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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
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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!
    Powerful, intense
    Stinky
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  • Your birthday party was a BALL!
    very bad
    very loud
    lots of fun
    lots of food
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  • Try not to BARF in my car, please.
    To sleep
    To dance
    To vomit
    To eat
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  • Richard gave me a BAZILLION good reasons why he shouldn't do it.
    An indefinite enormous number
    A super important
    Very very expensive
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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!
    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.
    Read iEnglish
    Sleep
    To leave
    Do homework
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  • He got his first BREAK in showbiz when he was only 10
    Dinner
    To get a flower
    A chance, an opportunity
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  • The game was such a BUMMER, you wouldn't believe it.
    A big win
    A tie
    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.
    To get some sunshine, to tan in the sun
    Go play basketball
    Find some fish and catch them
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  • Come on, let's go. Don't be a CHICKEN.
    Late
    A scary person
    Sleepy
    A coward
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