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. He was taken for all his money at the casino.
   Meaningcheated out of

2. I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
   Meaninglarge

3. I need more time to cram for the test.
   Meaningstudy hard

4. This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
   Meaningserious

5. Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
   Meaningmarijuana

6. I'm going to blow out of here now.
   Meaningleave

7. He is too flaky to do the work.
   Meaningunreliable

8. This music is really far-out.
   Meaninggreat

9. The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
   Meaningstolen

10. Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
    Meaningboring

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