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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1. Do you know where the action is in this town?
   Meaningexcitement

2. You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
   Meaningbundle of money

3. If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
   Meaninghurry up

4. Break it up, or I will call the police.
   Meaningstop

5. He has a really cushy job.
   Meaningeasy

6. She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
   Meaningmentally ill

7. Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
   Meaningwasting my time and causing me trouble

8. The movie was a bomb.
   Meaningbad

9. This music is really far-out.
   Meaninggreat

10. My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
    Meaningstupid person

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