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SLANG AND IDIOMS

WORD MEANING

( ) BBL 1. to fire someone.

( ) ELI5 2. to start over again from the beginning.

( ) Legit 3. Succeed in something.

( ) To axe 4. a working-class employee who does manual labor or works with his
someone hands
( ) Back to the 5. to get a promotion or a raise in salary.
drawing board
( ) Back to the 6. ‘Direct message’. Useful for sharing information you don’t want to
salt mines post in public.
( ) Blue collar 7. to go back to work after a break
worker
( ) Deadwood 8. To return later.

( ) Bust one’s 9. a person that has no skills or does nothing to produce income for a
buns business.

( ) Bumped up 10. ‘Explain like I’m 5’

( ) Carve out a 11. Used to Express you are in the process of doing something difficult.
niche
( )DM 12. to work very hard
( ) Slay 13. Something real. Not fake.
( ) Desk jockey 14. A person who sits at a desk all day at work and isn’t very active
( ) Grind 15. to focus on a very narrow segment or area of work or business that
not everyone can do.
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Idioms about money

Dialogue
Tina: I feel like having a ball. Let's splurge.
Barbara: Forget it! I'm broke.
Tina: Don't worry. I'll pick up the tab. I'm loaded today. I'll treat you.
Barbara: No, we'll go Dutch. I don't like to freeload.

Vocabulary

1. have a ball v.) enjoy one's self, have a good time

2. splurge v.) spend a lot of money for something
3. broke adj.) having no money
4. pick up the tab v.) pay the bill
5. loaded adj.) having lots of money
6. treat v.) pay for someone else
7. go Dutch v.) each pay for himself or herself
8. freeload v.) get things that others pay for

Exercise I Complete the sentences with the correct idiom.

a) pick up the tab b) broke c) Ioaded d) splurge e) treat f) go Dutch g)
freeloads h) have a ball

1. I don't want pizza tonight. Let's go to a fancy restaurant. Let's __________________

2. I have so much money today. I'm __________________
3. You're going to a party? Yes, we’re __________________ .
4. I don't have any money. I'm __________________
5. You pay for your meal. I'll pay for mine. We'll __________________
6. This dinner was good. You don't have to pay. I'll __________________.
7. She always eats dinner with us and never invites us to eat at her house. She always
______________
8. Don't pay for that. I will. I'll ________________ you.

Exercise II. Rewrite the underlined phrases using the proper idiomatic expression.

1. They always get others to pay for them.

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2. I want to pay for you.
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3. We will each pay our own bill.
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4. Sometimes I spend a lot of money on clothes.
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5. After payday, I always have a lot of money.
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6. Who paid the check?
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7. When I go to a party, I usually have a good time.

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8. After I pay all my bills, I have no money.
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