30 American Slang Words And Phrases You Need To Know And how to use them
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in this video I’m gonna teach you 30 of
the most useful American slang words and
phrases these slang words and phrases
will help you sound more natural when
you speak in English so let’s jump right
in here we go number one bail this slang
word means to leave abandon or quit
something abruptly
that just means suddenly and the usage
this can be used specifically when
someone doesn’t do something they had
promised to do for or with you and they
basically cancel or quit at the last
minute very key at the last minute so
let’s look at some examples using this
slang word here we go it was hard to
believe that my co-worker resigned when
we only had one more week left on the
project now before we move on to the
next sentence I want to explain what the
word resigned means this just means to
quit it’s another way of saying to quit
or stop working somewhere okay all right
my boss was furious and so were the rest
of my coworkers now the word furious
just means very very angry okay we say
furious in English he really left us in
a bad situation
now there’s one thing you need to
remember when you’re using the term bail
or the slang word remember it hasn’t
come up yet in our example because we’re
gonna see it how we can replace a word
in this current example we’re gonna see
that in the next screen okay it is not
used in all situations where someone
quits it is mainly used when a person
quitting has a negative effect on the
work other people are doing okay all
right so let’s look at this now changed
from what we originally had okay
originally we
had resigned and now we have if we go to
this side right here bailed on us so
again I explained what this word meant
and now we see that we can replace it
with the slang bailed on us all right
all right let’s look at the next example
Sally was scheduled to go with her
friends on their extended vacation trip
to Europe but she canceled at the last
minute okay
so extended means to be longer than
normal okay longer then normal or longer
than usual so let’s say for example your
vacation is normally one week but you
decide that this year you want to take a
two-week vacation that means your
vacation is longer or extended okay all
right let’s keep going everyone was
shocked because they had been planning
the trip for ages okay
for ages that just means for a very long
time okay again for a very long time we
use this a lot in English alright now
they were all stressed out because they
were going to have to find someone else
to take her place okay stressed out this
expression just means extremely or very
stressed okay extremely stressed alright
so in this actual example we can see
that she did what she canceled at the
last minute so now we’re gonna see how
we can change this to use the slang term
bail alright so right here again we have
canceled and if we bring it over here
we’ll see that we have bailed so again
we just replaced the word canceled with
bail alright great job all right now
example number three my friend and I
went to a concert last night but in the
middle of the first song she got a text
message from her boyfriend when she
looked up from her phone looked up from
I could tell that she was about to leave
the concert to go see her boyfriend okay
all right
looked up from so let me use this let me
use a picture to explain to you all how
this will be so let’s say for example
someone is right here okay alright now
this woman let’s give her some hair
right here she’s currently looking down
right maybe she has her phone in her
hand and she’s looking down then she
transitions to actually looking up and I
remember she looked at her friend she
looked up at her friend okay alright so
she went from looking down and now she’s
looking up so she looked up from alright
okay and again what words do we see here
that we can use instead of bail or that
we can use bail instead of she was about
to leave the concert alright so let’s go
to the next screen so again we have
right here leave and we come over here
and it is replaced by what bail on me
okay so again same meaning leave and
bail on me that’s the example we can use
for this one okay great job all right
now let’s move on to the next one so now
we have 29 left here we go the next one
is feeling blue again feeling blue now
the meaning of this actual slang phrase
is to feel depressed sad or down okay
this can be used specifically when
someone seems to be acting a little sad
or not as joyful or happy as they
usually our okay so again we say feeling
blue now let’s look at some examples all
right example number one last week my
friend called to tell me that she would
be moving to the other side of the
country now when we use this expression
we just mean to the opposite side okay
let’s say this is America and currently
my friend is living on this side of
America the west coast and she has to
move all the way to the other side the
east coast of America so if this happens
instead of saying she moved to the East
Coast I can say she moved to the other
side completely opposite side of America
okay all right let’s keep going the news
took me by surprise so I tried to sound
happy for her took me by surprise just
means very surprised okay you weren’t
expecting the news it was sudden okay
all right but I was really depressed for
the next few days alright so again what
do we see here that could replace
feeling blue well we know that feeling
blue is this phrase is used to express
sadness or depression but it is not used
to express deep sadness or depression
just remember that it’s not used to
express deep sadness or depression so
let’s see how we can replace this word
with the feeling blue slang phrase okay
here we go so we have feeling depressed
right here and when we come on this side
the only thing we have to do is replace
it with feeling blue I was really
depressed I was really feeling blue okay
great job alright now the next example I
have been a little sad lately but I
think it’s just because of this gloomy
weather we’ve been having
gloomy just means rainy and dark so ray
or dark or no sunlight okay no sunlight
all right it has been raining cats and
dogs for the last couple of days cats
and dogs so raining cats and dogs let me
highlight this as well just means
raining a lot okay
raining a lot okay really okay a lot of
rain all right okay so again we know
that feeling blue means sad or depressed
so what word can we replace it with we
have sad right here let’s go to the next
screen so instead of sad we can come
right over here and we can say I’ve been
feeling blue
same meaning just replacing it okay very
good job all right next we have the
doctor noticed that is patient seemed to
be depressed so he decided to switch up
their conversation okay switch up just
means to change okay to change all right
so let me show you visually let’s say
for example that there are two people
right here and let’s say one of them
maybe is the doctor and the doctor is
talking to his patient okay and the
patient is listening but he wants to
change this conversation so first they
were talking about maybe medicine right
but now he wants to switch the
conversation and change it to family
okay so he wants to change it to a
conversation about family so you can say
switch up alright okay let’s keep going
he wanted to help his patient think
about something that was more pleasant
okay so pleasant just means happy or
enjoyable something that makes you feel
good okay all right so in this example
what word do
see we see depressed so let’s move on
and see how this changes when we try to
use the slang terminology or the slang
phrase okay here we go right here
feeling blue so his patient seemed to be
depressed over here his patient seemed
to be feeling blue excellent job
all right now let’s move on to the next
one okay now the next one is a buck one
more time a buck all right now a buck
this means an American dollar that’s
right an American dollar okay this can
be used whenever someone is speaking
about money it basically replaces the
word dollar okay all right now let’s see
some examples using this slang word okay
all right the little boy was in shock
when he looked at the tag on the jeans
so in shock means total or complete
surprise not being able to speak
completely shocked okay when he looked
at the tag on the jeans so the tag just
refers to that little piece of paper
inside of clothing when you went to buy
something okay let’s say this is like
this inside there’s usually a little tag
and this tag has the information about
who made the clothing in English we call
that a tag okay all right let’s keep
going the tag said that the jeans were
fifty dollars that was thirty dollars
more than he wanted to pay okay now one
thing what I remember is it is not
necessarily proper to use during
professional meetings or in business
situations remember that it’s not
necessarily proper to use this slang
term okay all right so let’s see how we
can change it now again what do we see
we see dollars and we also see dollars
here so next screen
instead of using dollars here we just
changed it one time we come right over
here and we changed it to bucks very
good now again you can change it here as
well if you’d like okay I only changed
one just for the example but wherever
the word dollar is you can replace it
with buck or bucks okay all right
example two
he offered me $10,000 to do the job but
I told him no my father told me to
always beware of get-rich-quick schemes
okay beware it means to be careful okay
to be careful and get rich quick schemes
so these are plans that cannot be
trusted okay that cannot be trusted and
usually they promise lots of money in a
short time so they promise lots of money
in a very short amount of time so we
have to be careful with get-rich-quick
schemes all right so again we know that
a buck refers to a dollar so we see
dollars right here so let’s go to the
next screen so we have this dollars
right here and we’re gonna go to the
other side and we see boom right there
we see bucks so we can replace dollars
with bucks all right great job now
example number three I went to the mall
with my friends yesterday to do some
shopping but when I checked my wallet or
let’s change this to when I looked in
okay when I looked inside looked in my
wallet I only had $10 so needless to say
I didn’t buy anything at the mall okay
so this is a very good expression to
know needless to say it just means of
course so if you don’t have any money of
course you won’t be able to buy anything
so in English we say needless to say so
needless to say I didn’t buy anything at
the mall I
just did some window shopping window
