Some of these slangs I don't use as a native. I think some are regional dialects. Here are some I use more often: - I never "crash" when referring to sleep, I use "drift off" when talking about someone falling asleep or daydreaming - I've never used "knock" to describe a bad remark. One word I do use is "rap", as in a "bad rap". It sometimes can refer to a bad reputation as well. - I rarely use "jonesing", instead I use "craving" or "dying", such as "I'm dying for ice cream" (It doesn't have anything to do with death) - I never used "zonked", EVER. I use "pooped" to refer to tired.
Seriously is this true ? Because i want to learn like native americans I don't know how to express that slang . be as it may this video is helpful for non native speaker like me
@@standoffgamer1655Yes, it's true. I hardly use these as well, especially crash. That one's a bit weird. If I wanted some ice cream really bad, I might say, "man, I could really go for some ice cream!"
@@standoffgamer1655 There is no such thing as "Native" Americans unless you're talking about indigenious people. Slang really isn't that useful and I think it is like acid but for language.
You add many TV or film clips after every items, which makes us learners have more context to use those useful and interesting items. This is really cool! I love watching your endeavors to teach us out of US. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your comment. I agree, I think providing learners with context is crucial to understanding how a word is used. I'm so glad you found the video useful! I hope you have a great day!
To provide the context means a lot to us. For one thing, it means they are from authentic English, which makes the learning of this language more meaningful. And for another, it means adding the learning environment(e.g. even include it with Cartoons) more variety, which makes the video never be bored. Learning sth is not just for the most diligent ones, but for us the vast majority, who easily get bored when learning anything in more than a few minutes.
The slang "Shotgun" comes from the stagecoach time where a person with a shotgun rode next to the stagecoach driver to protect the stagecoach. It was started when Westerns were popular on TV.
I would love it if you could also tell how we started using words or phrases. I really enjoy researching really old phrases we use all the time and find out how it got started. example: Raining cats and dogs.
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. 👍 In the future, we'll do more slang/idiom/expressions video lessons. We'll look into providing the etymology behind these phrases. 😊
Like dropping the ball? Our bullets were balls at one point, so dropping the ball probably meant that you were trying to load your gun, but instead of dropping it in the gun you dropped it on the ground somewhere.
Notes here! Enjoy the fun video:) A. Crash= to suddenly fall asleep I was so tired after work I just crashed. B. Shotgun=front passenger seat of the car “I am calling shotgun!” “To ride shotgun” C. Creep=person who is unpleasant, strange, and weird D. Buck=a dollar (I have three bucks) E. For real=saying you’re being honest (add this at the end to make sure. “For real?”) F. Knock=a bad or disparaging remark Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. (used to tell a person that he or she should try something before criticizing it) G. Sweet=expression of happiness due to a favorable situation Sweeeeet! (with full emotion and energy) H. Zonked=tired; exhausted (I’m just so zonked right now.) I. Jonesing=strong craving or desire I am jonesing for a cup of coffee (usually food or drinks) J. Bail=to leave somewhere or abandon plans (usually leaving someone behind) You bail on me. Sally and I were going to have dinner last night, but she bailed on me at the last minute. That’s why I’m so angry with her. K. Amped=very excited about something I am amped! This is the videogame that has everyone so amped.
Also, if you visit the south (mostly midwest), people will talk about having a coke, or ask you if you want a coke, not always the namebrand coke. Many times this simply means a soda. If you go to northern US, many will say "pop" meaning soda.
I’ve lived in the U.S. for my entire 32 years of life and I have never heard anyone say “jonesing” outside of television. Most people say “I’m dying for a...(fill in the blank noun) “I’m dying for a coffee right now”.
I'm a 30 year old who has lived in America my whole life as well. I've only heard it used a few times in the real world, usually by older people. I don't think any young people say "jonesing". You're right - "dying for" is *much* more common.
california native here, bay area, remember saying "book" which meat to leave? i didn't say at least half of these. the other half when i was much much younger. i still catch myself saying "dude" every so often at age 67, but not very often. "catch ya later" or smell ya later was a popular one.
