Playing for Love (Summer Beach Vets 1) - sweet vacation romance (13 page)

Arvo
- afternoon

Aggro
- aggressive

Aussie
– a person from Australia (pronounced “Ozzie”) or an adjective for something that is Australian (e.g. “Aussie animals”)

Barbie
- barbecue

Bickie
- biscuit

Billabong
– an isolated pond found in the Australian outback, formed when a river changes course.

Bloke
– man (equivalent to “guy”)

Bloody
– known as “the Great Australian Adjective”, not regarded as profane or swearing, it is used as an intensifier for both positive and negative qualities (e.g. “bloody awful” and “bloody wonderful”)

Bludger
– a lazy person

Bonkers
– crazy, nuts

Brekkie
- breakfast

Brilliant
– very good, excellent

Bub(s)
– an affectionate term for a baby

Car park
– parking lot

Chinwag
– a chat, a conversation

Chocka
– short for “chock-a-block”: crammed so tightly together so as to prevent movement

Clubbie
– colloquial term for Australian surf lifesavers

Crikey
– an exclamation of surprise or bewilderment

Flat out like a lizard drinking
– to be very busy, hard at work

G’day
– the ubiquitous Australian greeting

Good onya
– a version of “good on you”, praising someone for their efforts, similar to “kudos”

Gutted
– very upset and sad

Lingo
– language

Littlies
– small children

Mate
– friend, sometimes equivalent to “buddy”

Me
– sometimes used instead of “my” (e.g. “I’ve lost me socks”)

Nipper
– children aged 5 to 13 in the junior surf lifesaving programme

No worries
– no problems, don’t worry about it, that’s all right

Not for quids
– not for anything

Pram
– baby stroller

Preggers
- pregnant

Rapt
– very happy

Ripper
– fantastic, very good

Spit the dummy
– to lose your temper, to throw a fit (refers to when a baby spits out their dummy, a.k.a. pacifier, and has a tantrum)

Sprogs
– children, offspring

Ta very much
– thank you very much

“Tall poppy”
– highly successful people who rise above the rest and may develop an overblown ego. They are often seen as needing to be “cut down” in Australia, where the culture favours the “underdog”

Too right
– vehement agreement with something

True-blue
– genuine, authentic

Tucker
- food

Yank
– affectionate term for an American (not meant to be offensive)

Oz
- Australia

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H.Y. Hanna was born in Taiwan and has been a globe-trotter most of her life, from growing up in the United Arab Emirates to attending school in New Jersey, from working in the glamorous world of London advertising to emigrating Down Under. Along the way, she somehow managed to pick up a wonderful husband, a huge, slobbery dog, two rescue cats, an assortment of cardboard boxes and a slightly dodgy "trans-atlantic" accent.

After graduating from Oxford University, she tried her hand at a variety of jobs before returning to her first love: writing. She is the author of an award-winning children's mystery series and also writes romances, mysteries and romantic thrillers for adults.

You can learn more about H.Y. Hanna and contact her at:
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Thank you to my beta readers: Katja Bishop, Tiffany Kern and Jenn Roseton for their invaluable feedback—and of course, to Melanie G. Howe, for being the best friend a writer could ask for.

A special thank you goes to Dr David Neck, who helped to check the accuracy of all the veterinary details in the story with such enthusiasm.

And as always, I am so grateful for the support and encouragement from my amazing husband—who not only does everything he can to give me more time to write, but also patiently endures endless discussions on plot conflicts, the colour of the hero’s eyes, and is even reading romantic novels for the first time in his life!

Copyright © 2014 by H.Y. Hanna

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ISBN-13: 978-0-9941726-3-1

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