shopping just means to look but not
purchase okay look but not purchase okay
we say window shopping all right okay so
what word do we see in here let’s look
for dollars right here now let’s go to
the next screen
okay so we have dollars right here now
let’s see if we see it on the opposite
side boom right here okay so again the
same meaning we have dollars and we have
bucks right here very good all right now
let’s move on to the next slang phrase
or slang word all right we have the
slang word creep okay here we go
this slang word means an unpleasantly
weird strange or AB normal abnormal
means not normal person okay it says
this can be used when speaking about
someone you do not like or who makes you
feel very uncomfortable when you are
around when they are around you okay all
right so let’s look at some examples
using this slang word here we go all
right Michelle said that the guy she met
at the party last night was a real jerk
okay
jerk is also another word for a really
rude person okay no manners all right he
kept making comments about her outfit
and her body she was uncomfortable the
whole night okay so the actual word that
we can try to replace it with is right
here jerk but I want us to remember
something
be very careful using this word because
it is an insult it is mainly used to
describe men who treat women in a weird
way or act in a rude way so be careful
when you use this slang word all right
so let’s see how this change is okay so
again same example but just one word is
changed right here okay
night was a real right here we have
night was a real jerk and here we have
night was a real creep okay you can use
them interchangeably alright next
example as the woman walked by the men
working outside they started to whistle
and scream at her she hated with guys
made cat calls so she decided to say
something cat calls this is something we
use in English it just means usually
when guys are outside and they’re
working some guys not all guys they’re
outside and they’re working or they see
a beautiful woman what they’ll do is
they’ll try to talk to her now that’s
not a problem but if they make rude
comments and they call the girl and they
don’t treat her like a lady then that is
actually called a cat call okay so it
means to whistle or yell out for a woman
okay yell out at or for a woman okay and
we usually don’t like that okay we use I
don’t like when guys do that all right
so we say cat call okay so she turned
around and yelled out you guys are rude
all right so what word do we see here
the word that we see is rude but now
we’re gonna see how can we replace rude
with creep so let’s go to the next
screen here we go so we only have rude
right here but when we bring it over
here and try to replace it with creep
this is what happens she yelled out
creeps so you has been taken away guys
and ours are taken away and we replaced
it with just the word creeps okay all
right good job
next example her ex-boyfriend was a real
Punk now Punk again is similar to jerk
or rude guy or rude person okay after
they broke up okay
broke up she found out that he had been
hitting on two other girls in their
class okay hitting on this just means
flirting
with okay flirting with two other girls
in their class but when she approached
him about it he just told her to get
over it all right so approach Tim means
to ask directly okay to ask directly and
get over it means to stop worrying about
it
okay stop worrying about it all right
okay all right so in this example what
do we see we see the word Punk because
it’s similar to jerk alright so let’s
see how this is gonna change so we have
Punk right here and then again we’re
gonna come over to the change-up and we
see boom right there we just replaced
the word directly with the slang term
creep all right great job now let’s move
on to the next slang word or slang
phrase the next phrase is actually couch
potato again couch potato
okay this slang phrase refers to a lazy
person who spends the majority of their
time doing things that can be done while
sitting on a couch usually watching
television okay this can be used when
speaking about friends yourself or other
people in general all right now we need
to look at some examples using this
slang phrase so here we go mark is a
real lazy guy and doesn’t like to
participate in any activity that makes
him tired or sweaty okay sweaty just
means to have a lot of sweat on your
body okay to have a lot of sweat on your
body so a lot of times athletes will
experience this okay on your body
alright his behavior really ticks his
mother off but she tries to be patient
with him alright tics his mother off so
ticking somebody off means to
you really annoy or anger someone okay
to really annoy or anger something or
someone okay so take his mother off it
means it really annoys his mother or
angers his mother all right now one
thing to remember is even though it
refers to a person being lazy there is a
bit of humor included within this slang
phrase okay all right now what we see
here is lazy guy right we see lazy guy
and we’re gonna see how we can replace
this with couch potato so here we go we
have lazy guy right here and then we’re
gonna come over here and we see boom we
replace it with couch potato and it’s
the exact same sentence and the exact
same meaning all right good job all
right let’s move on to the next example
many doctors call people who live a
sedentary lifestyle lazy because they
usually lay around or just lay around
watching TV all day
now sedentary just means not moving or
not moving a lot okay or not moving a
lot okay sedentary all right now this is
a very dangerous habit according to the
research of many doctors ok so again
we’re trying to find what words can we
replace with couch potato okay so people
who live a sedentary lifestyle so maybe
this is what’s going to be replaced when
we go to the next screen so here we go
we have sedentary lifestyle well we
still see that’s right there but we have
right here lazy so instead of lazy they
have couch potato okay so we’re gonna
bring this over here do a little squid
right there squiggle all right very good
okay let’s move on to the next example
example number three
a lot of people become lazy during
football season on Sundays they just sit
in front of the television from morning
until night watching football games all
day now all of these words are very
simple but again what do we see become
lazy so let’s look at the next screen
and see if there is a connection well if
we bring it over here we can see become
couch potatoes all right
so the same meaning okay now let’s move
on to our next slang word or phrase now
we have the word cram okay the slang
word cram this slang word means to study
feverishly before a test it means very
hard and very quickly it is typically
done after neglecting to study
consistently prior to the test okay this
can be used specifically when someone is
preparing for a big or important test
all right so let’s see some examples
using this slang word the students had
to study quickly for the test because
they forgot to look at the syllabus now
the syllabus is just what we call in
English the paper or the term schedule
your teacher normally gives you so let’s
say for example it’s for the fall
semester for 2019 okay and your teacher
will give you the dates and then also
tell you the assignments okay and then
even maybe he or she will give you the
test dates and other things but this
actual form or paper that the teacher
gives to you is called a syllabus so the
term plan for that year okay all right
let’s continue they had all assumed that
the final test was cancelled but they
were wrong okay assume it means to think
something okay to think so you’re
assuming to think based on a situation
okay
so you’re guessing or let’s say to think
or guess let’s do guess based on a
situation all right now remember this
slang usually applies to someone who has
not prepared well so it is not a
compliment all right okay
so let’s move on to see how we’re gonna
replace this because again we’re talking
about cramming so maybe it’s studied
quickly for the test let’s see if that’s
what’s going to be replaced so here we
have right here the students had to
study quickly for the test and we go
over here the students had to cram for
the test so see right here
what we did was instead of study quickly
for we said cram for all right okay
very good job all right example number
two I was on vacation last month and I
missed four classes so when I came back
and found out that our exam was the next
day I had to study hard all night in
order to prepare for the exam okay very
simple it’s very easy example now when
we come over here though so we have
right here had to study hard all night
right so on this side we say I had to
cram all night
so again study hard all night is
replaced with cram all night okay very
good
alright the next example the young woman
told her friend that she forgot about
her test so she had to do an all-nighter
in order to quickly prepare for it do an
all-nighter this means to either study
or work all night okay to study or work
all night and usually with no sleep okay
with no sleep okay
sometimes college or university students
do this a lot when they have to study
for an important exam they have to cram
for the exam okay all right but her
facial
expression did it look like she was
confident in her test results okay so
let’s see how we can change this in the
next on the next screen okay
here we go so what we see on the left
side is quickly prepare for it then
we’re gonna come on the right side and
what do we see in order let’s bring it
down a little bit right here in order to
cram for it alright so again quickly
prepare and cram replaces it okay all
right very good so let’s move on to the
next example right now we have crash
once again crash all right this slang
word means to fall asleep suddenly after
being extremely exhausted okay it is
mainly used when talking about people
who have worked hard or studied for a
long period of time and feel exhausted
alright so let’s see some examples using
this slang word here we go my friend and
I ran a marathon yesterday morning and
it was great but after we refueled with
a big lunch we both went home and
immediately fell asleep for the rest of
the day now refueled so when you are
exhausted usually let’s say for example
someone decides to go running well they
have a lot of sweat they’re very tired
because they actually ran for so long
and they have no more energy so their
energy level is all the way at 0% so
what do they have to do they usually go
to eat some nourishing food and this
food actually gives them energy to keep
going
so they go from zero to 100% energy
they refueled okay all right now before
