American English: A selection of idioms colloquiallanguage & slang expressions

By Bart Niklas

Niniejszy ebook edukacyjny zawiera kilkaset zwrotów i wyrażeń potocznych i slangowych, używanych w dzisiejszym języku angielskim w odmianie amerykańskiej. Są to zwroty używane na co dzień przez rodowitych Amerykanów, zarówno w życiu codziennym, jak i można je usłyszeć w amerykańskim filmie, serialach TV itp.
Pozycja ta jest zatem znakomita okazja, zarówno dla uczących się, jak i pasjonatów języka angielskiego używanego w Stanach Zjednoczonych (również w Kanadzie), do poszerzenia swojej wiedzy w tym zakresie. Zawartość ebooka wykracza poza standardowe zwroty i wyrażenia, które można znaleźć w innych książkach lub słownikach z idiomami i slangiem.
Autor jest osoba dwujęzyczną, a niniejszy ebook jest wynikiem jego wieloletnich doświadczeń jako lektora i trenera języka angielskiego, uczącego zarówno w Polsce jak i za granica. Doświadczenie autora jest także związane z jego wieloletnim pobytem zarówno w Stanach Zjednoczonych jak i Kanadzie, dlatego też czytelnik otrzymuje wraz z angielskimi zwrotami przykłady i kontekst sytuacyjny razem z polskim tłumaczeniem. Są to przykłady tzw. z życia wzięte, których można uczyć się całościowo, zapamiętując całe frazy. Tym sposobem uczący się będzie potrafił posługiwać się językiem angielskim codziennym tak jak rodowici Amerykanie.
Życzę wszystkim przyjemnej lektury i owocnej nauki!
Autor
 
I would like to present to you this ebook on American English phrases, including mainly colloquial language and slang expressions. I'm giving you the result of many years of teaching experience along with a few pointers on how to read the content properly. First of all, please keep in mind that it's NOT a language dictionary,meaning you won't find the origins of most of the phrases here. However, it's all been categorized in alphabetical order,so that it's easier for the reader to find and memorize a certain phrase.Also, I'd like to assure you that ALL of these idioms and slang expressions presented in this ebook are used in today's American English and you can be sure that American people use them on daily basis.With every phrase you will get a short example or a mini dialogue to help you understand it in context. You'll also notice that the given examples are mostly informal style, to give you a better idea on how American people talk and express their thoughts in everyday life situations.Finally,please remember that it is my own subjective selection of American expressions which I believe will bring you a little closer to the real and spoken informal language.Some of them you won't find in other phrase books or popular dictionaries and some you'll probably see for the first time. Surely there is also a group of idioms which you have probably heard or read somewhere before,so it could be a great opportunity for some of you to brush up on your language skills.As the Latin saying goes: 'Repetitio est mater studiorum' which means 'Repetition is the mother of learning'... so off you go and let's get started.
Have fun and enjoy everyone!
 

• Language: Język polski
• Publisher: self-publishing
• Release date: Oct 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9788396374400

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Title: American English. A selection of idioms colloquial language & slang expressions.

Author: Bart Niklas

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ISBN: 9788396374400

Published by Bart Niklas

Copyright © Bart Niklas

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CONTENTS

From author

A

Airhead (AmE slang)

All-nighter

(Someone’s) angle (AmE)

Antsy (AmE)

As I live and breathe

Attaboy (AmE slang)

Average Joe (AmE)

B

Ball is in one’s court

Bathtub gin (AmE)

Be a hoot

Be an item

Be a stickler for something

Be bummed (AmE)

Be decent

Be in the cards (AmE)

Be in a funk (AmE slang)

Be off

Be on someone’s case

Be over the hill

Be out of the woods

Beat a dead horse (AmE)

Bellhop (AmE)

Bid adieu

Big dog (AmE slang)

Big Easy (AmE)

Bite someone’s head off

Blast from the past

Blimp out (AmE slang)

Blindside (AmE)

Blow-by-blow

Blow smoke (AmE)

BLT (AmE)

Blue in the face

Bozo (AmE)

Bring someone up to speed

Brouhaha

Bubbeleh or bubbale (AmE)

Bull session (AmE)

Bushed (AmE)

Bust (AmE slang)

Butterball (AmE)

Buzz cut (AmE)

Buzz kill or buzzkill (AmE)

C

Can it! (AmE)

Can’t stomach (something) (AmE)

Catch some z’s (AmE)

Cheapskate (AmE slang)

Chew someone out (AmE)

Chummy

Chump change (AmE)

Clock someone (AmE slang)

Closet stoner (AmE slang)

Comp (AmE)

Cooking with gas (AmE)

Cop an attitude (AmE)

Cop-out (AmE slang)

Cough (something) up

Crackpot

Crank (call) (AmE)

Cranky (AmE)

Croak (AmE slang)

Crock (AmE slang)

Crooner (AmE)

Crumbum

Cut one’s losses

Cut the bull (AmE slang)

D

Deadbeat (AmE)

Dead-on

Decked out

Den (AmE)

Dime on sb or to drop a dime on (AmE slang)

Dish (AmE slang)

Ditz (AmE slang)

Do a number on (AmE)

Do cartwheels (AmE slang)

Doesn’t cut it

Dog (AmE slang)

