The Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 2 teaches you more popular American slang and idioms that everyone uses every day!
NOTE that this version has been updated, getting rid of many of the words in "The Slangman Files" section with new, more popular words now in use!
If an American said to you, Could you please crack the window? you are NOT being asked to "break the window" which is indeed the literal meaning! You are simply being asked to "Open the window a little."
Or if someone tells you to Knock it off! or Cut it out! - that just means "Stop doing that!"
he Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 2 contains popular chapters on slang and idioms associated with:
- The Workplace
- Shopping
- Houseguests
- Babysitting
- Birthday Parties
- The Subway
- Aches & Pains
- The Telephone
- The Slangman Files - a special section in each chapter with slang & idioms used in categories