I'm an advanced English student and I didn't know this slangs, thank you so much. I would like to learn more slangs (advanced) like these, could you make another video?
Thanks for your comment Mariano. I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. Here's another you may find useful. Have a great day! 👍 Popular American Slang: ua-cam.com/video/qkPyic29AaA/v-deo.html
6:40 The word "sweet" means something different in the Hunger Games example. Here, sweet is referring to the behavior of a person, an adjective. And the word means something like adorably polite/respectful. The previous examples of the word sweet were synonymous with the words awesome or cool.
If you are foreign and you come to the US in a state where cannabis is legal, you will eventually hear people talk about getting baked, that means getting intoxicated from marijuana. Getting stoned is getting intoxicated from marijuana. Herb is marijuana, pot is marijuana. Weed is marijuana. This seems universal in the US. If you are in the south (Illinois and below for the most part, I mention cannabis because I live in Illinois and we just legalized it for recreational use). Also, the word "fixing" or fixin as in "I am fixing to go eat" meaning "I am about to go eat".
Thanks for your comment. I think "jonesing" did originate in the Northeast. Here's an interesting read about its origin: www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-on-language-jonesing.html
Nafissa Ghanem As a noun, it refers to something that is very fun and/or well-liked. E.g. "that party was a smash", "that movie was a smash". As a verb, It means to have intense sexual intercourse with. E.g. "Becky, lemme smash"
I am born and raised in Kentucky. American of course. but I never heard of Jonesing before? What region is that in? All the others I know except for that one. Actually we speak so much slang, I really have to think about before I teach someone English. Good channel because it makes me think what is slang and what is not.
Jonesing comes from the term "Keeping up with the Jones". The Jones represents a family that seemingly has everything and that other families strive to be or want what they have.
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...asking the question TO somebody else? Hi Wes. Is it okay to use the preposition "TO" with the verb "ask? You said it spontaneously, but maybe there was some sort of pause, and it came out that way. Thank you. (Great lessons. No wonder, you're a great teacher.).
God! I love American English. And this is just a great lesson that can help English learners with real conversational English all around the world. Thank you. Great job! ☺ I hope you'll have more lessons like this.
Hi. Thanks for your comment. We're glad you enjoyed the lesson. And yes, we'll have some more slang lessons out in the near future. Have a great day! 😃👍
I learn something new today, thanks to you. I love the way you explain it, with subtitles, looks nice and that few clips from movie talking about the specific word that you discuss here, which is really cool. Subbed. Btw are you californian?
Wow very interesting I'm Algerian and i have to know some Am slang i do not like the British one thanks Sire for your lessons i wish you could visit Algeria people here like to hear Am accent they got enough of French and arabic ...i like the way you expose your lessons very attractive tjank you habibi
All of your choices are pretty common and you explained them very accurately, other than crash (see previous comment.). My opinion about zonked, though, is it isn't nearly as commonly used as the other words are. I'm surprised you chose that one.
Why "Shotgun"? Because, in the early days, the stagecoach driver had a guard that sat beside him with a shotgun, and the position/job became known as that. Shotguns were more effective for use on a bouncing, swaying, stagecoach than a rifle or pistol.
My grandmother, a native New Yorker (City) Born:1885, had a funny twist on some words. Instead of saying the word "yeah", she would say "yare". Or instead of the word "tuba", she would say "tuber". What was that?
haha i don't know the meaning of Amped but i would guess it means "excited"?? and again a very informative and fun video to watch i like the example videos, and i like the cultural explanation of the word, thanks for the effort, keep rocking :)
Thanks for commenting Mohammad. I'm glad you found the lesson useful. And you're right. If someone is AMPED, it means they're very excited about something. 😃👍
In my opinion as a lifelong American English speaker, to jones for something means very specifically that you crave the thing specified the same way an addict craves a narcotic drug. To want or crave or jones for something are similar but want is the weakest word in this list and jones is the most intense word.
I was always been a shotgun traveling by bus at my childhood, is it right ? while discribing myself siting on the front or just behind the driver seat in the bus
These are really common now a days but this is also really 80s and 90s kids. Jonesing is quite an old one though ... I don't know where it came from ... Was it the 50s.
