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AFL team name Nick name Full name Adelaide The Crows The Adelaide Crows Brisbane The Lions The Brisbane Lions Carlton The Blues The Carlton Blues Collingwood The Magpies The Collingwood Magpies Essendon The Bombers The Essendon Bombers Fremantle The Dockers The Fremantle Dockers Geelong The Cats The Geelong Cats Greater Western Sydney The Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants Gold Coast The Suns The Gold Coast Suns Hawthorn The Hawks The Hawthorn Hawks North Melbourne The Kangaroos The North Melbourne Kangaroos Melbourne The Demons The Melbourne Demons Port Adelaide The Power The Port Adelaide Power Richmond The Tigers The Richmond Tigers St Kilda The Saints The St Kilda Saints Sydney The Swans The Sydney Swans West Coast The Eagles The West Coast Eagles Western Bulldogs The Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs

How are you? How are ya? Who are you? Who are ya? What do you think? What do ya think? What did you get up to on the weekend? Wadja get up to on the weekend? What’d you get up to on the weekend? Wadja get up to? What did you think of..? Wadja think of… Did you like it? Dja like it? Where did you go? Where’d you go? Where dja go? What do you mean? What deya mean? What dja mean?

Expression - Flat Out Like A Lizard Drinking We're flat out like a lizard drinking trying to meet our deadline. We’re flat out like a lizard trying to meet our deadline. We’re flat out trying to meet our deadline. That bloke’s been flat out like a lizard drinking painting his house. That bloke’s been painting his house flat out like a lizard drinking. I’ve been working all day flat out like a lizard drinking. I’ve been flat out like a lizard drinking working all day. Exercise: I’m flat out like a lizard drinking. You’re flat out like a lizard drinking. He’s flat out like a lizard drinking. She’s flat out like a lizard drinking. We’re flat out like a lizard drinking. They’re flat out like a lizard drinking. I’ve been flat out like a lizard drinking. You’ve been flat out like a lizard drinking. He’s been flat out like a lizard drinking. She’s been flat out like a lizard drinking. We’ve been flat out like a lizard drinking. They’ve been flat out like a lizard drinking.

Barramundi Bilby Bogong Moth Boobook Bunyip Currawong Dingo Galah Gang-gang Kangaroo Koala Kookaburra Pademelon Potoroo Quokka Quoll Taipan Wallaby Wallaroo Wombat Yabby Special Mention: Cockatoo

In this episode I go through the pronunciation of each of Australia's state and territory's capital cities. Canberra Hobart Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Adelaide Perth Darwin

States: Tasmania (Tas) Victoria (Vic) New South Whales (NSW) Queensland (Qld) South Australia (SA) Western Australia (WA) Territories: (The) Northern Territory (NT) (The) Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

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Pronunciation lesson – its = ‘ts = ‘s It’s gonna be a great weekend ‘ts gonna be a great weekend s'gonna be a great weekend It’s all good ‘st all good s’all good it’s alright 'ts alright s’alright it’s been good 'ts been good s'been good it’s always the same excuse 'ts always the same excuse s’always the same excuse it’s ok 'ts ok s’ok it’s just 'st just 's’just it was, it wasn’t t’wasn’t

In this episode of Walking With Pete I chat a little bit about what I got up to over the Easter long weekend here in Australia and how we as Australians tend to celebrate Easter.

A chug To chug Chugging along A chug – of a drink Noun - to take a large gulp of a drink • I took a long chug of my beer. To chug – a drink Verb - to consume in large gulps without pausing. • He chugged his drink in one go. • You are chugging down a lot of wine tonight. A chug – of a motor Noun - a muffled explosive sound or sounds • I could hear the chug of the motorboat. To chug – (a vehicle) Verb - move slowly making a regular muffled explosive sound, as of an engine running slowly. • The train chugged slowly into the station. To chug along Phrasal verb - to move along at a steady pace • We chugged along for a two hours in the train. Response to: - How’s it going? - How’re you going? • Yeah, chugging along. o Yeah I’m chugging along • Yeah, chugging along ok. • Yeah, getting there, chugging along. - How’s your son going? • yeah, he’s chugging along o He’s doing what he always does.

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How to use the word “bloody” in Aussie English Bloody – very common Aussie adjective which is used to emphasise any point or story. The bloody car isn’t working The car isn’t bloody working • Oh you bloody beauty! – “bloody bewdy” • That’s bloody awesome! • That news was bloody horrible! o Bloody sad, o Bloody aweful • I was so bloody drunk last night • It was a bloody big night last night and I was bloody drunk • Where the bloody hell are ya? • If you drink and drive you’re a bloody idiot. • The bloody car isn’t working! • What the bloody hell is going on? • Absolutely + bloody = Absa-bloody-lutely! / abso-bloody-lutely Different ways to say “to be broken” in Aussie English To be broken • The bloody washing machine is broken. • My computer is broken, it needs to be fixed. To be malfunctioning • The bloody washing machine is malfunctioning. • My computer is malfunctioning, it needs to be repaired. To be cactus • The bloody washing machine is cactus! • My computer’s cactus at the moment, it needs to be repaired. To be dead • The bloody washing machine is cactus! • The computer’s dead today, it needs to be repaired. Note: Saying something is dead also means it’s out of power, so if you laptop computer was dead it could mean it’s broken but also that it has no power left in the battery. To be buggered • The bloody washing machine is buggered! • My computer’s buggered at the moment. To be screwed • The bloody washing machine is screwed! • My computer’s screwed at the moment. To be busted • My computer is busted at the moment. • The bloody washing machine is busted. To be stuffed • The bloody washing machine is stuffed! • My computer’s stuffed at the moment. To be on the fritz • The bloody washing machine is on the fritz! • My computer’s on the fritz. To be playing up • The bloody washing machine’s playing up! • My computer’s playing up at the moment. It needs repairs.