we continue remember this slang usually
applies to someone who falls asleep
suddenly and for a long time it is also
hard to wake them up so think about it
if they were at 0%
they were extremely tired even though
they refueled they were still sleepy and
exhausted okay as far as being tired
okay all right
so we see went home and immediately fell
asleep all right so let’s see if that’s
gonna be what changes so we go over here
immediately fell asleep and we see
remember suddenly and we see and crashed
for the rest of the day so this is all
replaced with one slang word all right
very good
now let’s look at the next example the
medical student pulled an all-nighter
for the first time at work and went to
sleep as soon as he got home he was
extremely exhausted okay
all right so in English when we say pull
an all-nighter this just means to do
something all night okay to do something
all night so it can be work it can be
studying okay all night all right we
just use this connection pulled an
all-nighter so you guys can use that too
all right so again crash is what we’re
looking at so went to sleep as soon as
let’s see if that’s the part that will
change so next screen went to sleep and
then we’re going to bring it over here
and we see crashed all right so all of
this was replaced with one word again
crashed okay all right next example my
husband worked all day around the house
fixing things so when it was time for
bed
he completely knocked out okay knocked
out just means to fall
asleep okay to fall asleep quickly all
right fall asleep quickly I’m kind of
giving you guys the answer right here he
was literally knocked out in less than
one minute so what are we looking at
since we said right here knocked out and
we know that crash refers to falling
asleep suddenly let’s see what happens
on the next screen so we say completely
knocked out we come over here and we see
completely crashed very good excellent
job okay
all right so let’s move on to the next
slang word or phrase now we have down to
earth again down to earth all right
this slang phrase means someone who is
very easy to be around and talk to it
also refers to someone who is not
concerned with status or rank you know
rich or poor they don’t care or rank
instead they treat all people the same
all right the usage it is mainly used
when talking about people who are
easygoing and personable everyone loves
them okay all right so let’s look at
some examples here we go the first
example is all the students love the
professor because he is so nice he takes
time to speak with them here you go
he takes time to speak with each and
every student and he genuinely seems to
care okay takes time means he gives time
or sets aside time for students okay or
sets aside time all right now you need
to remember that this slang phrase is
used as a compliment in a positive way
all right so again we know that
down-to-earth means something good so it
describes the person in a good way so
what do we see in this example we see
right here nice so let’s see what
happens on the next screen he is so nice
and then we bring it over here and
see he is so down to earth again same
meaning but now we’re using slang easy
to talk to very comfortable people like
him alright next example even though he
is a billionaire you would never know it
by talking to him he really just seems
like a regular guy
he is so kind alright this one is very
simple as well so again we can move to
this one quickly it says he is so kind
alright so the next screen instead of so
kind we can change this too
he is down-to-earth alright very good
number three the president visited our
school today so the students were quite
nervous to speak with him but after he
came in and talked to them they realized
that he is a really nice guy everyone
was super comfortable around him super
just means very or extremely okay very
or extremely alright so again in this
sentence what do we see in this example
what do we see he is a really nice guy
alright so let’s see how we can change
that up we have really nice guy and
let’s bring it over here and we have a
really down-to-earth guy so really nice
guy and down-to-earth guy all right very
good
ok let’s move on to the next one ok
drive up the wall drive up the wall all
right so this slang phrase means to
irritate or annoy
this can be used to describe annoyance
for a person thing or situation ok so
it’s very useful right so let’s look at
some examples using this slang phrase
this project is making me crazy all
right I don’t know how to solve this
problem I
they just want to stop and move on to
something else okay move on to something
else so move on okay move on just means
to stop and do another thing okay to
stop and do another thing so you’re
moving from situation a and you’re going
to situation B why because you stopped
doing this all right okay good job
now again dry with the wall means to
irritate or to anoint right so let’s
look at this part really quickly this
slang phrase expresses extreme annoyance
so be careful when you use it the other
person may get offended just be careful
when you use this actual slang a phrase
okay all right so we have the project is
making me crazy so let’s see what
happens we move on to the next screen
making me crazy what happens we can
change that to driving me up the wall
okay driving me up the wall very good
all right example number two the woman’s
children were annoying her they were
screaming and running around all day
she had no peace very simple all easy
words but they were what uh knowing her
so on the next screen we’ll see how we
can actually replace annoying her with
you got it driving her up the wall same
meaning as annoying her very good all
right one more example using this slang
phrase her incessant whining is
irritating me now incessant just means
non-stop okay non-stop no breaks alright
and whining means to cry and complain
okay but usually it’s kind of a whiny or
a high-pitched voice okay to cry or in
complain alright
it says I don’t think I can take it
anymore so what do we see in this
example that can become replaced we say
irritating me let’s see what happens in
the next screen on the next screen we
have irritating me we’re gonna bring it
over here and we see driving me up the
wall
we replaced it with driving me up the
wall okay very good
alright let’s move on to the next one
here we go
for real again for real all right
this means this slang word is a
proclamation of honesty it is used to
reassure the listener that what the
speaker is saying is actually true okay
now this can be used to help the
listener have more confidence in what
the speaker is saying so let’s see
exactly what the examples show us for
this slang phrase here we go
no I’m serious the professor said that
if we finish this project we won’t have
to take the final exam okay now again
just explain this final exam just refers
to the last exam someone has to take
okay the last exam all right now really
quickly remember it is not something
that is used in a professional or
business environment this slang is
mainly used in an environment with
friends okay so it’s a very casual slang
phrase alright so now let’s see exactly
so we said for real means something of
honesty and you want to reassure someone
so the thing that we see in this example
is I’m serious so let’s go to the next
screen and see how I’m serious changes
to this slang for
here we go we see it right here
I’m for real it means the exact same
thing as I’m serious all right
okay example number two really are you
telling me that you don’t know anything
about the dent in my car now dent okay
so this term just refers to the mark or
the indentation that may happen so let
me explain it using a picture let’s get
a simple car right here all right
so nothing is wrong with this car but if
this car gets into an accident there’s
something that happens if the car
crashes right here
there’s a mark or an imprint of the
other car that it collided with okay so
that impact can cause a dent in one of
the cars okay so a mark or an impression
on one of the cars okay all right let’s
keep going you were the last one to
drive it and you still have the keys all
right all of the other words and phrases
are simple but again for real means
honest or serious so what word do you
see or what words do you see in this
example okay are you telling me that you
don’t know anything about that debt in
my car well before that is said the
person says really but they use it with
a question mark so let’s go to the next
screen and see what happens so here we
have really like honestly are you
serious and it can be replaced with you
guessed it right here for real so for
real can also be used as a question or a
statement just remember that okay all
right very good now the next example I
really like him truly everything about
him is great and to top it off he loves
children
okay so to
top it off this expression is also very
useful in English okay so this is giving
let’s do the in a better benefit okay a
better benefit or bigger benefit or to
add to something that’s already good
okay to add to something that is already
good okay something good now the
opposite is also true with this phrase
so it can be a positive phrase or it can
be a negative phrase okay so again
instead of adding to something good this
one is going to be adding to something
bad okay and instead of giving a better
benefit you can give a worse benefit all
right so let me explain it for example
let’s say there’s a classroom and there
are lots of students and the students
are listening to their professor and the
professor who is at the front tells the
students that they have to write a
report by the next day so of course all
of the students are shocked because they
have 24 hours to write an entire paper
that is already a bad situation but to
top it off they must write a paper that
is 10 pages long that is even worse than
just writing a report so to top it off
it has to be 10 pages so again this
expression can be negative or positive
all right so let’s keep going with this
example I think he will make a great
husband one day okay all right so all of
those words are very simple now again
for real means seriously or honestly so
what do we see we see truly so let’s see
what happens when
move onto the next screen alright so
again we have truly on this side let’s
see how it changes when we replace it
with the slang you got it for real so I
really like him truly becomes I really
like him for real
emphasizing that you were honest or
serious okay all right now let’s move on
to the next English slang turn here we
go going Dutch all right so the meaning
of this actual slang is when each person
this is used when each person usually in
