AfternoonTea & English

Сегодня #thursday_slang и #wednesday_video вместе об американском сленге American slang words that you need to know:

1. to bail = to leave abruptly

2. to feel blue = to feel sad

3. buck = dollar

4. by the skin of my teeth = just barely

5. creep = strange person

6. stalker = somebody who is constantly following you in a n annoying way

7. coach potato = a lazy person who spends the bulk of their time engaged in things that can be done while sitting on a couch

8. to crash = to fall asleep abruptly

9. down to Earth = and adjective for practicality and lack of pretense

10. for real = a proclamation of honesty

11. cold shoulder = a metaphor for deliberately ignoring someone

12. plead the fifth = references the fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allows a witness in court to refuse questions on the grounds that they risk self-incrimination

13. screw up = to make a mistake, i.e. mess up

14. sweet = an adjective that describes something that is good, or nice

15. tight = an adjective that describes closeness between competitors, i.e. a tight competition

16. to trash = can be used as an intransitive verb for destruction

17. to wrap up = to finish

18. to hang out = to spend time relaxing

19. wheels = car

20. babe = if you refer to someone as a babe, it means that you think they’re hot and attractive

21. to get busted = to get caught

22. to have a blast = to enjoy doing something

23. epic fail = complete disaster

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