LESSON 01 THE FIRST LESSON
I wasn't looking where I was going.
punch up
LESSON 02 AN INSPECTOR CALLS
get into hot water (= get into trouble)
drop a clanger (failure)
LESSON 03 A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH
in the pudding club (pregnancy)
be sold a pup/dummy (= be cheated or deceived)
[Figure of Speech (figurative)]
as quick as lightning
as light as a feather
as clean as a whistle
as blind as a bat
as deaf as posts
as sly as a fox
as mad as a hatter (hatter: gold digger)
as drunk as a lord
as white as snow
as smooth as silk
LESSON 04 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
【Cockney rhyming slang: using words that rhyme with the word you wish to use.】
Mutt and Jeff = deaf
plates of meat = feet
Uncle Ned = head
mince pies = eyes
Uncle Dick = sick
Jack the Dandy = brandy
Brahms and Liszt = pissed (drunk)
Thelma Ritter = bitter (bitter beer)
gold watch = scotch (Scotch whiskey)
[To practice R pronunciation tongue twister]
Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
[Other knowledge points]
flour has the same pronunciation as flower
put your shoulder to the wheel (effort)
[Two songs taught by Mr. Brown]
One is "A Bicycle Built for Two", created by British composer Harry Dacre in 1892. In Kubrick's classic movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", HAL9001 sang this song in a hoarse voice before being shut down. (This film review Daisy, Daisy of "2001: A Space Odyssey" introduces the story behind the creation, which is very interesting.) Song link: http://music.163.com/#/song?id=428649873
One is "We'll Meet Again", a 1939 British song that was widely sung during World War II. Kubrick's "Doctor Strange Love" also used this song. Song link: http://music.163.com/#/song?id=5113342
LESSON 05 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
French letter (=condom)
the Employment Exchange (= job centre)
LESSON 06 COME BACK ALL IS FORGIVEN
many happy returns of the day (Birthday Ceremony)
fountain pen
holy cow (exclamation, my goodness!)
toilet water (scented water, applied to the face. It seems that it is not the same thing as perfume.)
fete is pronounced the same as fate
coin a phrase (to use a sentence)
give sb. the boot (expulsion, dismissal)
give the bullet
LESSON 07 THE CHEATING GAME
【Yin and masculine in English nouns】
3 classes of gender: masculine, feminine, neuter. (gender: the grammatical classification of the sex of proper nouns.)
lion~lioness
Duke~Duchess
monkey~monkey
[Other knowledge points]
pork/lamb chops (pork/lamb chops)
spend a penny (to go to the toilet. In the old days, the automatic doors of public toilets in the UK had to be opened after a penny coin was cast)
LESSON 08 BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST
beefeater (Tower of London guards)
be swept off one's feet (being swept off one's feet)
May all your troubles be little ones. (It's an English expression. It means to hope you have a family, a baby. The result given by Baidu is "May all your troubles be little ones"......)
The national sport of England is cricket.
beat about the bush
LESSON 09 KILL OR CURE
be laid up (= be struck down)
undertaker
under the weather
bottoms up (cheers)
down to touch (It also seems to mean "cheers", I didn't find it.)
"Round the tip and throw the gun, look out dummy, here I come."
LESSON 10 HELLO SAILOR
through thick and thin (share joy and sorrow)
aspirate (the sound made by the letter H, aspirated sound)
Get knotted. (Get away.)
make a clean breast (confession)
change horse (make a major change. I haven't found this.)
head over heels (head over heels)
LESSON 11 A POINT OF HONOUR
Holy Writ (=Bible)
knock out
epistle (= letter)
in passing (mentioned by the way)
have green eyes (jealous)
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
syntax (= sentence construction)
LESSON 12 HOW'S YOUR FATHER
"What you never have, you never miss."
pain in the neck (someone hates it)
LESSON 13 THE EXAMINATION
jackpot (first prize)
haven't a cat in hells chance (no chance)
short hand typist
In English, cat always uses she, and dog always uses he.
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