Jazz Up Your Lesson

A

indefinite article; the best, as in “A-class”; blood group; negation as in “atypical”.

B

bee; to be; blood group.

C

see; sea; Roman numeral 100.

D

Roman numeral 500.

E

for everything which is electronic, as in e-mail.

F

a mark for a failed test; used to hide offensive word as in “F-word”.

G

in American English 1000 dollars; G7 or G8 (including Russia) – the Great 7 / 8 (Большая Семёрка / Восьмёрка).

H

hydrogen, as in “H-bomb”.

I

myself; intellectual as in “IQ” – intellectual quotient; Roman numeral 1.

J

contraction from the female name Jennifer.

K

“OK” – actually meaning “all correct”; 1000 pounds.

L

used to denote litre, length, left; Roman numeral 50.

M

used to denote metre, mile, million, married, mass, minute, male, medium, Monday; Roman numeral 1000.

N

“and” as in “Rock’n’Roll”, “Fish’n’Chips”; used to denote North.

O

“OK” – actually meaning “all correct”; oh! – exclamation; zero.

Q

question; quotient as in “IQ” – intellectual quotient; queue.

R

are; used to denote right, restricted; variety of contractions such as “R’n’B” – rhythm and blues, “R’n’D” – Research and Development.

S

ass; as; possessive case after the apostrophe; contracted “is” after the apostrophe; used to denote shilling, small, South.

T

tea; “to a T” – means “exactly, just right”; used to denote form or direction as in “T-shirt”, “T-road”.

U

you and contraction for “you” in writing; in British English means “universal”; used to denote shape as in “U-turn”.

V

used to denote “victory” especially with a finger gesture; Roman numeral 5.00

W

used to denote Watt, West.

X

“x-ray” – medical inspection; an informal sign for a kiss, especially in the end of a letter; a sign used to mark film, not suitable for children; Roman numeral for 10.

Y

why?

Z

the end as in “from A to Z”.