Interesting Things for ESL Students
American Slang - Randomly Chosen
Slang is informal, often entertaining, language
By Charles I. Kelly & Lawrence E. Kelly
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Does that attack plane have any
nukes
?
Meaning
nuclear weapons
Where is the best place to get some
grub
around here?
Meaning
food
I think I am going
bonkers
.
Meaning
crazy
The movie was
a bomb
.
Meaning
bad
I have decided to
hang up
my teaching job.
Meaning
quit
The
john
really smells.
Meaning
bathroom
He drinks too much and is always
plastered
on the weekend.
Meaning
intoxicated
Watch out for the
narks
in the airport.
Meaning
drug police
He is such a
dope
.
Meaning
stupid person
He
flipped out
when he heard that his mother had been killed.
Meaning
lost control
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