How To Make A Toga Out Of A Sheet –[Multimedia-English Videos]

WHETHER= If

HEADING TO= Going to.

RAGING= Very active and unpredictable; wild.KEGGER= A KEG is a small cask or barrel with a capacity of about 30 gallons (114 litres). A KEGGER is a wild party where beer is served (usually in disposable plastic cups) from a keg. Keggers are usually associated with high school and college students, but anybody can throw one if they've got a lot of friends and at least one keg of beer. CAMPUS= The grounds and buildings of a university. (notice the preposition: ON campus).ATTIRE= Clothes or garments, especially if they're fine, strange or decorative (not ordinary, anyway).AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS= Really simple.HANGING OUT= If you hang out in a place, you are there, doing nothing special. If you hang out with friends, you spend time with them with no particular purpose (other than having fun or enjoying each other's company).KICKING IT= Having fun.WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING= It doesn't matter what you're doing; anything you're doing.TOGA= The usual piece of clothing worn by ancient Romans (a little bit similar to modern Buddhist monks' costumes). (see picture)YOU'RE SHORT ON TIME AND MATERIALS= You haven't got much time to do it and you haven't got many things to make it. If you're short on something, you don't have enough of it, or not a lot of it.CHEK IT OUT= (coll. esp. AmE) Have a look; look at this!WHILE= In this case it means ALTHOUGH.FABRIC= Cloth. A material (cloth) produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibres. Most clothes, curtains, sheets, etc. are made of fabric.QUAD= (also spelled "quod") Prison. In this case, maybe he means "a very small apartment, just like a prison cell", or he really means "prison cell"?HITTING= (coll.) If you hit a place, you go there.A very famous song by Ray Charles, from 1961 says "hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" = go away Jack (see video). BACCHANALIAN= Adjective derived from the word BACCHANAL. A bacchanal was a wild party held by ancient Romans or Greeks with lots of wine, food, dancing and often sex. Properly speaking, a bacchanal was a religious party to honour Bacchus, the God of wine. In modern times we use it to refer to a very wild party.AS... AS IT SHOULD BE= This phrase just adds emphasis to the adjective "bacchanalian" that goes right before.THOUSAND THREAD COUNT EGYPTIAN SHEETS= Egyptian textiles are supposed to be of a good quality. Here he's referring to sheets made in Egypt with a very fine fabric, so they are good and expensive (that means you shouldn't use them to make them into a toga and go to a party).WHERE THEY BELONG= In their right place. If a person or things belongs to a place, that's the correct place for them. A sheet belongs on the bed or in a cupboard.DISPOSABLE= Something disposable is a thing that you can throw away after using it.STORE= (AmE) shop.UNDERCUT= Cut a part of it.SIZE-WISE= Talking about size; considering size; as long as size goes...JUST RIGHT= Perfectly well.LENGTHWISE= Along the fabric. If you fold a sheet lengthwise, you fold it from top to bottom so that the length of the sheet stays the same but the width is reduced by half.WAISTLINE= Waist. An imaginary line running across your body about 5 to 10 cms under your belly button (navel).TECHNICALLY= Strictly. If we say that something technically is true, we mean that it's not really true, but we don't care because it's not important or relevant for this situation. So Roman women didn't wear togas, but it's ok because modern girls can wear a toga to go to a fancy dress party and it's alright.NECKLINE= Neck. An imaginary line running across your body where your neck joins your shoulders.MID-CALF= The middle of the calves. A calf is the fleshy muscular back part of the human leg between the knee and ankle.GALS= (coll. AmE) girls. The word "gals" is to "women" just like "guys" is to "men". We can say "guys and gals", but the truth is that the word "guy" is very very common, and the word "gal" is not very common, so it's more usual to say "guys and girls".UNDERNEATH= Below, under.AT THIS POINT= At this stage; at this moment of the process.SHORTS= "Short trousers" (AmE: short pants).TIGHTS= Like stockings but covering from toes to waist (see picture).AS CLOTHING GOES= As far as dressing is concerned; when talking about clothing...DEPENDABLE= Reliable. A dependable thing or person is something/someone you can trust and depend on. So this home-made toga is not dependable because it might fall down and leave you naked (not probable but possible).WHEN IT COMES TO= Referring to. If we're talking about...PROVIDING= Offering, giving.FOOT= (imperial measure) 1 foot = 30.48 cms.WRAP= Cover something by putting paper or cloth around it.LYING AROUND= If something is lying around, it is somewhere near you.SAFETY PINS= A special kind of pin that can be closed (see picture)SECURE= Keep it in place, without moving or falling down.PARTING WAYS WITH YOUR BODY= A sophisticated (and humorous) way of saying "falling off your body". To PART is to leave, to abandon; to part ways is to separate and go in different directions.LATER ON= Later, Afterwards.PINNING= Securing it with a pin.REMAINING= The remaining part of something is what left after using it.DRAPERY= Cloth, fabric.THROW ON= (coll.) Put on.FLIP-FLOPS= A casual footwear often used in summer, consisting on a sole and a trap for securing it to your foot. It's an onomatopoeic name from the noise they make when you're walking (see picture)YOU'RE GOOD TO GO= You're ready to go.COAT HANGER= A thing to keep clothes hung in your wardrobe (see picture).PROVIDE= Give you.HEADDRESS= Decoration or some kind of clothing for your head.