من طرف memo more الجمعة 31 يوليو 2009, 5:49 pmAMERICAN
(اللمصطلحات العاميه الامريكيه)SLANG
SLANG VERBS
ace
-to finish something easily, with success
Tammy aced her math test!
boogie
-to dance
Rick likes to boogie for hours!
check out
-to look at, watch, examine
We're going to check out that new movie tomorrow after work.
chicken out
-to lose the courage to do something
Mary was planning to enter the car race but then she chickened out.
gab
-to chat
Amy likes to gab on the phone with her best friend.
grab a bite to eat
-to go out to a restaurant
I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat somewhere.
kick the bucket
-to die
John's neighbor just kicked the bucket!
lift
-to steal
While Bob was on the train, someone lifted his wallet.
take off
-to leave
Ann took off before the meeting was announced.
snooze
-to sleep
I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes this morning!
whine
-to complain
I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines about everything!
.........................
SLANG NOUNS
airhead
-stupid person
Tony says his boss is an airhead
bash
-big, exciting party
Did you go to Dan's bash last night?
brain
-very intelligent person
Bill Gates must be a brain
chocoholic
-person who loves/is addicted to chocolate
I ate an entire box of chocolates and my sister
says I must be a chocaholic!
drip
-boring person
Lisa says her new roomate is a drip
grub
-food
I'm hungry. Let's get some grub
hunk
-handsome man
Sue thinks that Tom Cruise is a hunk
knockout
-beautiful woman
Miss Universe is a knockout
mula
-money
I took a lot of mula to the casino but when I returned, I didn't have as much!
munchies
-snacks, like potato chips, popcorn, pretzels
Let's get some munchies at the baseball game
penny pincher
-cheap, stingy person who rarely spend money
Megan never goes to restaurants because she's
such a penny pincher
shopoholic
-person who is addicted to shopping
Sandra is a shopholic. She always goes shopping!
stuff
-things (but used as a singular, non-count noun)
I have to buy some stuff at the grocery store
wacko
-crazy person
Some reporters say that famous pop singer is a wacko
windbag
-a boring person who talks too much (negative)
Joe's speech was over an hour long at the meeting. His co-workers think he's a windbag.
workaholic
-person who is addicted to working
Bob works very long hours. His wife thinks he's
a workaholic.
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American Slang Adjectives
awesome (or wicked)
-amazing
That was an awesome movie
That was a wicked movie
beat
-tired
Sam is beat today because he didn't sleep much last night
blue (or down)
-sad, depressed
Mary is feeling blue because her cat died
Mary is down because her cat died
brainy
-very intelligent, like a genius
Sue always does well on tests because she's brainy
broke
-without money
Lou spent all his money at the casino so now he's broke
fishy
-suspicious
Mrs. Smith thought it was fishy that her neighbor had so many visitors at night
hammered
-drunk
Jim had nine beers so now he's hammered
hot
-sexy or stolen!
-sexy
Sam says his new girlfriend is hot
-stolen
That stereo is hot!
hungover
-tired from drinking too much the day before
Al's bachelor party was last night. He's really hungover!
loaded
-rich
Many people who live in Beverly Hills are loaded
nuts (or nutty)
-crazy
That lady keeps talking to herself. Do you think she's
nuts?
on cloud nine
-very very happy
Chris just won a million dollars so he's on cloud nine!
super
-great
Tom is a super singer
ticked
-angry
He's really ticked because his friend had a party but didn't invite him
upbeat
-positive
Theresa is very upbeat
....................
American Slang Greetings, etc
Hello
Hi
Hey there!
Hi there!
Hey!
How are you?
What's new?
How are you doing?
How's it going?
Goodbye
See you
See you later
Later
on the telephone, you can say "Talk to you later"
Yes
Yeah (pronounced ya)
Yup
Sure
You bet
No
Nope
No way
Not a chance
Not in this lifetime
Let's leave
Let's blow this popstand
I'm leaving
I'm out of here
I'm heading out now
Other Stuff
Instead of VERY, you can use ...
so
-I'm so hungry!
real
-I'm real hungry!
really
-I'm really hungry!
