Street Talk 3 - A Closer Look: Lesson 11

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Street Talk 3

casual, light, and often trivial conversation, typically about non-essential topics

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the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface

used to refer to someone who is very healthy and in good physical condition

Ex: After months of training , John felt fit as a fiddle and ready to participate in the marathon .

to change one's opinion, decision, or position back and forth repeatedly or suddenly

Ex:
goochie-goo [interjection]

baby talk used to make a baby laugh or react playfully

Ex:
junkie [noun]

someone obsessed with something

Ex: I ’m a junk-food junkie , I ca n't stop eating chips .
riffraff [noun]

a group of people who are considered low-class or undesirable

Ex: She looked down on the riffraff at the party .

used to suggest that someone or something has fully recovered or is in good working condition

Ex: Laura was sick , but she 's now as right as rain .
seesaw [noun]

a piece of playground equipment made of a long flat piece of wood or iron balanced in the middle, on each side of which children sit to take a turn going up and down

a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end