Intermediate American English for Everyone: Master Expressions, Slang, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and Collocations

By Jackie Bolen

Speak American English fluently like a native speaker with these intermediate English phrases, expressions, idioms and more.

 

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? These idioms and phrases in Intermediate American English for Everyone are designed to improve your English quickly and easily.

 

Jackie Bolen has fifteen years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written this book filled with helpful idioms and phrases in American English, plus you'll find plenty of practice exercises. You'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all!

 

Pick up a copy of the book today if you want to...

• Learn some new English idioms and phrases
• Improve your American English
• Speak English fluently and confidently
• Have some fun while learning English

Pick up your copy of the book today. Intermediate American English for Everyone: Master Expressions, Slang, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and Collocations by Jackie Bolen will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your English skills.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jackie Bolen
• Release date: Oct 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201123444

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Intermediate American English for Everyone: Master Expressions, Slang, Idioms, Phrasal Verbs and Collocations

Jackie Bolen

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Copyright © 2021 by Jackie Bolen

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Table of Contents

How to Use this Book................................................................8

About the Author: Jackie Bolen.......................................................10

Collocations......................................................................11

A couple of minutes............................................................11

After work...................................................................11

Another shot.................................................................11

As soon as possible............................................................12

At a snail's pace...............................................................12

At the end of the day...........................................................12

A waste of time...............................................................13

Best of luck..................................................................13

Between jobs.................................................................13

Brutally honest................................................................14

Budget cutbacks...............................................................14

Bust........................................................................14

Catch my breath...............................................................15

Clean energy.................................................................15

Coffee date...................................................................15

Cook dinner..................................................................16

Day off......................................................................16

Practice #1.....................................................................17

Down the road................................................................18

Down to Earth................................................................18

Eating habits.................................................................18

First aid.....................................................................18

Free time....................................................................19

Fruit and vegetables............................................................19

Get back to work..............................................................19

Global warming...............................................................20

Good sense of humour..........................................................20

Good with money.............................................................20

Got lost.....................................................................21

Practice #2.....................................................................22

Grab dinner (a drink, etc.).......................................................23

Greenhouse gas emissions.......................................................23

High hopes...................................................................23

I don't mind..................................................................24

In the red/In the black..........................................................24

Junk food....................................................................24

Keep you updated.............................................................25

Key issue....................................................................25

Kill time.....................................................................25

Lend me a hand...............................................................26

Practice #3.....................................................................27

Let me know.................................................................28

Lost and found................................................................28

New Year's resolution..........................................................28

No rush.....................................................................28

Once in a while...............................................................29

Online shopping...............................................................29

Open bar....................................................................29

Out of shape..................................................................30

Out of style..................................................................30

Over the top..................................................................30

Pay attention.................................................................31

Practice #4.....................................................................32

Quick snack..................................................................33

Rising sea levels..............................................................33

Running late..................................................................33

Running out of time............................................................34

Save money..................................................................34

Save the environment..........................................................34

School night..................................................................35

Skipped lunch................................................................35

Sit tight.....................................................................35

Staying busy.................................................................35

Stay safe.....................................................................36

Strict deadlines...............................................................36

Take a breather...............................................................36

Take my time.................................................................37

Take notes...................................................................37

These days...................................................................37

Traffic jam...................................................................37

Under the table................................................................38

Up for it.....................................................................38

Wash the dishes...............................................................38

White collar..................................................................39

Worried sick.................................................................39

Practice #5.....................................................................40

Idioms ...........................................................................41

A pain in the neck.............................................................41

Beat around the bush...........................................................41

Bite the bullet.................................................................41

Burning bridges...............................................................42

Burning the midnight oil........................................................42

Calm before the storm..........................................................42

Clear as mud.................................................................42

Costs a pretty penny...........................................................43

Counting down the minutes......................................................43

Crack the whip................................................................43

Do the right thing..............................................................44

Practice #6.....................................................................45

Drives me up the wall..........................................................46

From dawn till dusk ...........................................................46

From rags to riches............................................................46

Get back on track..............................................................47

Hit the books.................................................................47

Hit the sack..................................................................47

In the blink of an eye...........................................................47