a dating scenario pays for his or her
own me okay so again pays for his or her
own meal this can be used in both casual
and business situations so even though
this is a slang phrase it’s used very
often in both situations all right so
let’s look at an example okay the first
example when my friend and I go out to
eat we usually pay separately alright so
go out to eat I think you guys know what
that means but again whenever you eat
outside or eat at a restaurant okay we
say go out to eat all right okay now one
thing to remember is this is a common
practice this going Dutch is a common
practice in America so you don’t
necessarily have to say it when you are
with friends because everyone kind of
knows that’s how you eat when you go out
together all right
okay so what word do we see that kind of
shows that they are not paying for each
other well we see pay separately all
right so let’s go to the next screen and
see how that changes so on the Left we
have pay separately and then we’re going
to come over to this side and see how it
changes go dutch alright so you see
usually go dutch usually pay separately
the same meaning alright good job
next we have many people believe that on
the first date the man is supposed to
treat the woman all right so in this
situation right here we have supposed to
treat the woman what does this word
treat mean okay in this situation treat
just means to pay for or care for okay
pay for or care for it means to give all
of the money pay for the food and the
drink and everything else okay
so if a guy suddenly suggests paying
separately on the first date it may not
be a good sign okay so now again we know
that going Dutch means paying separately
so what do we see you got it we see it
right here paying separately so let’s go
to the next screen and see how this is
going to change so we have paying
separately right here we’re gonna bring
it over here and see what happens going
Dutch alright so so if a guy suddenly
suggests paying separately and then it
changes to so if a guy suddenly suggests
going Dutch now you can change it
alright great job one more example
paying separately is a common practice
in America but the opposite is true in
South Korea so again common practice
means that usually everyone does it okay
everyone does it
or the majority of people do it okay it
is very common all right
many times the oldest will pay for the
entire meal that’s something that
actually happens in South Korea it was
very nice when I lived there so I would
pay sometimes and then other friends
would pay as well okay now what do we
see here again that has the same meaning
as going Dutch we have it right here
paying separately
right so let’s go to the next screen and
see how this paying separately changes
so we go over here and we see that it
changes to going Dutch but everything
after it is the same is a common
practice okay all right great job now
we’re gonna move on to our next English
slang phrase or turn so the next slang
phrase we have is the cold shoulder
again the cold shoulder all right now
this slang phrase means to deliberately
ignore someone now deliberately just
means on purpose okay
intentionally alright on purpose or
intentionally so again the word is
deliberately deliberately alright usage
this can be used in professional and
casual situations so feel free to use
this anytime alright okay so let’s look
at some examples using this slang phrase
here we go the young man wanted to be
friends with his ex but she kept
ignoring him now this is an easy way of
saying ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend
okay so ex girlfriend or boyfriend or
previous okay so this part right here
just means previous okay you are no
longer together but you were together at
one time so we say X so you can shorten
that this is also an extra slang this is
a bonus this is a bonus ex is a slang
phrase or word as well alright let’s
keep going so he eventually just gave up
and moved on to another girl alright
gave up means to stop trying okay to
stop trying to do something alright very
good
now remember something to remember it is
used we’re talking about this right here
the cold shoulder
is used when there seems to be a pattern
of someone ignoring another person in
other words if the person has ignored
someone more than once or continually we
say the cold-shoulder if it’s done over
and over again or repeatedly okay all
right now in the sentence or in this
example where do we see the person use
ignore well we see it right here kept
ignoring him and we’ll even add kept
right there so let’s go to the next
screen and see how does this turn into
the slang phrase above well we see it
right here kept giving him the cold
shoulder
all right so even though this is longer
than this
the meaning is understood and it’s slang
so if you use it you will sound more
like a native speaker okay great job
alright next example his friends started
ignoring him after they found out that
he had betrayed his best friend okay
all right so the word betrayed let me
explain it really quickly so betrayed
means to do something that breaks
confidence or trust okay to do something
that breaks confidence or trust now
don’t worry I’m gonna explain this very
clearly using a picture okay confidence
or trust so let’s say for example you
have two friends all right now these two
friends are very close so this friend
tells the other friend a secret and says
don’t tell anyone else but this friend
goes to someone else
and reveals the secret they actually
tell the secret now this is something
that breaks confidence or trust so we
say betrayed so again this
friend betrayed this friend okay all
right let’s keep going
he immediately regretted his decision
okay he regret it which means he too
felt bad so to feel bad about an action
okay to feel bad about an action okay
all right so in this example where do we
see something that regards or relates to
or refers to ignoring we see it right
here started ignoring him so let’s go to
the next screen and let’s see how does
this change into our slang phrase we go
right over here and we see it right
there giving him the cold shoulder again
everything before is the same everything
before is the same all right great job
so let’s move on to our next example her
husband was ignoring her because he was
still mad about the situation but she
decided that it was time for the silence
between them to end so she told him they
needed to talk now these words are
fairly easy and very simple so let’s
just look for the part that refers to
ignoring right here it says her husband
was ignoring her so how is that gonna
change in the next screen again we have
ignoring her right here we’re gonna
bring it over here and we see her
husband was giving her the cold shoulder
again remember this is something that is
continual okay there’s a pattern not
just one time all right so very very
good all right let’s move on to the next
English slang phrase or word here we go
give ring once again give ring now this
slang phrase just means to give someone
a call that’s right to give someone a
call either on a cell phone or on a
house phone okay
now this can be used when you want to
call someone about something specific so
an issue a topic or a situation in other
words it is most commonly used when
there is a specific purpose for a phone
call so let’s look at some examples
using this slang phrase here we go my
boss told me to call him after I
finished my team meeting so that we
could discuss our plans for the upcoming
year ok up coming all right this means
the one on its way ok the one in the
future the one in the future all right
ok but right in front of you alright now
before we keep going I want you to
remember something it can be used in
professional and casual situations so
feel free to use this as much as you
want alright so what part of this
example refers to a call we see my boss
told me to call him alright so moving to
the next screen let’s see now what
happens we see call him right here and
then we bring it over here and what do
we see give him a ring everything before
is the same and everything here is also
the same so again instead of call him we
used give him a ring all right
example number two my friend hasn’t been
around for a while so I decided to give
her a call to check up on her
ok check up just mean so check up on
just means to see if someone is ok ok if
someone is ok so to call them and say
hey how are you hey are you feeling
better alright we say check up on
someone all right but she didn’t answer
when I called so again what do we see
right here give her a call to check up
on her now again remember we said give a
ring is
for a specific reason well the specific
reason was to check up on her so going
to the next screen again we have give
her a call and then we bring it over
here and what do we see
give her ring now I’m showing you this
because you can see now how to change
regular English into slang very easily
alright great job let’s move on to
number three hey I’m a little busy right
now but I will give you a call back in
about thirty minutes so that we can talk
about the program again we have a
specific purpose for the call all right
so again all the words and expressions
are very easy so what do we see I will
give you a call back so looking at our
next screen give you a call back becomes
what let’s bring it over here change it
out and we see give you a ring back all
right now you see Bacchus here and we
just added it and we put it on the end
of the slang phrase very good all right
let’s move on to the next slang phrase
or slang word now we have heiped now I
use this a lot heiped okay
all right heiped means this slang word
is used to express a very excited state
so let’s say for example people are at a
basketball game right and the players
are playing on the court and everyone is
excited to watch the basketball game as
they watch the players play and one
player goes up and shoots the ball and
what happens the ball goes right in the
net and the crowd is very happy right
the crowd is excited as they watch the
game so very excited they are hyped all
right now the usage this can be used
when speaking about sporting events
that’s why I gave you all the example
the basketball event okay it can be used
for big programs or any event that is
out of the normal routine
okay so let’s look at some examples
using this word here we go
we all went to the basketball game
yesterday it was a close game so we were
super excited when our team won all
right
so close game just means that the score
was close okay so it means that let’s
say team a and Team B throughout the
whole game let’s say team a had 25
points team B had 24 points so the only
difference between their scores was one