We love hearing from you guys. If you know of any other SLANG words, write them in the comments and tell us what they mean. 😃 👍
Interactive English I hear a lot of Americans people use the word (thu) in the end of most sentence like I wanna that thu .. so what does it mean
Anita Albert it is tho it is just short for the word though
Interactive English Never heard the word jonesing used in this part of the country(northwest Minnesota)
Interactive English Just great! ;)
Interactive English more slangs, phrases and idioms pleaseeee.... 😄😄😄😄
Some of these slangs I don't use as a native. I think some are regional dialects. Here are some I use more often:
- I never "crash" when referring to sleep, I use "drift off" when talking about someone falling asleep or daydreaming
- I've never used "knock" to describe a bad remark. One word I do use is "rap", as in a "bad rap". It sometimes can refer to a bad reputation as well.
- I rarely use "jonesing", instead I use "craving" or "dying", such as "I'm dying for ice cream" (It doesn't have anything to do with death)
- I never used "zonked", EVER. I use "pooped" to refer to tired.
Seriously is this true ? Because i want to learn like native americans
I don't know how to express that slang . be as it may this video is helpful for non native speaker like me
@@standoffgamer1655Yes, it's true. I hardly use these as well, especially crash. That one's a bit weird.
If I wanted some ice cream really bad, I might say, "man, I could really go for some ice cream!"
I’m in New England and crash (going to sleep soon, falling asleep suddenly) is a fairly common term. Might be a regional difference.
What’s amped? Please .
Ohh. I got it really excited!
@@standoffgamer1655 There is no such thing as "Native" Americans unless you're talking about indigenious people. Slang really isn't that useful and I think it is like acid but for language.
You add many TV or film clips after every items, which makes us learners have more context to use those useful and interesting items. This is really cool!
I love watching your endeavors to teach us out of US. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your comment. I agree, I think providing learners with context is crucial to understanding how a word is used. I'm so glad you found the video useful! I hope you have a great day!
To provide the context means a lot to us. For one thing, it means they are from authentic English, which makes the learning of this language more meaningful. And for another, it means adding the learning environment(e.g. even include it with Cartoons) more variety, which makes the video never be bored. Learning sth is not just for the most diligent ones, but for us the vast majority, who easily get bored when learning anything in more than a few minutes.
The slang "Shotgun" comes from the stagecoach time where a person with a shotgun rode next to the stagecoach driver to protect the stagecoach. It was started when Westerns were popular on TV.
Very cool! I didn't know the etymology behind this term. Thanks for sharing. 😃
I would love it if you could also tell how we started using words or phrases. I really enjoy researching really old phrases we use all the time and find out how it got started. example: Raining cats and dogs.
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. 👍 In the future, we'll do more slang/idiom/expressions video lessons. We'll look into providing the etymology behind these phrases. 😊
Upbeat4ever Iluvmycountry cool! Thanks for the added info.
Like dropping the ball? Our bullets were balls at one point, so dropping the ball probably meant that you were trying to load your gun, but instead of dropping it in the gun you dropped it on the ground somewhere.
Notes here! Enjoy the fun video:)
A. Crash= to suddenly fall asleep
I was so tired after work I just crashed.
B. Shotgun=front passenger seat of the car
“I am calling shotgun!” “To ride shotgun”
C. Creep=person who is unpleasant, strange, and weird
D. Buck=a dollar (I have three bucks)
E. For real=saying you’re being honest (add this at the end to make sure. “For real?”)
F. Knock=a bad or disparaging remark
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. (used to tell a person that he or she should try something before criticizing it)
G. Sweet=expression of happiness due to a favorable situation
Sweeeeet! (with full emotion and energy)
H. Zonked=tired; exhausted (I’m just so zonked right now.)
I. Jonesing=strong craving or desire
I am jonesing for a cup of coffee (usually food or drinks)
J. Bail=to leave somewhere or abandon plans (usually leaving someone behind)
You bail on me.
