Jan, Jan! Hang on!
Hey, Pete. What is it?- Listen. Brilliant news.
- John’s parents have a beach house and they're letting him use it this weekend.
- He’s having a load of people over.
- I’m gonna stay at the house all weekend with John, and I just wanted to see if you’d like to come too.
- Wow. That sounds amazing.
- Um. I’m going out to dinner tonight with my friends,
- but maybe I could just go over on Saturday, just for the day.
- Great. It’s going to be great craic.
- And the house is right by the beach.
- So, let me give you directions.
- Well, I’m sort of in a rush right now.
- Could I just call you Saturday morning and get the information?
- Oh, sure. Ah, yeah, yeah. Just call me Saturday then.
- I’ll have my mobile phone. And try to go over early.
- We’re gonna do a big barbecue on the beach around lunchtime.
- OK. That sounds fab.
- Anyway, I gotta go.
- See you later.
- Yeah. See ya.
- See ya.
Hang on
："Hang on"は"Wait"の意味。「待って」
a load of
："a load of"は"a lot of"の意味。「たくさんの」
craic
："craic"はアイルランド語で"crack"と綴ることもある。"fun"の意味。「楽しい」
mobile phone
："mobile phone"は"cell phone"の意味。「携帯電話」
barbecue
："barbeque"の綴りはアイルランド英語では"barbecue"が一般的。
fab
："fab"は"fabulous"の省略。
gotta
："gotta"は口語的な表現で、"got to"の意味。「～しなくてはならない」