РАЗГОВОРНАЯ ЛЕКСИКА
Use all this at your next lesson of English and make the teachers happy!
1) The Russian word например has more specific equivalents in English, with all of them usually beginning with LIKE:
— I’d like to visit some interesting places. — Like where?
— We’ll probably meet some strange people there. — Like who?
— Sometimes he does most bizarre things/ — Like what?
2) Here are some colloquial words meaning “a big number/a large amount”:
— You want me to clean all the tables? But this is a shitload of work!
If you are a well-bred person you’d better avoid it, because most people find this word offensive. It is used when people want to let off steam a little.
Slew is a less abusive word, but still it will color your emotional speech.
— They asked me a slew of questions!
Or:
— They gave him loads of work
— He spends heaps of money on new furniture.
— We g
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