A short list of words
These are an excerpt taken from a list a German girl has been keeping in an effort to expand her English vocabulary while she’s been travelling. She has kept the list since May and so far it spans 30+ pages.
- shuttlecock
- gutted
- tweasers
- wagtail
- stagefright
- total service contractor
- “moreish”
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- lanyard
- tread
- to look like a brick shit-house
- to worm your way
- to waffle
- wrist band
- it’s a doddle
- bonkers
- shale
- sherbert