Do tell! (AmE)

Don’t be a stranger

Don’t sweat it (AmE slang)

Doofus (AmE slang)

Doozy (AmE)

Dope (AmE slang)

Dork (AmE slang)

Douchebag (AmE)

Drop a bombshell (AmE)

Drop the ball (AmE)

Dry spell

Ducky (AmE)

Dump on somebody (AmE)

Dweeb (AmE slang)

E

Edgy

F

Far out (AmE slang)

Feel iffy (about something) (AmE)

Flip out

Flake out on someone (AmE)

Flat broke (AmE slang)

Flat out (AmE)

Flophouse (AmE slang)

Foot the bill

Fork over (AmE slang)

Frat house (AmE)

Frenemy (AmE)

Frisk (someone) (AmE)

Fruitcake (AmE slang)

G

Geezer

Get a kick out of something

Get a room!

Get cute with someone (AmE)

Get off the dime (AmE)

Get one’s mind out of the gutter

Get popped (AmE slang)

Get sb into hot water

Get the hang of something

Ghost somebody (AmE slang)

Give someone grief

Give someone a holler (AmE)

Glutton for punishment

Go ballistic

Gobs of (AmE)

Go down in flames

Go for the jugular

Golden (AmE)

Go out on a limb

Go south (AmE)

Go (or jump) through hoops

Go-to person

Goofball (AmE)

Goon (AmE)

Gung-ho

H

Hack it

Hair of the dog

Hang loose (AmE)

Have it bad for someone

Have it in for somebody

Head games (AmE)

(Someone’s) heart is in the right place

Heavy-handed

Hick (AmE)

High-maintenance

Highway robbery

High roller (AmE)

Hillbilly (AmE)

Hit somebody up for something (AmE slang)

Hit the roof

Hit the head (AmE slang)

Holy smoke or smokes (AmE)

Hopped up (AmE)

Housebreak (AmE)

Howdy (AmE)

Hustle someone (AmE)

I

I’ll bite (AmE)

In a bind (AmE)

In the bag

It’s (someone’s) call

J

Jack something (AmE slang)

Jazzed (AmE)

Jerk (someone) around (AmE)

Jet setter (AmE)

Jinx something

Joe Shmoe or Schmoe (the prefix „Schm") (AmE)

Jonesing (AmE slang)

K

Keep a lid on (something)

Keep somebody at arm’s length

Keep someone in the loop

Keep (someone’s) pants on (AmE)

Knock yourself out (AmE)

Keep sth under wraps

Knucklehead (AmE)

Knuckle sandwich (AmE slang)

Kook (AmE)

L

Lamebrain (AmE)

Lay it on thick

Learn the ropes

Leave sb in the dust (AmE)

Level with (someone)

Lit (AmE slang)

Live in la-la land (AmE)

Long shot

Loose one’s shirt (AmE)

Loot

Loose (one’s) edge or loose one’s touch

Lowball (AmE slang)

Luck out (AmE)

Lush (AmE slang)

M

Make a beeline for (AmE)

Make someone tick

Make waves

Mob scene (AmE)

Moonlighting

Monkey suit

Munchkin (AmE)

My bad (AmE)

N

Nightcap

Nimrod (AmE slang)

No dice (AmE)

Noggin (AmE slang)

Not a dry eye in the house

Not give a hoot

Nothing to sneeze at (AmE)

Not one’s scene

O

Off base (AmE)

Off the bat (AmE)

Off-the-rack (AmE)

On the back burner

On the fritz (AmE)

Out of someone’s hair

Out of whack (AmE)

P

Payola (AmE slang)

Peachy (AmE)

Peel out (AmE)

Pencil pusher (AmE)

Penny ante (AmE)

Peppy (AmE)

Pep talk (AmE)

Pesky (AmE)

Piece of work (AmE)

Pig out (AmE slang)

Pill (AmE)

Pipe down

Pity party (AmE)

Pizzazz (AmE slang)

Plastered

Play for keeps

Pokey (AmE)

Poky (AmE)

Polluted (AmE slang)

Pop (AmE)

Posse (AmE slang)

Preppy (AmE)

Pretty penny (AmE)

Psych someone out (AmE slang)

Psyched (AmE)

Pull the plug

Pumped (AmE)

Punchy (AmE slang)

Punk out on somebody (AmE slang)

Push someone’s buttons (AmE)

Pushing 30, 40, 50 etc. (age)

Put on blinders (AmE)

Put somebody on (AmE)

Put somebody through the wringer

R

Rah-rah (AmE slang)

Rain on someone’s parade (AmE)

Rap sheet (AmE slang)

Real trooper (AmE)

Rear one’s (ugly) head

Roast (AmE)

Rope someone into sth

Rub someone the wrong way

Rub sth in

S

Sack out (AmE)

Sassy (AmE)

Scarf up (or scarf down) (AmE slang)

Schlub (AmE slang)

Schmooze (AmE slang)

Also: Schmoozer

Score (AmE slang)

Scram (AmE)

Second-guess (AmE)

Sellout

Send someone packing

Shindig

Shoot hoops (AmE)

Shotgun wedding (AmE)

Shucks (AmE)

Shyster (AmE slang)

Side hustle or side gig (AmE)

Slay somebody