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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 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)
  •  15
  • Man, that is really BAD music!
    Stinky
    Powerful, intense
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  • Your birthday party was a BALL!
    lots of food
    very loud
    very bad
    lots of fun
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  • Try not to BARF in my car, please.
    To dance
    To sleep
    To eat
    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 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!
    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.
    To leave
    Read iEnglish
    Do homework
    Sleep
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  • He got his first BREAK in showbiz when he was only 10
    To get a flower
    A chance, an opportunity
    Dinner
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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
    To get some sunshine, to tan in the sun
    Find some fish and catch them
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  • Come on, let's go. Don't be a CHICKEN.
    Late
    A coward
    Sleepy
    A scary person
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