point so if this team scored then this
team would score if this team scored
this team would score back-and-forth we
call that a close game all right now
super excited we add super in front of a
word to emphasize okay so it’s used for
emphasis
all right now remember this slang hyped
right here is always used to express the
positive feelings
someone has okay all right so let’s go
on and let’s see exactly what this will
look like if we change this okay so
right here we have super excited now
let’s go over here and we’ll change it
to what you got it super hyped all right
now again I just left super here to show
you again this for emphasis but we
literally just changed one word
okay very good next we have the concert
is scheduled to start in two hours okay
so again scheduled to start it means
supposed to okay s’posed to alright or
there’s a plan for it to happen at that
time all right I am so excited to see
him sing he is my favorite artist of all
so again what do we see here so excited
where is that you got it so excited so
if we go to the next screen so excited
turns to what I am so you got it height
again this is a slang term that means
excited alright very good
example number three the kids were super
excited now you remember super is just
for emphasis when they heard that they
were going on an extended field trip to
Florida now extend it again I mentioned
earlier longer than normal okay
longer then normal or usual okay all
right there shouts and screams of joy
could be heard throughout the entire
school
so again entire this just means whole
okay this just means whole school all
right so what do we see they were super
excited so let’s go to the next screen
super excited turns to what you got it
you already guessed it excellent job
super hyped all right great job so let’s
move on to the next slang word or slang
phrase now we’re gonna look at hang out
once again hang out alright this slang
phrase means to casually gather together
or spend time with someone in a social
manner okay this can be used to describe
the time spent with friends or family
all right so let’s look at some examples
using this slang phrase here we go
no one had any money yesterday so we all
just decided to spend time together at
my place and watch movies okay my place
just refers to my home or my apartment
okay it’s another way of actually saying
that quickly my home or my apartment
okay
it actually turned out to be a great
night okay
turn out just means the result okay
the result of whatever was being
speaking spoken of okay all right we
laughed and talked for hours so the
words are pretty simple in this example
but what do we see that refers to
spending time right here spend time
together so let’s go to the next screen
how does this change into the actual
slang word or slang phrase here we go we
decided to hang out at my place
alright so spend time together literally
just becomes hang out okay very good
example number two my friends and I
usually try to spend time together once
a week because we enjoy spending time
together but sometimes we get too busy
to get together because of work okay
again these are all very simple now I do
want you to remember something
it is not used to describe professional
situations so hang out is not used in
professional situations alright so what
do we see in this example that refers to
spending time together we see two
examples actually we see spend time
together here once a week and then we
see it also here spending time together
so let’s go to the transition and see
what happens so for the transition we
just have one spend time together we’re
gonna grab it bring it over here
and we’re going to change it to we try
to hang out again once a week everything
after is the same okay alright great job
number three a lot of teenagers enjoy
spending time with their friends at the
mall even though they don’t really spend
any money they all just enjoy being
together okay so this is very simple
everyone understands most of the words
in this example so what do we see that
refers to spending time right here
spending time with their friends okay so
let’s look at the transit
so instead of spending time we can
transition to you got it hanging out
with their friends again everything
after it is the same very good okay so
again hang out alright let’s move on to
the next slang word or slang phrase the
next one is jack up once again jack up
alright so for this one this slang
phrase means an abrupt increase
typically in the price of something now
abrupt just means sudden okay not
planned or sudden now this can be used
to express shock or surprise because of
the sudden increase in price so I want
you to think about something let’s say
you’re going to the store and you want
to buy something you normally buy on a
regular basis and usually this thing
that you buy is only five dollars but
the price got changed suddenly and now
it’s fifteen dollars when you see this
what’s going to happen you are going to
actually be completely shocked so in
that situation you would say jack up the
prices were increased suddenly they were
jacked up okay alright so let’s look at
some examples using this slang phrase
alright now here we go I heard on the
news that McDonald’s increased its
prices last year in order to earn extra
money all right
now in order to okay this just means so
that something could happen okay so that
something can happen
alright now really quickly though I want
you to remember something about this
actual slang phrase it is not something
that is used in a professional or
business environment this slang is
mainly used in an environment with
friends
okay so what do we see in this example
that refers to an increase in prices we
have it right here
increased its prices so let’s go to the
next screen how does this increase its
prices change well when we bring it over
here we see right there
jacked up its prices this portion
literally just replaced increased
because the meaning is sudden or abrupt
all right all right example number two I
don’t agree with how the company
increased the prices at the last minute
okay at the last minute
this means almost at the end okay almost
at the end right so right before
something closes okay at the last minute
in my opinion people are going to stop
buying our products if we continue to do
things like that all right so the words
are very simple in this example now what
do you see that refers to increasing
prices excellent job
right here increased the prices now
again at the last minute means abruptly
why because you’re almost at the end so
next screen increased the prices what
happens we see that it becomes jacked up
the prices very good okay all right next
example since the supermarket around the
corner increased the prices of their
veggies veggies right here I decided to
drive to the other supermarket veggies
is just a short version or a short form
of the word vegetables okay so you can
say veggies instead of vegetables all
right all right let’s keep going
even though it is 20 minutes away I’m
still happy that I was able to save some
money okay all right so what do we see
in this example that refers to prices
being increased you got it
excellent job increased the prices so
let’s go to the next screen increase the
prices
becomes what you got it jacked up the
prices so again now you’re able to use
this slang phrase very easily alright so
let’s move on to the next slang phrase
or word knock one more time knock all
right so this slang word is a way of
speaking negatively about someone or
something this can be used to bad-mouth
something or someone you don’t like okay
so let me explain this real quick maybe
something you’ve never heard badmouth
this is how you can understand bad mouth
let’s say you have someone all right I’m
gonna draw the person’s face really
quickly all right so this person is
saying something right and they’re
saying it out of their mouth now when
you speak you can say good words or you
can say bad words right so if what
you’re saying has a negative feeling or
a negative approach or thoughts or
inside of what you’re saying regarding
something else you are bad-mouthing so
for example let’s say you said um
veggies are not good okay veggies are
not good all right veggies are not good
now let’s say you have a person that
likes veggies so you say Matthew eats
veggies he is not good okay he is not a
good person now again I know this is
just an example no one would say this
but I’m trying to help you understand
what bad mouth is what bad mouthing is
it’s literally just speaking negatively
about someone or something okay all
right so let’s keep going and let’s see
some examples of how to use this slang
word here we go I have never tried
jackfruit I have heard mixed reviews
about it but my friend told me not to
discredit it until I try it for myself
all right
mixed reviews okay so the term Mik
means to have two different things
within one thing okay so again let’s do
mixed first all right so let’s say you
have a bowl right and this bowl has some
fruit inside of it all right now but
this fruit includes apples and oranges
and let’s say strawberries okay very
different types of fruits so this is a
bowl of mixed fruits okay so you
understand the term mixed now mixed
reviews is the same concept so reviews
are people’s opinions so let’s say one
person says yes this is good but another
person says no this is not good okay so
you have one person saying it’s good and
one person saying it’s bad but they’re
all talking about the same thing so
these are mixed reviews good and bad
together okay you understand very good
all right so she’s speaking about
jackfruit that means some people like
jackfruit and some people don’t like
jackfruit mixed reviews all right so the
next one was discredit okay
so this means to take away the validity
and you may have to look this one up
okay take away the validity or to speak
negatively okay to speak negatively
about something all right sorry guys I’m
writing fast about something okay
alright so again discredit so out of the
words that we looked at which one refers
to speaking negatively about something
you got it discredit it all right now
before we go to the next screen
remember knock this slang right here is
not something that is used in a
professional or business environment
this slang is mainly
used in an environment where you’re with
your friends okay so let’s go to the
next screen so again we said this right
here means to speak negatively about
something so we come over here and what
do we see
knock it so all we did was replace
discredit with knock okay very good
all right example number two there are
some things that I don’t agree with but
I still can’t say anything bad about the
new company for their innovative
