F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Vocabulary

a mezzanine = a floor that is between two floors of a place and that is usually smaller

a hangover = the headache and feeling of sickness after a night drinking
I have a really bad hangover today.
I am really hungover.

shitfaced = slang for ‘drunk’
I was totally shitfaced. I even forgot I had called a taxi to go home.

stick out = to be easy to notice
His ears stuck out like two big cabbage leaves.

screw up = fuck up, slang for ‘fail’
Tip: screw = fuck
I think I screwed up my exam.

drop dead = slang for ‘to die’
Drop dead, you moron !

a lock of hair = a group of hair together
I think the hairdresser screwed up. I have a big lock of hair that sticks out.

don’tcha = don’t you

booze = slang for ‘drinks’ or ‘alcohol’
We’re gonna have a great party tonight. I’ll get the food and why don’tcha bring the booze?

tolerate = be able to withstand alcohol or drugs
I drank a lot of booze at once and my body couldn’t tolerate it.

“In vino veritas” = a latin saying which says that drunk people always say the truth.

nosy = someone who puts their nose everywhere, curious
– So did you finally manage to screw this drop-dead gorgeous girl?
– That’s none of your business! Why are you so goddam nosy?

monotonous = (mono=1. Bilingual = 2 languages. Monolingual: 1 language) boring, with just one tone
The teacher keeps speaking in a monotonous and boring voice.

intercourse = communication between people or countries
Nightclubs are places of high social intercourse.
I had intercourse with this girl.