Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
Experience
Eating with a blindfold was a new experience for me.
Carpenter
No one needed a new house, so the carpenter started building birdhouses.
Patch job
To quickly repair something using materials on hand.
The patch job on the pipes won’t hold, so we need to call a plumber as soon as possible.
Neuter, spay
To castrate a cat or dog to prevent it from producing offspring.
Even though my cat is neutered, he likes to spray urine on the furniture.
Ticked off
Irritated.
He always gets ticked off at other drivers on the highway.
Rent
The monthly payment for an apartment, house, or office.
The tenants were not able to pay rent, so they chose to move somewhere else.
Dry humour
Puns, wordplay
Vulgar humour
Bathroom jokes, jokes about taboo subjects
Deadpan
Saying something funny with a serious face and tone
To take someone literally
To not understand that someone is being sarcastic
Gullible
Easy fooled; believes everything
Slow, thick, dense
Euphemisms for “stupid”. Mildly offensive.
His elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top floor.
He is a little bit stupid.
