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secondary school:high school—first year to sixth year.

first year:equivalent to seventh grade.

second year:equivalent to eighth grade.

third year:equivalent to ninth grade.

fourth year:transition year, equivalent to tenth grade.

fifth year:equivalent to eleventh grade.

sixth year:equivalent to twelfth grade.

septic:someone horrible/vain.

sesh:drinking session in a bar/house party with music.

shades:police.

she’d get up on a gust of wind:a promiscuous woman.

she didn’t get those knees from saying prayers:promiscuous woman.

she’d rip up the floorboards to get a bit of pipe:a promiscuous woman.

she’d talk the hind legs off a donkey:a chatterbox.

she had a face like a jockey’s bollocks, but you don’t look at the mantelpiece when you’re poking the fire:she was unattractive, but I still went for it.

shift/shifting:kissing.

shifting jackets:lucky piece of clothing, usually a jacket, when trying to pick up a girl.

shook:feeling sick/hungover.

shook like a hand at mass:trembling.

skip the fancy stuff and horse it into me:skip foreplay and have sex.

skitting:laughing.

solicitor:lawyer.

sound:another way to say cheers/a decent person.

spanner:idiot.

spuds:potatoes.

stall the ball:hold on.

stick your mickey in your ear and shag some sense into yourself:cop on.

stop crying or I’ll give ya something to cry about:a mother’s warning.

strop:mood-swing/pouting/sulking.

St. Bernadette’s:the name of Aoife, Casey, and Katie’s all-girls primary school.

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