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INTENSIFYING ADVERBS

Here you have a couple of links  for further practice on unit 5C: http://www.fcepracticetests.com/fce-english-in-use-collocations-4/ Adverbs: some tips from Stephen King on using them sparingly . Wickedly funny ( funny ha ha )

COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG

A beginner's guide to Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary of Cockney Cockney rhyming slang l ist The Brit List: 15 Cockney Rhyming Slang Terms Cockney rhyming slang explained Cockney rhyming slang: contextual examples  ( The trouble 's been shopping again ) MY WIFE Money slang (so that you can understand the picture above). More money slang here . Some phrases have entered common British speech and are used daily without any awareness of their Cockney origins. Examples include: use your loaf (loaf of bread = head) have a butcher’s (butcher’s hook = look) cobblers – rubbish (cobbler’s awls = balls) porkies (pork pies = lies) donkeys (donkeys’ ears = years) QI   :  Cockney Rhyming Slang:  A Lesson with Stephen Fry - BBC Transcript here Explanation of the Cockney rhyming slang used in this episode: Stephen Fry: Tonight, we're talking Cockney rhyming slang, so without further tea for [tea for two: ado], let's have a butcher

FREEDOM THE PLAY

http://www.parlonfilm.com/#!theatre/c12ur http://www.freedomtheplay.co.uk/#!

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