Really? Mate, they must be kidding!
What's up?- It's gone up to a dollar ninety-eight!
- Oh, for a litre of petrol? Yeah, pretty full-on, aye.
- And they said it was gonna go up again this week.
- Again? They can't keep robbing us blind.
- And every week it goes up by another 10 or 12 bloody cents.
- At this rate I'm gonna be broke in no time.
- Yeah. Doesn't it make you really jealous of those fellas driving round in hybrids?
- Yeah, those things get like 20 k's to the litre.
- Should've bought one, aye.
- I reckon. Should've bought one when I still had a bit of coin; before the petrol companies pinched it all.
Mate
："Mate"は"Friend"の意味。ここでは呼びかけに用いられている。
petrol
："petrol"は"gasoline"のこと。「ガソリン」
full-on
："full-on"は"intense"の意味。「激しい」
aye
："aye"はニュージーランド英語で、付加疑問文の付加語句のかわりに使われる。"ay"や"eh"と綴られることもある。
robbing us blind
："rob someone blind"は"unfairly take something from someone"の意味。「不当に奪う」
reckon
："reckon"は"agree"の意味。「同意します」
coin
："coin"は"money"の意味。「お金」
pinched
："pinch"は"steal"の意味。「盗む」