A British girl asked me if someone "nicked the torches"
2007-08-23 06:41:17 · 10 answers · asked by Eric 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
She's asking if they stole the flashlights.
2007-08-23 06:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I have a very helpful book called "Understanding British English," by Margaret E. Moore. It's good for Brits too, because the British expressions are "translated" into American English.
2007-08-23 20:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She wanted to know if someone had purloined the flashlights.
Torches is not slang. It is a highly reputable word which used to mean fire lights which were carried about to light the way at night -- centuries before flashlights were invented!
2007-08-23 14:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to nick is to steal. "torch" here may be a torch or what we in North America call a flashlight.
2007-08-23 13:44:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Stole the flashlights."
One that always amuses me when in the USA is "Pop the trunk" which is "Open the boot" in Brit. Eng. A "trunk" to Brits is the appendage on an elephant, or a large suitcase.
2007-08-23 14:26:02 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That means stolen flashlights? Wow.
2007-08-23 14:17:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did someone steal the flashlights?
2007-08-23 13:49:04 · answer #7 · answered by Bear 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they "stole the matches" or "swiped the flashlights"
2007-08-23 13:45:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"stole the flashlights" ?
2007-08-23 13:44:41 · answer #9 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol sounds dirty to me..
i would say it means... someone turned out the lights?
rough guess.
2007-08-23 13:45:02 · answer #10 · answered by aurea b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