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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.
    Exercise
    Excitement
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  • We stopped at an ALL NIGHTER for a cup of coffee.
    A place of business that is open all night
    A place that is open all day
  •  10
  • Some AIRHEAD put mustard in the ketchup squeezer.
    A stupid person (someone with air where there should be brains)
  •  15
  • Man, that is really BAD music!
    Powerful, intense
    Stinky
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  • Your birthday party was a BALL!
    very loud
    lots of food
    lots of fun
    very bad
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  • Try not to BARF in my car, please.
    To eat
    To dance
    To vomit
    To sleep
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  • Richard gave me a BAZILLION good reasons why he shouldn't do it.
    A super important
    Very very expensive
    An indefinite enormous number
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  • The whole team was BEAT after the game.
    Exhausted, worn-out
    Dancing and celebrating
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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 person who sits on the bench to keep it warm
    A ballplayer who spends most of the time sitting on the benc
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  • Don't BLOW me OFF. Listen! I want it done now!
    To neglect or ignore someone or something
    Use fire to hit me
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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
    To leave
    Do homework
    Read iEnglish
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  • He got his first BREAK in showbiz when he was only 10
    A chance, an opportunity
    Dinner
    To get a flower
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  • The game was such a BUMMER, you wouldn't believe it.
    A tie
    A big win
    A disagreeable thing or person
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  • We wanted to CATCH SOME RAYS but the sun never came up while we were there.
    Go play basketball
    Find some fish and catch them
    To get some sunshine, to tan in the sun
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  • Come on, let's go. Don't be a CHICKEN.
    Sleepy
    A coward
    Late
    A scary person
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