |
ones's
employer or person in position of authority;
used instead of 'sir' by one feeling
socially inferior |
| graduate (n.) |
someone
with a basic university or college degree |
| graduate (v.) |
leave university or college with
a degree |
| graduation ceremony |
commencement |
| grafter
[colloq.] |
hard
worker |
| grammar school |
school for
11 to 18-year-olds placing academic study before
practical skills |
| gramophone |
phonograph |
| grass
[slang] |
police
informer |
| grass
on somebody [slang] |
inform
on somebody to the authorities |
grass verge (strip of land bordering
road, path or flowerbed) |
shoulder |
| greaseproof paper |
waxed paper |
green
fingers (as in 'he's got green fingers',
i.e.
he's good at growing plants) |
green
thumb (as in 'he has a green thumb') |
| greengrocer('s), greengrocery |
fruit and vegetable store |
| greetings card |
greeting card |
| grill
(v.) |
broil on a grill; fry or toast on a
griddle |
| grotty |
unpleasant; dirty, shabby |
| ground floor |
first floor |
| Group Captain (Royal Air Force) |
Colonel (U.S. Air Force) |
| guard (on a train) |
conductor |
| guard's van (on a train) |
caboose |
| guillotine
(office tool) |
paper cutter |
| gym shoe |
sneaker |
gypsy's (kiss)
[rhyming
slang for "piss"]
(as in 'I'm just going out for a
gypsy's!') |
pee
[slang], act of urinating |
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