|__ BOOK aco CDROM VIDEO STREET SPEAK 3 THE COMPLETE COURSE IN AMERICAN SLANG & IDIOMS BT ee LdBook Design and Production Slangman Publishing Managing Pariner/Brand & Markeung Director Jason Reese Design (Logo/Web) Jennifer Reese Copy Eduor Nancy Burke Iusirator Outside cover: Ty Semaka Iustrator ~ Main inside illustrations: Hemera Technologies Photographer ~ Outside back cover Rick Olson Icon Design Sharon Kam Copynght © 2002 by David Burke Published by Slangman Publishing + 12206 Hillslope Street + Studio Cary, CA 91604 3603 * USA Toll Free Telephone from the USA G Canada: | 877 SLANGMAN (1-877 752 6462) From outside North Amenca 1 818 769 191 Worldwide Fax number 1413 647 1589 Email. editor@éstangman com Website http/vnww slangman com All nghts reserved So there! Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by section 107 or 108 of the 1976 Uniied States Copyright Act unthout the permission o! the copynght owncr is unlawful Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department Slangman Publishing, inc ‘This publication 1s designed to provide accurate and authontatve information in regard to the subject ‘matter covered t1s sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal accounting, or other professional services If legal advice or other expert assistance ws required the services of a competent professional person should be sought ‘The persons, entities and events in this book are ficutious. Any simuilariies with actual persons or entities past and present, are purely comeidental This publication includes images from AnToday com which are protected by the copyright laws of the USS, Canada and elsewhere: Used under license ISBN 1-891888-226 Printed in the United States of Amenca 1098765432!‘oldface worden pareniheses ave used before the main entry — they appar here lier expression biest [feo Be apf] se 8 ioe fun [Den ‘the main entry tor [blast (to have a) ey ¢ viioy [acommon venation lphabetwavon purposes ores gros afte ain entry ony he robea bias) Farm riot Go veadop [Stem orexpresion Trackeied words nthe equivalent meaning ‘main ety are opuonal tothe main entry Te."tobotch someting” . n boldface oF to botch up somnciing” sai wt ser Trceates har ne leners on either de arte iran ate pronounced as TMPORTANT! METI Who wth. hua, a lone syllabic Learning how Amencans pronounce words erie sete second mos important step ater The wound can be teaming American slang! The “Real Spek c é ropped at he Secrons ae wniten using American nglish : . ee DPhoncucs So pay attention to the eee es pronunciation. not the speling!Allthe i: Real Speak” sections are demonstated by oman the coma ative speakers inthe audio program. : avon “mer common reduction ofthe “ng eneine and can be used completely a the Speaker's discretion picks up tty ‘etl toranon Fap-oFF , (6 059 megmteedt thao tho [iio ]riz ssmeone off (0) 3p. 1 yess Soreune These exercises reinforce Thos. cxcreises nclude These exercises heip you to These oral excreises visual recognition ofthe lilting crossword puzzles understand not only what are designed 1o help slang terms and idioms word matches and many Americans speak. but how you to beyin speaking presented throughout ther fun word games to they speak! These exercises and thinking like @ this book help you use the new ‘canall be found on the naive lermyin context audio program (See bavk ages for detals) QQ