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  • Wag/サボる

    Wag Australian English To skip a class (usually school, but also college), play truant or hookey. 日本語 サボる。ずる休みをする。ほとんどの場合、学校に関してしか使わない。直訳すると、wagは、（尻尾を）「振ること」という意味。 Plain English To skip class, be a truant, or play hookey. Strine Dictionary

  • Unco/不器用

    Unco Australian English An abbreviated of uncoordinated, or to be clumsy. Usually used to tease after making a simple mistake during sports. 日本語 不器用に動くこと。動きが鈍い。非協調運動。主にスポーツでミスした人に対して使うからかう言葉だ。 Plain English Uncoordinated, clumsy Strine Dictionary

  • Up yourself, up someone/自己評価が高過ぎる

    Up yourself, up someone Australian English To be up yourself means to have an over-inflated opinion of your own value. To get up someone, however, means to get angry at them, or to rebuke them. 日本語 Up yourselfは、自己評価が高過ぎるという意味。Get up someoneは、人に対して叱るまたは怒ること。 Plain English 1) Up yourself: Haughty, an over-inflated opinion of self-worth, overly proud. 2) Get…

  • Tucker/食事

    Tucker Australian English Food, a meal. A school canteen in Australia is called a “tuckshop,” and a crate in which food is stored is called a “tuckerbox.” Australia’s arguably most legendary dog was one that sat on a tuckerbox in a small town called Gundagai in the state of New South Wales. It has been…

  • Trackies/ジャージー

    Trackies Australian English A tracksuit. In some cases, trackies may refer only to the trousers part of a track suit, in which case they may also be called trackie daks. Also see: daks 日本語 ジャージー。トラックスーツ。時には、ズボンの部分だけを穿くことがある。この場合は、trackie daksという。Daks にも参照。 Plain English A tracksuit, leisurewear. Strine Dictionary