business methods they are making lots of
money okay innovative means something
that is ahead of other people products
or things okay people products or things
so a new idea something that hasn’t been
done before so the best way you can
think about it is think about Apple okay
when Apple first came out with their
computer it had never been done before
that type of computer that Apple made ok
Macintosh had never been made before so
what happened that was an innovative
product okay that was an innovative
product so we call that innovative so in
this example what do we see that talks
about something negative so it says but
I still can’t say anything bad so let’s
see in the next screen how is this gonna
actually turn out so we say say anything
bad let’s take it over and what does
that become can’t knock the new company
so all of this became this right here
all right very good job let’s go to the
number three the chef told the people to
try the soup of the day but my friend
didn’t look interested so he looked at
my friend and said hey don’t say it’s
not good until you try it okay all right
so again their words in this example are
fairly simple so let’s see what
part of it speaks to something negative
don’t say it’s not good until you try it
so next screen here we go don’t say it’s
not good we bring it over here and it
becomes don’t knock it so all of these
words right here became knock it don’t
knock it until you try it and I’ll say
this this is actually a phrase that we
use very often in English don’t knock it
until you try it so you guys can know
that one as well
okay let’s move on to the next slang
here we go lighten up lighten up now
you’re saying it quickly we say lighten
up lighten up just for pronunciation
practice alright so here we go
this slang phrase means to relax and not
take things too seriously this can be
used to make an appeal to someone a
request who is acting uptight it means
very serious very strict and has no
leniency okay there only one way all
right so let’s look at some examples
using this slang my father was a bit of
a stickler for cleaning when we were
growing up now stickler means someone
who sticks by or abides by certain rules
okay by certain let’s do this change
this this see looks a little crazy here
we go by certain rules okay
they don’t deviate they don’t change all
right so since their dad was a stickler
okay but now that we are older we can
tell him to relax and take it easy take
it easy all right
so real quick before we move on to find
out what part of this refers to lighten
up I want you to remember something
about this slang
your tone of voice when using this slang
is important the softer you say it the
better however if you are irritated you
can say it a bit louder let me
explain so first what I’m gonna do is
softer hey lighten up now you can say
that and it’s soft and it’s okay but if
I say hey lighten up man
lighten up I did both of those on
purpose so you can see with the T sound
without the T sound okay to say it
quickly there’s no T sound so again be
careful when you’re using this slang all
right so what do we see in here that
refers to relax and take it easy you got
it right here relax and also take it
easy so let’s see on the next screen we
have right here take it easy
and we’re actually gonna change that to
lighten up
very good all right example number two
the coach was screaming at his players
throughout the entire basketball game so
one of the parents walked over to him
and told him that he needed to be easier
on the kids now again
lighten up means to relax and to not be
as aggressive so what do we see in this
example we see we needed to be easier on
the kids so let’s see right here easier
on the kids bring it over here to
lighten up on the kids add this part
right here so you see it just changes
exactly from be easier to lighten up all
right next we have when the teacher
realized that none of the students had
studied for a class she was livid all
right livid means to be extremely angry
okay extremely angry when someone is
livid usually they are screaming or they
are really about to outburst or make it
outburst okay but as she was about to
yell at him or yell at them she paused
and decided to relax a bit so what do we
see here we see that she decided to
relax a bit so how does this change we
have relax a bit right here and we bring
it over and we see lighten up a bit okay
very good so you see how you can change
from one side
to the other if you want to actually use
this slang very good okay let’s keep
going all right our next slang is pass
the buck once again
pass the buck all right this slang
phrase means to deflect responsibility
on to someone else in general the term
deflect just means to point it to
someone else and not your self
okay so again deflect can mean to point
or to put something to point or put
something on someone else okay on
someone or something else alright now
this can be used when someone does not
want to do something or when something
bad happens and no one wants to take
responsibility alright so let’s look at
some examples using this slang here we
go my boss tried to blame other people
when his boss asked about the status of
the project now the term status just
refers to the current state or situation
so one more time the current state let’s
take that away the current state or
situation okay or situation alright so
this example is very simple but I want
us to look at one important fact
regarding this slang we see it right
here this phrase can be used when you
disapprove of what they did or you
believe that they did not take
responsibility for something they should
have okay all right so inside of this
example what word do we see that could
mean that you got it Blaine alright so
going to the next screen
blame actually becomes pass the buck
okay everything before it is the same
and that is the same or the true
is true for the second example as well
okay or for the second part of the first
example all right
example number two when the two boys got
called into the principal’s office
the little boy tried to blame his friend
and said that he did not know anything
about what happened all right very
simple example but again what do we see
that actually means passed the buck you
got it try to blame his friend so if we
go to the next screen what do we see
blame his friend becomes what you see it
right here
pass the buck okay all right so
everything here has been changed to pass
the buck great job all right let’s move
on to number three even if it is a
difficult decision number time decision
don’t give the responsibility to someone
else true leadership is revealed in
difficult situations so the word true
you guys understand but I want to show
you what it means in this situation it
means real okay so real leadership is
revealed or shown in difficult
situations okay
revealed or shown alright so what do we
see in this example that means pass the
buck you got it right here we say don’t
give the responsibility to someone else
we’ll add this part too so moving on to
the next screen we see that don’t give
the responsibility to someone else
becomes don’t pass the buck so this long
phrase right here turns into this slang
phrase right here excellent job all
right let’s move on to the next slang
phrase the next phrase is piece of cake
once again piece of cake this is a very
commonly used English slang for
all right so the meaning this slang
phrase is used to describe something
that is easy or effortless something
that you can do without any difficulties
okay this can be used to describe an
easy task or duty all right okay so
let’s look at some examples using this
slang phrase here we go
I can do that for you I love working
with technology so it’s super easy for
me now I want us to look at this word
right here super now you’ve probably
heard that word before but when it is
combined with another word like this the
meaning is actually emphasized so
whatever the word is after it is
emphasized so we use it for emphasis
okay emphasis all right so super easy
means extremely easy all right now we
know piece of cake is referring to
something being easy so this is the part
that we’re going to look at on our next
screen but one thing I want you to
remember about this slang phrase is it
is not something that is used often in a
professional or business environment but
depending on the familiarity of those in
the group how well you guys know each
other it may be used in some meetings
okay all right so looking at this again
on the next screen super easy
becomes what you guessed it piece of
cake very good okay example number two
after driving for more than 20 years it
has become easy for me I feel like I can
even drive in my sleep now
drive in my sleep is actually another
English expression that has the same
meaning of piece of cake okay same
meaning ass piece of cake very easy now
it’s not literal you’re not gonna drive
when you’re sleeping but it’s so easy
that you don’t even feel like you have
to be conscious or awake to do it
alright so again what are we gonna
replay
it has become easy for me we’re gonna
replace that with piece of cake so on
the next screen easy for me becomes you
guessed it right here piece of cake for
me alright and we have the a added in
front of it okay alright very good and
example number three the exam was super
easy again I explained before when we
have super in front we’re using it for
emphasis all of the questions I studied
were on it so I had no trouble at all so
what are we gonna replace this with we
have super easy okay this is what’s
gonna be replaced with piece of cake so
next screen super easy
becomes you guessed it a piece of cake
excellent job alright so I want you guys
to try to use this one because it’s very
easy very easy to use piece of cake is a
piece of cake to use alright so try to
use it today alright let’s move on to
the next slang we have pig out once
again pig out okay this slang phrase is
used to describe someone binge eating
okay now I do want to explain what binge
eating means so let’s say for example
someone goes on a diet okay they have a
six-day diet so Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday and Friday okay for
these six days this person has agreed or
decided that they are only going to eat
fruits and vegetables okay only healthy
foods for six days now
six days can be a long time to do this
kind of diet now what happened is or
what happens is on that seventh day they
decide to eat pizza they decide to eat
ice cream they decide to also go out and
eat
French fries and they get lots of candy
now that is what we call binge eating
you go from eating all of this healthy
food to suddenly eating all of this junk
food you call that binge eating okay all
