English Rewind - London Life: Rhyming slang

Would you Adam and Eve (believe) it? You can learn all about English rhyming slang, improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of London Life! Do you know any more slang words? Tell us in the comments ????????????

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ stallholder - someone who works at a market
✔️ Do you fancy...? - Would you like...?
✔️ wallop - slang expression for 'beer'
✔️ egalitarian - equal; (something that) everyone can do and be involved in
✔️ punters - slang expression for 'customers'

Common rhyming slang expressions:
✔️ ball of chalk - walk
✔️ rub-a-dub - pub
✔️ frog and toad - road
✔️ Basil Fawlty - balti (a type of Indian food that is served in the UK)
✔️ Billie Piper - windscreen wiper

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from our archive. This programme was first published on the BBC Learning English website in November 2006.

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