Sally and I were going to have dinner last night, but she bailed on me at the last minute. That’s why I’m so angry with her.
K. Amped=very excited about something
I am amped!
This is the videogame that has everyone so amped.
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Very sweet. I am amped
Wrong.. to crash is to get tired and run out of energy suddenly.
DK thx very much!
D K Thank you for the notes! You are awesome!
Years ago I stopped speaking native English since 2006, this served me a lot thank you friend
Also, if you visit the south (mostly midwest), people will talk about having a coke, or ask you if you want a coke, not always the namebrand coke. Many times this simply means a soda. If you go to northern US, many will say "pop" meaning soda.
I'm from Kazakhstan. And I don't know any slangs..) ur lessons help me more...thank U
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Don't say "slangs" -- just say "slang". As in, "I don't know any American slang."
Pizzazz... What a nice word. Thanks a lot Mr. Wes.❤ from India, Hyderabad ❤
I’ve lived in the U.S. for my entire 32 years of life and I have never heard anyone say “jonesing” outside of television. Most people say “I’m dying for a...(fill in the blank noun) “I’m dying for a coffee right now”.
Every city has their language ( slang).
I'm a 30 year old who has lived in America my whole life as well. I've only heard it used a few times in the real world, usually by older people. I don't think any young people say "jonesing".
You're right - "dying for" is *much* more common.
california native here, bay area, remember saying "book" which meat to leave? i didn't say at least half of these. the other half when i was much much younger. i still catch myself saying "dude" every so often at age 67, but not very often. "catch ya later" or smell ya later was a popular one.
I certainly got a lot of information that I've ever knew before,thanks for helping me
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Correction: creep is a noun, creepy is an adjective.
It is also a verb.
True
Thank you so much. Love the way you keep showing those words with movie clips. More like this videos please !
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I'm an advanced English student and I didn't know this slangs, thank you so much. I would like to learn more slangs (advanced) like these, could you make another video?
Thanks for your comment Mariano. I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. Here's another you may find useful. Have a great day! 👍
Popular American Slang: ua-cam.com/video/qkPyic29AaA/v-deo.html
Slang is uncountable, Bro!
Ya.. Depends on.. Who ur with..nd.. Who u talkin 2... Lol..
Thank you sir! your videos are of a great help ! you amped us, for real
Glad to hear it! Thanks for your comment. 😊
@@InteractiveEng You're very welcome , sir
6:40 The word "sweet" means something different in the Hunger Games example. Here, sweet is referring to the behavior of a person, an adjective. And the word means something like adorably polite/respectful. The previous examples of the word sweet were synonymous with the words awesome or cool.
Amped......excited
Bail on......avoid
Jonesing....addicted to
Zonked....very tired
Creep....annoying person
Nice Mohamed. You got these down cold. 😉
Mohamed Wahed
I’m amped!
I will of course bail on the cars.
I am jonesing Michelle snore.
I’m really zonked!!!
Are you a creep?
Jonesing where I’m at means you are trying to mooch free stuff from others
Zonked aka Knackered
‘Creep’ doesn’t exactly mean ‘an annoying person’. It’s more like someone who makes you feel uncomfortable in a kind of scary way.
I love that you included examples from pop culture. I definitely want my students to watch this thank you!
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i like this video! gud explanation with movie clips to understand even better. do more videos on this.
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NO! Not in the states.
NO! Most Americans would be baffled by 2 or 3 of these examples.
I like the way you teach by adding examples from the movies.
Thanks for this nice video
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Hey guys. This is bianca if you wanna practice your Spanish I’m here. And so I can improve my English as well ✋
Dude, you are awesome! I'm crazy about your videos!
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u speak english slowly and easy to understand thank u sooo much
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chill not only means "hang out" but to "calm down" as well...
Amped = Excited or hyped up.