right so pig out can be used to describe
someone eating a lot after coming off of
a diet like we saw right here in this
example or someone eating without any
restraints without anything stopping
them okay all right so let’s look at
some examples using this actual slang
here we go
yesterday was a holiday so we decided to
eat four hours we ate pizza fries ice
cream cake candy and a whole bunch of
other stuff whole bunch now this just
means a lot this is another way of
saying a lot okay it was great
but our stomachs hurt now okay so these
words are very simple so where do we see
someone speaking of eating a lot of food
okay
we decided to eat for hours if you eat
for hours you’re eating a lot of food so
one thing to remember about this actual
slang is even though the word Pig is in
this slang phrase it is not meant to be
an insult not meant to be an insult okay
all right so instead of eating for hours
we have changed it to be pig out okay so
it’s the same meaning of eating for us
eating for hours okay alright next
example we ate junk food during our
entire vacation okay entire means whole
okay from start to finish or beginning
to end so when we got back home and
checked ourselves on the scale we were
not shocked to see that we had both
gained more than five pounds all right
now I want to explain what checked
ourselves means in this situation or
this example so I want you to imagine
that
there was a couple and the couple went
on vacation like it says in this example
and when they left the man was 210
pounds it was a big guy and the woman
was 140 pounds okay so they went on
vacation and when they came back they
decided to get on the scale
remember the scale is what we used to
actually check our weight and they
looked at the scale so again they
stepped on the scale and when they
stepped on the scale the number was
larger okay so they wanted to check what
this number was they wanted to check
themselves and like they said they had
both gained five pounds
the woman had gained five pounds okay
all right now back to the slang pig-out
so what do we see here that can refer to
eating a lot well we ate junk food
during our entire vacation so let’s look
at the next screen here we have we ate
junk food during our entire vacation
let’s stop there we’re gonna bring it
over here and we see we pig out during
our entire vacation so we ate junk food
when they ate a lot of junk food
we call that pigged out very good all
right example number three the doctor
told his patient that he could continue
to eat junk food all the time
he would eventually get diabetes those
words were enough to bring him back to
reality okay bring him back to reality
this expression just means to help him
see the real situation okay see the real
situation we say bring him back to
reality
okay very good all right so which part
of this refers to pig out you got it
excellent job
junk food all the time so on the next
screen so instead of to eat junk food
all the time
we’re gonna bring it over here and we
see to pig out all the time so instead
of eat junk food
we have pig out very good alright now
we’re gonna move on to our next slang
here we go the next one is screw up once
again screw up alright this slang phrase
is used when someone makes a mistake ok
this can be used to describe a big
mistake made that will possibly affect
other people alright so let’s look at
some examples using this slang here we
go the employee really messed up the
whole presentation when he forgot to
bring the USB Drive with the PowerPoint
file on it needless to say his boss
fired him later now needless to say this
is actually an expression that means of
course or obviously ok we can also say
obvious leave ok this is something we
use so you can also use that
needless to say because it was a big
presentation and he’d been a mistake he
made a mistake so his boss would have
been upset alright
so now again remember screw up means to
mess up so in this example where do we
see that you got it the employee really
messed up now one thing to remember
about this slang is it is not used for
small mistakes it’s used for bigger
mistakes ok all right so in the next
screen instead of really messed up what
do we have you got it really screwed up
very good ok next example when the girl
saw her friend’s face she knew she had
really messed up this time
but there was nothing that could be done
alright so very simple all easy
vocabulary words but what do we see she
had really messed up so on our next
screen really messed up becomes you got
it really screwed up
excellent job so messed up becomes
screwed up great job
alright an example number three he made
a decision that messed up his entire
life so much so that even his family
left him now so much so means on top of
okay on top of it’s also used to
emphasize how bad something was or is
okay so much so that even something else
happened alright okay so what do we see
messed up his entire life so on the next
screen we see that messed up his turns
too screwed up his so instead of messed
up we have screwed up very good alright
let’s move on to the next slang
this time we have plead the fifth
again plead the fifth alright this slang
phrase references the fifth Amendment of
the US Constitution which allows a
witness in court to refuse questions on
the basis that they may risk
self-incrimination okay this can be used
when you don’t want to answer a
difficult or awkward question about your
actions or comments all right so let’s
see an example of this slang phrase here
we go plead the fifth when you are
called to testify you can refuse to
answer whatever you want so testify
means to give proof or give information
about a situation okay about a situation
now this usually happens in a court of
law okay
all right for example if they ask you a
difficult question that you don’t want
to answer you can plead it right then
now this plead is referring to plead the
fifth but what part of this example
shows us refusing or not wanting to
answer something you got it right here
in the beginning
you can refuse to answer now before we
look at the next screen one important
thing that I want to bring to your
attention is it is only used talking
about plead the fifth when you really
don’t want to talk about something so
you must be careful when you use it
because people may become suspicious of
your reasonings for not wanting to
answer okay all right so let’s go to the
next screen so instead of refuse to
answer what do we have you can you got
it
plead the fifth okay all right very good
so let’s go on to the next example the
high school student tried to avoid
giving an answer when his parents asked
him where he had been all night but
after he saw the anger in his mother’s
eyes he decided to confess now confess
just means to tell the truth about what
happened okay to to tell the truth about
an action you did or something that
happened okay all right so in this
example where do we see someone refusing
or not wanting to give an answer right
here he tried to avoid giving an answer
so if we go to the next screen instead
of tried to avoid giving an answer we
can say right here he tried to plead the
fifth
very good all right now the third
example the man refused to answer when
his wife asked him why he had gotten
home so late again all of the words and
expressions are easy but where do we see
the refusal or not wanting to do
something right here he refused to
answer so on the next screen we’ll see
that instead of refused to answer we can
change it to he pleaded the fifth okay
very good very good all right let’s
move on to the next slang sweet sweet
all right so with this slang it is an
adjective that describes something that
is good or nice okay this can be used to
express your approval of something or
your approval for something good okay
all right so let’s see some examples
using this slang here we go
the new Mercedes is amazing I love the
new design this is a very simple example
but what do we see amazing right here
this is another way of saying good right
now before we move on to the next screen
one thing that you need to remember
about this slang is it is not something
that is used often in professional or
business environments however depending
on the familiarity how close or how
familiar you are with people in the
group it may be used in some meetings
okay all right
so let’s go to the next screen instead
of amazing we have you got it sweet very
simple to change this one okay all right
number two this new MacBook Pro is good
I am able to get all of my work done
much faster now okay in this situation
much is actually being used to emphasize
that it was a lot faster okay so used
for emphasis all right okay so what do
we see we see good this is what’s going
to be the word that will be replaced
with our slang of sweet all right very
good
all right an example number three isn’t
our new office great our boss said they
spent a boatload of money just to make
sure everything was perfect now this is
a very good word for you all to know
this is also kind of a slang but it’s a
word we use so think about it like this
I want you to imagine a large
boat okay this is a large boat and
normally boats are used to carry things
they have cargo and sometimes they have
people on them right
but boats go on the ocean and they’re
very large so boat load means a large
amount of something okay a large amount
of something all right good
okay so what do we see in this example
we see the word great that is very
similar to sweet so if you go to the
next screen instead of great we have you
got it sweet okay you can replace great
with sweet very good all right let’s
move on to our next slang here we go
the next one is tight once again tight
okay this slang word is an adjective
that describes closeness between
competitors people competing against
each other this can be used to basically
describe any type of close competition
all right now the examples are gonna
really help you all understand this one
here we go the presidential race is
pretty close it is hard to tell who will
win this year
now hard to tell means difficult to
guess okay difficult to guess or see or
know we say hard to tell okay now one
thing to remember about this slang is
that it can be used in professional and
casual situations it’s used very
commonly in both of those situations so
we see right here pretty close so we go
to the next screen
pretty close becomes pretty tight you
got it very good pretty tight okay all
right example number two the race
between Michael and Sam is really close
I’m not sure if Michael will be able to
out run
Sam this time out run just means to run
faster okay once again to run faster so
in this example what do we see we see
the race is really close so this really
