luni, 13 mai 2013

lad

noun
1 informal       a boy or young man (often as a form of address):
come in, lad, and shut the door
 (ladsBritish a group of men sharing recreational, working, or other interests:
she wouldn’t let him go out with the lads any morea furious row ensued between the referee and our lads
 British a boisterously macho or high-spirited young man:
Tony was a bit of a lad—always had an eye for the women

British       a stable worker (regardless of age or sex):
it’s great for the lads that the horse has won the National



tidy


adjective (tidiertidiest)
1   arranged neatly and in order:
his scrupulously tidy apartmentfigurativethe lives they lead don’t fit into tidy patterns
 inclined to keep things or one’s appearance neat and in order:
she was a tidy little girl
 neat and controlled:
he wrote down her replies in a small, tidy hand

2 [attributive] informal   (of an amount, especially of money) considerable:
the book will bring in a tidy sum
 used as a general term of approval:
City have the backbone of a tidy side