In the same boat...............................................................48

It's not rocket science...........................................................48

Looks like a million bucks.......................................................48

Make up for lost time...........................................................49

Practice #7.....................................................................50

Once in a blue moon...........................................................51

On the same page..............................................................51

Pay top dollar.................................................................51

Rain or shine.................................................................52

Right up your alley............................................................52

Shop till you drop.............................................................52

Smoke and mirrors.............................................................52

Practice #8.....................................................................54

Take a rain check..............................................................55

The last straw.................................................................55

The tip of the iceberg...........................................................55

Throw in the towel.............................................................56

Time is money................................................................56

Touch base...................................................................56

Under the weather.............................................................57

Vanished into thin air..........................................................57

Working your fingers to the bone.................................................57

Practice #9.....................................................................58

Phrasal Verbs.....................................................................59

Ask somebody out.............................................................59

Beef up......................................................................59

Booked off...................................................................59

Bringing this up...............................................................60

Calling in sick................................................................60

Catching on..................................................................60

Catch up.....................................................................61

Checking in on................................................................61

Check into it..................................................................61

Check out....................................................................62

Chill out.....................................................................62

Come over...................................................................62

Cut back on..................................................................62

Fall behind...................................................................63

Practice #10....................................................................64

Fight back...................................................................65

Freak out....................................................................65

Giving up....................................................................65

Get ahead....................................................................66

Get a move on................................................................66

Getting by...................................................................66

Hang out....................................................................66

Hit up.......................................................................67

Hold out.....................................................................67

Keep an eye on...............................................................67

Lighten up...................................................................67

Practice #11....................................................................69

Look into....................................................................70

Mix up......................................................................70

Open up.....................................................................70

Pick up......................................................................71

Pitch in......................................................................71

Pumped up...................................................................71

Put away....................................................................71

Ran into.....................................................................72

Settle down..................................................................72

Shake things up...............................................................72

Showing off..................................................................73

Sticking with.................................................................73

Stocked up...................................................................73

Tidy up......................................................................74

Practice #12....................................................................75

Slang............................................................................76

A big mouth..................................................................76

Add me.....................................................................76

Bad guy.....................................................................76

Ballin'.......................................................................76

Brings the hammer down........................................................77

Catch some Z's................................................................77

Chicken.....................................................................77

Cool........................................................................78

Cops........................................................................78

Corny.......................................................................78

Couch potato.................................................................78

Crush.......................................................................79

Practice #13....................................................................80

Damage control...............................................................81

Dicey.......................................................................81

Dude........................................................................81

Dumped.....................................................................81

Flakey......................................................................82

Flashy.......................................................................82

Flush with cash...............................................................82

Ghosted.....................................................................83

Go nuts......................................................................83

Hangry......................................................................83

Hard up.....................................................................83

Practice #14....................................................................85

Hooked......................................................................86

I'm down....................................................................86

Killed it.....................................................................86

Last legs.....................................................................86

Loser.......................................................................87

Maxed out...................................................................87

Nine lives....................................................................87

No worries...................................................................88

Out of the loop................................................................88

Party animal..................................................................88

Plus one.....................................................................88

Practice #15....................................................................90

Ripped off...................................................................91

Roll........................................................................91

Shades......................................................................91

Sketchy.....................................................................91

Slacker......................................................................92

Straight up...................................................................92

Sucked......................................................................92

Third wheel..................................................................93

TMI........................................................................93

Vanilla......................................................................93

Vibe........................................................................94

Went down...................................................................94

Zone out.....................................................................94

Practice #16....................................................................95

Before You Go ....................................................................96

How to Use this Book

Welcome to this book designed to help you expand your knowledge of collocations, phrasal verbs, slang idioms and expressions in American English. My goal is to help you increase your vocabulary and to be able to speak and write more fluently. And of course, get higher scores on English proficiency exams like the TOEFL, TOEIC and IELTS tests.

Let's face it, English vocabulary can be difficult to master, even for the best students. In this book, you'll find thousands of English phrases that are used in boardrooms, over a meal, and with friends and