close if we go on this side it becomes
really tight the same meaning everything
before and after is the same on both
examples okay all right number three
even though it is a close race I think
the Democratic candidate is going to win
all right easy words easy expressions
but we see a close race so we come over
here and a close race can be changed to
a tight race very good very simple one
rights easy for you to use this one okay
all right so let’s move on to the next
slang trash once again trash all right
so this slang word refers to destruction
okay it refers to destruction this can
be used to describe total or complete
destruction so let’s look at some
examples using this slang here we go
his mother was furious when she walked
into the house and saw the mess furious
just means extremely or very angry okay
extremely angry that’s what the word
furious means okay he had totally messed
up the house with his friends during a
party and his mom was beyond upset so in
this situation the term beyond means to
be a lot more okay a lot more so she’s a
lot more upset than usual alright so the
thing to remember about this slang is
that it is when in your opinion
something looks completely destroyed so
in this example what do we see
she saw the man
and also he had totally messed up the
house we can add that part right there
so if we go to the next screen we’re
gonna change this messed up the house
too
you guessed it he had trashed the house
so messed up becomes trashed all right
very good
example number two the students decided
to destroy the classroom because they
didn’t like their teacher so the
principal had to what expel them okay
expel means to be permanently removed
okay to be permanently removed or to
permanently remove someone okay they had
to be permanently removed and not
allowed back okay so in this example
where do we see trash we see destroy all
right so we go to the next screen
destroy is replaced with trash okay in
this one it’s a verb okay for this
example okay very good
alright number three the police spent
three weeks searching for the
individuals who had destroyed the
convenience store near my house a
convenience store is a store like
7-eleven a popular convenience store in
America you go to the store it’s a small
store that has the bare necessities okay
a small store with the bare necessities
so the main things that you may need all
right so water of course some food and
maybe like two your inner mouthwash
toothpaste those simple things can be
found in a convenience store all right
so what is the same or what word or
words have the same meaning of trash or
as trash we see right here destroyed so
we go to the next screen
destroyed actually becomes you guessed
it trashed everything before is the same
and everything after is also
saying very good all right now let’s
move on to the next slang
take a raincheck once again take a
raincheck
now it is commonly used for postponing
or rescheduling a meeting between people
to some later date that is more
convenient this can be used when you
desire to attend a meeting or gathering
but your schedule inhibits or prevents
or stops you from attending so let’s
look at some examples using this here we
go the woman asked the man if she could
reschedule their date because she had to
take care of her sick mother so this is
a very simple example but what do we see
here that speaks of changing something
you guessed it very good reschedule
their date this has the same meaning of
take or as take a raincheck
now you must remember it is not
something that is used often in
professional and business environments
you wouldn’t tell your boss can I take a
rain check we don’t do that in the
business world but we can use it in a
casual situation so if we go to the next
screen reschedule their date actually
becomes take a rain check on their date
okay
so let’s look at the next example he had
to work late so he asked the woman if he
could reschedule their date very similar
to the first example reschedule same
meaning as take a rain check if we go to
the next screen reschedule their date
becomes take a rain check on their date
ok very good
all right and number three I was
planning to come over but this storm is
getting pretty bad ok now in this one
we’re using pretty as a way to emphasize
ok it’s used for emphasis to emphasize
that it was really bad ok can i
reschedule
and we know this is actually something
that has the same meaning as take a
raincheck
so instead of can i reschedule we can
say can I take a rain check I want to be
there but I can’t can we reschedule okay
all right very good okay now let’s go to
the next slang spill the beans
once again spill the beans
now this slang phrase is used to
describe someone giving up revealing
giving up or revealing secret
information okay this can be used to
emphasize that someone revealed
information they should not have told ok
so let’s say for example you have these
individuals right here ok so this man
told his friend a secret now this secret
he told him not to tell any one else ok
he only told him however
this man right here went and told
someone else and he revealed his friends
secret so what happened this is actually
revealing information ok spilling the
beans all right ok very good so let’s
look at some examples using this actual
slang all right here’s the example we
planned a surprise birthday party for my
friend
but Barbara ended up accidentally
telling her ok so now for this example
before we get into the words because
it’s very simple
I want you guys to remember something
about this slang right here remember
that it is used when the information
revealed may have a negative effect on
some plans that were in place or on some
one okay all right so in this example
spill the beans
do we see that shows some secret being
revealed you got it
accidentally telling her so on the next
screen accidentally telling her becomes
you guessed it spilling the beans all
right example number two did she tell
anyone about the affair Michael was
having with that other woman now in
English affair refers to a sexual
encounter with someone other than your
spouse okay with someone that is not
that you are not with okay that you are
not with okay for example your spouse
okay you’re married to your husband or
your wife but you’re with someone else
we call that an affair okay so again
that’s something that is big news that’s
not something good but they said did he
or excuse me did she tell anyone okay
all right so in the next screen did she
tell anyone becomes did she spill the
beans so instead of telling me one we
can say spill the beans okay all right
next this is a very big secret so don’t
tell anyone this one is very easy
don’t tell anyone becomes you guessed it
don’t spill the beans okay so again you
can start to realize how easy it is to
replace the words you know for actually
English slang words or phrases okay very
good
all right let’s go to the next one the
next one is shoot the breeze
once again shoot the breeze I use this
all the time it’s a very common slang
but it’s a phrase that I use very often
with my friends okay this slang phrase
is used to describe killing time or
just idly chit-chatting or just doing
other meaningless things meaningless
things basically relaxing okay this can
be used to emphasize extreme relaxation
okay all right so let’s look at some
examples no I’m not busy at all I’m just
relaxing so I can talk if you want to
now all of the words in this example are
very simple so let’s look at actually
what we need to remember about this
slang it can be used in a positive or a
negative way remember we’re talking
about this right here if there is work
to be done people should not shoot the
breeze however if all the work is done
it can be used to encourage people to
relax more so again in this example we
see I’m just relaxing so this becomes
you guessed it shooting the breeze okay
this one’s very simple next one it was a
nice summer day so all of the kids were
just hanging out on the porch in front
of my house now
porch I want to explain to you what this
is so in America the houses for example
can look like this okay and they’ll have
windows on the front of the house all
right and of course you know you have
grass in the front but there is also an
area on the front of the house like this
so this is actually in front or on top
of the grass okay and people can walk in
this way but this space or this area is
connected to the house and people can
actually put chairs in this area and
people can sit down and relax so it’s
the front part of the house okay so what
do we see in this example that means
relaxing or spending time got it just
hanging out so on the next screen just
hanging out becomes you guessed it
shooting the breeze okay shooting the
breeze out on the front porch
very good all right an example three we
don’t have time to relax the teacher
said our reports are due by tomorrow
morning okay so do just means a deadline
okay they’re due by tomorrow or so they
must be completed by that deadline okay
completed by a certain time all right we
say do must be finished okay so what do
we see in this situation that refers to
shoot the breeze you got it don’t have
time to relax so on our next screen we
see that relax turns to shoot the breeze
very good all right let’s move on to the
final slang phrase in English okay ride
shotgun
once again ride shotgun this slang
phrase means to ride in the front
passenger seat of a vehicle it comes
from an Old West folklore where the
person in the passenger seat carried the
shotgun for protection
all right so this can be used to
describe the passenger in the front seat
of any type of vehicle so let’s look at
some examples using this slang I called
shotgun
so you have to get in the back you can
ride in the front seat
next time very simple example remember
this is a very widely used slang phrase
so we say I called shotgun so you can
get in the back you can ride in the
front seat next time so ride in the
front seat becomes you guessed it ride
shotgun all right let’s move on to the
next example example number two kids
usually want to ride in the front seat
when they travel somewhere with their
parents very simple examples so again
ride in the front seat so ride in the
front-seat going to the next screen this
literally just becomes you guessed it
ride shotgun so you can start using this
slang very quickly all right an example
number three Mary got in the backseat
next to Sally and Carla rode in the
front seat
very easy words so again we see right
here rode in the front seat
this becomes you guessed it right here
it becomes rode shotgun so now you know
how to use this slang phrase now if you
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