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American Slang

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    A guide to the slang expressions heard in the United States - in the movies, in the streets, college campuses or just by plain folks
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  • This place is dull. I want some ACTION.
    Excitement
    Exercise
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  • We stopped at an ALL NIGHTER for a cup of coffee.
    A place that is open all day
    A place of business that is open all night
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  • Some AIRHEAD put mustard in the ketchup squeezer.
    A stupid person (someone with air where there should be brains)
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  • Man, that is really BAD music!
    Stinky
    Powerful, intense
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  • Your birthday party was a BALL!
    very bad
    lots of food
    very loud
    lots of fun
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  • Try not to BARF in my car, please.
    To sleep
    To eat
    To dance
    To vomit
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  • Richard gave me a BAZILLION good reasons why he shouldn't do it.
    Very very expensive
    A super important
    An indefinite enormous number
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  • The whole team was BEAT after the game.
    Dancing and celebrating
    Exhausted, worn-out
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  • I do what I'm told so I can play every game. I don't want to be a BENCH WARMER.
    A ballplayer who spends most of the time sitting on the benc
    A person who sits on the bench to keep it warm
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  • Don't BLOW me OFF. Listen! I want it done now!
    Use fire to hit me
    To neglect or ignore someone or something
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  • They tried as hard as they could but the thing was a BOMB from act one on.
    A perfect show
    A bad performance or an inherently bad show
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  • Time's up. Gotta BOOK.
    Sleep
    Do homework
    Read iEnglish
    To leave
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  • He got his first BREAK in showbiz when he was only 10
    A chance, an opportunity
    To get a flower
    Dinner
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  • The game was such a BUMMER, you wouldn't believe it.
    A tie
    A disagreeable thing or person
    A big win
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  • We wanted to CATCH SOME RAYS but the sun never came up while we were there.
    To get some sunshine, to tan in the sun
    Find some fish and catch them
    Go play basketball
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  • Come on, let's go. Don't be a CHICKEN.
    A coward
    Sleepy
    A scary person
    Late
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