American English. A selection of idioms colloquial language & slang Poznań

Niniejszy ebook edukacyjny zawiera kilkaset zwrotów i wyrażeń potocznych i slangowych,używanych w dzisiejszym języku angielskim w odmianie amerykańskiej. Sa to zwroty używane na codzien 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 dwujęzyczna,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 tez czytelnik otrzymuje wraz z angielskimi zwrotami przykłady i kontekst sytuacyjny razem z polskim tłumaczeniem. Sa to przykłady tzw. z życia wzięte,których można uczyć się całościowo, zapamiętując cale frazy. Tym sposobem uczący się będzie potrafił posługiwać się językiem angielskim codziennym tak jak rodowici Amerykanie. Życzę wszystkim przyjemnej lektury i owocnej nauki! Autor Spis treści: From author A Airhead (AmE slang) All-nighter (Someones) angle (AmE) Antsy (AmE) As I live and breathe Attaboy (AmE slang) Average Joe (AmE) B Ball is in ones 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 someones 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 someones 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) Cant stomach (something) (AmE) Catch some zs (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 ones 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) Doesnt cut it Dog (AmE slang) Do tell! (AmE) Dont be a stranger Dont 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 ones 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) (Someones) 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 Ill bite (AmE) In a bind (AmE) In the bag Its (someones) 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 arms length Keep someone in the loop Keep (someones) 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 ones shirt (AmE) Loot Loose (ones) edge or loose ones 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 ones scene O Off base (AmE) Off the bat (AmE) Off-the-rack (AmE) On the back burner On the fritz (AmE) Out of someones 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 someones 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 someones parade (AmE) Rap sheet (AmE slang) Real trooper (AmE) Rear ones (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 (AmE slang) Sleazeball (or sleazebag) (AmE) Sleep in Slowpoke (AmE) Smackaroos (AmE slang) Small potatoes (AmE) Smoosh (AmE slang) Snafu (AmE slang) Snag (AmE) Snow job (AmE) Social butterfly (AmE) Square (AmE slang) Squeaky clean Step on someones toes (AmE) Suit yourself (AmE) Stand tall (AmE) Stand up (thing to do) (AmE) Station wagon (AmE) Steamed (AmE) Stellar Step up to the plate (AmE) Stick-in-the-mud Stick-up (AmE slang) Sticky (AmE) Stiff someone (AmE slang) Stoked (AmE slang) Straight shooter (AmE) Strong suit (AmE) Swanky (AmE) Swing by (AmE) Swing something (AmE) T Tacky (AmE) Take a breather Take a bullet (for someone) Take a chill pill (AmE slang) Take a crack at or have a crack at (something) (AmE) Take a dip Take a dirt nap (AmE slang) Take five (AmE) Take a flying leap (AmE) Take a number Take a plunge Take the cake (AmE) Take the rap (for something) Take wooden nickels (AmE) Talk a good game (AmE) Talk a mile a minute Talk someones ear off (AmE) Tank (AmE slang) Tapped out (AmE slang) Tatted or get tatted (AmE slang) Teed off (AmE) (Give somebody) the third degree Throw someone a bone Throw (someone) a curveball (AmE) Throw someone for a loop (AmE) Ticked off (AmE slang) Tiff Time in the sun Toasted Tony (AmE slang) Tops Total sth (usually a car) (AmE) Tough cookie (AmE) Treat (someone) with kid gloves U Up for grabs (AmE) V Vanilla (AmE slang) W Wake up and smell the coffee (AmE) Walk in the park Walk on eggshells Wet behind ears Wet noodle Whole enchilada or the whole nine yards (AmE slang) Wild-goose chase Wino (AmE slang) Wiped out (AmE) Wired Wishy-washy With bells on (AmE) Woozy (AmE) Word up (AmE slang) Y Yada yada yada (AmE) You can say that again You should be so lucky (AmE) You snooze you loose (AmE) Yuk it up (AmE slang) Yutz (AmE)