Nice. Way to go! 👍
Way of teaching is really awesome
I love your videos recently I found you thanks for all your videos 🥰
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If you are foreign and you come to the US in a state where cannabis is legal, you will eventually hear people talk about getting baked, that means getting intoxicated from marijuana. Getting stoned is getting intoxicated from marijuana. Herb is marijuana, pot is marijuana. Weed is marijuana. This seems universal in the US. If you are in the south (Illinois and below for the most part, I mention cannabis because I live in Illinois and we just legalized it for recreational use). Also, the word "fixing" or fixin as in "I am fixing to go eat" meaning "I am about to go eat".
she took the podium ,someone has to knock her down . She is always knocking everyone down : putting people down :denoting
So cool.
You are so talented, really good at teaching English .
Your videos are really helpful.
God bless you
Your teaching in a very interesting way with clips of movies that's helps lot really:)
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Do you suggest any app or good website to learn American native accent
Is Jonesing a northern term because I’ve never heard of it before
Thanks for your comment. I think "jonesing" did originate in the Northeast. Here's an interesting read about its origin: www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-on-language-jonesing.html
Thanks
Yeah, i've never heard of Jonesing either. I came Jersey, and now live in Texas.
Wow you haven't heard of that? I heard it a lot and I lived in Texas for 25 years.
Yeah, “jonesing” was new to me too... I thought it was short for the idiom “keeping up w/ the Jones” or something
Never heard it in Nebraska
I love these series, that's really a big help on me
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Well done job for learning!
Thank you Jose! 🤗
Your video are very interesting and useful for me! Thank you so much
Glad to hear that!
Want some more slang series please
Thank you Wes
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@@InteractiveEng 😊
Smash is also a slang word ;)
Excellent. Thanks for sharing with us. Have a good one! 😃
lemme smash
Means??
Nafissa Ghanem
As a noun, it refers to something that is very fun and/or well-liked. E.g. "that party was a smash", "that movie was a smash".
As a verb, It means to have intense sexual intercourse with. E.g. "Becky, lemme smash"
Nafissa Ghanem also means to devour or eat completely
I have never used jonesing or zonked.
I've used zonked for tired or exhausted, but never jonesing.
I don't know
I am born and raised in Kentucky. American of course. but I never heard of Jonesing before? What region is that in? All the others I know except for that one. Actually we speak so much slang, I really have to think about before I teach someone English. Good channel because it makes me think what is slang and what is not.
Nice lesson on slangs....!!
Thanks Wes!!!!
Thanks so much! Hope you learned some new slang. 😊
Amped means very excited and enthusiastic
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Keep it up bro your lessons are absolutely useful
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@@InteractiveEng i'm watching all your videos with no interruptions,i'm so satisfied that i found this channel
Jonesing comes from the term "Keeping up with the Jones". The Jones represents a family that seemingly has everything and that other families strive to be or want what they have.
i like that movie
I think it means craving.. MORE thn u can "afford"... (:
I always give your video a thumbs up,sir. 👍
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I am amoted for another lesson and to see Wes again ampted means really exicited
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It is very helpful. Thank you so much
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That's sweet 😊
Thanks so much Zeinab. Excellent use of the slang expression. Have a great day! 😃 👍
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My dear ...this is Mr. Osama ...I am an English teacher, and I am in charge of this channel that has Qur'anic recitations and Educational English videos too.
I 've been teachin the American curricula for almost 11 years. It is our pleasure to be one of our subscribers in this channel hopefully u will learn great things with us.
Feel free to contact me any time u like to help you at learninh English as effectively as possible 💐💐💐
I wish u a great day full of love , optimism, passion, postivity, and inner peace...🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
All thanks to u, my dear.🌺🌺🌺
no one says that 😂
You are amped because what you said we have understood .Thanks for your lesson for rea
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This teacher is great !
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We're not going to mention the alternate form of "for realsies"?
That's a good one. We'll keep that in mind for next time. Thanks for sharing with us! ...for realsies. 😉
😂
Thanks for your video is super helpful. Have good day
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...asking the question TO somebody else? Hi Wes. Is it okay to use the preposition "TO" with the verb "ask? You said it spontaneously, but maybe there was some sort of pause, and it came out that way. Thank you. (Great lessons. No wonder, you're a great teacher.).
Great lesson, teacher.
