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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 loud
    lots of fun
    lots of food
    very bad
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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.
    An indefinite enormous number
    Very very expensive
    A super important
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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!
    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.
    Do homework
    To leave
    Read iEnglish
    Sleep
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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 disagreeable thing or person
    A big win
    A tie
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  • We wanted to CATCH SOME RAYS but the sun never came up while we were there.
    Find some fish and catch them
    Go play basketball
    To get some sunshine, to tan in the sun
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  • Come on, let's go. Don't be a CHICKEN.
    A scary person
    Late
    A coward
    Sleepy
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