Un Lun Dun (China Mi éville) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. notes)

[1]

Bin / Dustbin: Trash can / garbage can.

[2]

Bog off: Go away.

[3]

Bollard: A little post to divert traffic on a road; a traffic cone.

[4]

Class-mark: The numbers on the side of a library book.

[5]

Climbing frame: A jungle gym.

[6]

Comprehensive: A school for children aged 11 to 16 or 18.

[7]

Do a bunk: Run away.

[8]

Estate: Several big apartment blocks— a housing project.

[9]

Git: Unpleasant person.

[10]

Knackered: Exhausted.

[11]

Lairy: Cheeky and aggressive.

[12]

Manky: Disgusting.

[13]

Minging: Dirty/smelly/unpleasant.

[14]

Mobile: Short for “mobile phone”— a cell phone.

[15]

Nutter: Somebody acting crazy.

[16]

Quite: When Americans say something is “quite good/bad/etc.,” you mean it is “very” good/bad/etc. When Brits say it, we sometimes mean it in just the same way— but then sometimes we mean something is only “fairly,” or “moderately,” or “kind-of-but-not-extremely” good/bad/etc. It can be confusing.

[17]

Rubbish: Trash / garbage.

[18]

Rum: Strange.

[19]

Sarky: Sarcastic.

[20]

Scrum: A confused situation involving lots of people.

[21]

Shtum: Silent.

[22]

Soft (“Don’t be soft”): Foolish.