Glad you liked it!
Love your vedios, i have learned a lot of useful and new expressions from them, thanks a lot, teacher😁😁
Happy to hear that! 😃
It is really great please keep it up
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very useful! thanks for sharing
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1. Crashed
2. Shutgun
3. Creep/s
4. Buck/s
5. For real
6. Knock - don't knock it till you try it
7. Sweet
8. Zonked
9. Jonesing
1o. Bail
God! I love American English. And this is just a great lesson that can help English learners with real conversational English all around the world.
Thank you. Great job! ☺
I hope you'll have more lessons like this.
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We call things by different names like Flash Light instead of Torch.
Very practical. Like it for real.
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this video is helpful.thank you. When I hear your speech, i understand clearly. But when i heard the video, it is hard to....
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OMG!! you’re such a great teacher!
Ilearned so much today thanks to you!!
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I learn something new today, thanks to you. I love the way you explain it, with subtitles, looks nice and that few clips from movie talking about the specific word that you discuss here, which is really cool. Subbed.
Btw are you californian?
Shot Gun comes from the old Horse and Carriage days when you rode up front you were the Shot Gun man who defended from bandits.
"zonked" who the hell says that? lol
I've heard a few people say they're "zonked", but not very often.
He knocked him down : degraded ,denoted.Put also literally knock down or knock off from a punch
Very helpful, thanks
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Wow very interesting I'm Algerian and i have to know some Am slang i do not like the British one thanks Sire for your lessons i wish you could visit Algeria people here like to hear Am accent they got enough of French and arabic ...i like the way you expose your lessons very attractive tjank you habibi
All of your choices are pretty common and you explained them very accurately, other than crash (see previous comment.). My opinion about zonked, though, is it isn't nearly as commonly used as the other words are. I'm surprised you chose that one.
Thank you so much.
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Why "Shotgun"? Because, in the early days, the stagecoach driver had a guard that sat beside him with a shotgun, and the position/job became known as that. Shotguns were more effective for use on a bouncing, swaying, stagecoach than a rifle or pistol.
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You're welcome. Keep up the good work.
i'm a Brazilian girl, n I liked your video! thxx
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Thanks 👍
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I didn't know that shotgun meant that you want to sit in the front seat with the driver. LOL!!!
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Amped : i really don't know 😂
My first watching ..it's really fun way to learn English ..i'm so excited to in other videos✊
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I love your explanations! Could you give us more exemples in order to practise?Thanks!!
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Thank you sir.
Hope you learned some new words. 👍
My grandmother, a native New Yorker (City) Born:1885, had a funny twist on some words. Instead of saying the word "yeah", she would say "yare". Or instead of the word "tuba", she would say "tuber". What was that?
It means (really excited or getting sleepy)
haha i don't know the meaning of Amped but i would guess it means "excited"??
and again a very informative and fun video to watch i like the example videos, and i like the cultural explanation of the word,
thanks for the effort, keep rocking :)
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AMPED STANDS FOR: filled with intense energy and excitement.
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In my opinion as a lifelong American English speaker, to jones for something means very specifically that you crave the thing specified the same way an addict craves a narcotic drug. To want or crave or jones for something are similar but want is the weakest word in this list and jones is the most intense word.
very useful
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I like your teaching.. is it the same with British language sir?
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thank you that is very useful
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I was always been a shotgun traveling by bus at my childhood, is it right ? while discribing myself siting on the front or just behind the driver seat in the bus
To shotgun can also mean to consume a substance very quickly. As in to shotgun a cigarette or to shotgun a beer, etc.
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Thanks for this!!! it helps a lot! I love "don't knock it till you try it" 👏👏💪
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I really do not know will you you kindly tell me ?
These are really common now a days but this is also really 80s and 90s kids. Jonesing is quite an old one though ... I don't know where it came from ... Was it the 50s.
Informative video, thanks Mark Hamill
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That's great i like it!
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3:15 to 3:18. “…get-away-from-me type of way.”
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Amped mean full of energy
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i could learn some news words today, thanks
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Thank you... your videos are amazing.
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