Slang means very informal words that people use in relaxed speech. Learners often avoid it completely and sound stiff, or they learn slang from films and use it in the wrong place, which can sound strange or even rude. Some learners also translate "thank you very much" into every tiny situation, when a British neighbour would just say "Cheers!" Today you learn clean, friendly British slang that you hear every day, what it means, who says it, and where it is safe to use. In this episode: • Thanks, goodbye and friends • Good, nice and done • Food, home and money • Describing things • SCENE: A NEIGHBOUR POPS ROUND (an invented household) • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: cheers — thanks, or goodbye (casual); cheers (CHEE-uz, with no R sound) Cheers for the lift! — Thanks for driving me. Right, cheers, see you tomorrow! — Goodbye. ta — thanks (casual); ta (TAH) mate — friend, or a friendly way to speak to someone (casual) brilliant — great, excellent (casual to neutral) lovely — nice, kind, good; used all the time (neutral) sorted — done, fixed, organised (casual) proper — very or real (casual) dead — very (casual, especially in the North) cosy — warm and comfortable (neutral); cosy (KOH-zee) a cuppa — a cup of tea (casual) a brew — a cup of tea (casual, especially in the North) brekkie — breakfast (casual); brekkie (BREK-ee) a takeaway — hot food bought to eat at home the loo — the toilet (casual, and fine with anyone) telly — television (casual); telly (TEL-ee) loads — a lot (casual) ages — a long time (casual) bits — small things (casual) Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.