Instead of VERY VERY, you can use ...
totally
-The movie was totally awesome!
(اللمصطلحات العاميه الامريكيه)SLANG
SLANG VERBS
ace
-to finish something easily, with success
Tammy aced her math test!
boogie
-to dance
Rick likes to boogie for hours!
check out
-to look at, watch, examine
We're going to check out that new movie tomorrow after work.
chicken out
-to lose the courage to do something
Mary was planning to enter the car race but then she chickened out.
gab
-to chat
Amy likes to gab on the phone with her best friend.
grab a bite to eat
-to go out to a restaurant
I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat somewhere.
kick the bucket
-to die
John's neighbor just kicked the bucket!
lift
-to steal
While Bob was on the train, someone lifted his wallet.
take off
-to leave
Ann took off before the meeting was announced.
snooze
-to sleep
I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes this morning!
whine
-to complain
I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines about everything!
.........................
SLANG NOUNS
airhead
-stupid person
Tony says his boss is an airhead
bash
-big, exciting party
Did you go to Dan's bash last night?
brain
-very intelligent person
Bill Gates must be a brain
chocoholic
-person who loves/is addicted to chocolate
I ate an entire box of chocolates and my sister
says I must be a chocaholic!
drip
-boring person
Lisa says her new roomate is a drip
grub
-food
I'm hungry. Let's get some grub
hunk
-handsome man
Sue thinks that Tom Cruise is a hunk
knockout
-beautiful woman
Miss Universe is a knockout
mula
-money
I took a lot of mula to the casino but when I returned, I didn't have as much!
munchies
-snacks, like potato chips, popcorn, pretzels
Let's get some munchies at the baseball game
penny pincher
-cheap, stingy person who rarely spend money
Megan never goes to restaurants because she's
such a penny pincher
shopoholic
-person who is addicted to shopping
Sandra is a shopholic. She always goes shopping!
stuff
-things (but used as a singular, non-count noun)
I have to buy some stuff at the grocery store
wacko
-crazy person
Some reporters say that famous pop singer is a wacko
windbag
-a boring person who talks too much (negative)
Joe's speech was over an hour long at the meeting. His co-workers think he's a windbag.
workaholic
-person who is addicted to working
Bob works very long hours. His wife thinks he's
a workaholic.
.........................
American Slang Adjectives
awesome (or wicked)
-amazing
That was an awesome movie
That was a wicked movie
beat
-tired
Sam is beat today because he didn't sleep much last night
blue (or down)
-sad, depressed
Mary is feeling blue because her cat died
Mary is down because her cat died
brainy
-very intelligent, like a genius
Sue always does well on tests because she's brainy
broke
-without money
Lou spent all his money at the casino so now he's broke
fishy
-suspicious
Mrs. Smith thought it was fishy that her neighbor had so many visitors at night
hammered
-drunk
Jim had nine beers so now he's hammered
hot
-sexy or stolen!
-sexy
Sam says his new girlfriend is hot
-stolen
That stereo is hot!
hungover
-tired from drinking too much the day before
Al's bachelor party was last night. He's really hungover!
loaded
-rich
Many people who live in Beverly Hills are loaded
nuts (or nutty)
-crazy
That lady keeps talking to herself. Do you think she's
nuts?
on cloud nine
-very very happy
Chris just won a million dollars so he's on cloud nine!
super
-great
Tom is a super singer
ticked
-angry
He's really ticked because his friend had a party but didn't invite him
upbeat
-positive
Theresa is very upbeat
....................
American Slang Greetings, etc
Hello
Hi
Hey there!
Hi there!
Hey!
How are you?
What's new?
How are you doing?
How's it going?
Goodbye
See you
See you later
Later
on the telephone, you can say "Talk to you later"
Yes
Yeah (pronounced ya)
Yup
Sure
You bet
No
Nope
No way
Not a chance
Not in this lifetime
Let's leave
Let's blow this popstand
I'm leaving
I'm out of here
I'm heading out now
Other Stuff
Instead of VERY, you can use ...
so
-I'm so hungry!
real
-I'm real hungry!
really
-I'm really hungry!
Instead of VERY VERY, you can use ...
totally
-The movie was totally awesome!
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