Easy English 3 - Sheffield Part Two

Glossary: 1 - ’more wilder’ is incorrect, it should be ’wilder’ or ’more wild’. 2 - ’bits and bobs’ is a phrase for lots of small things. In this case he is probably meaning that he has been going out to small events here and there, and but not really big nights out. 3 - ’DIY’ means Do It Yourself. 4 - ’rough’ in this case means ’aggressive’. 5 - ’day bird’ would be someone who prefers to do things in the day rather than in the evening or night. 6 - ’wankers’ is an offensive term for... hmm... not very nice people! (This comes from the slang verb ’to wank’, which is ’to masturbate’ - so a wanker would more literally be someone who masturbates, but the insult is not literatal in its usage.) 7 - it is common in English to call someone ’love’, regardless of if you even know them, nevermind how much affection of have for them. Although it is more common
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