1. whatever 表示说话的人对对方说的话很不以为然
2. peanuts 数量很小,价值很低
A:How much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
B:Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
3.Wanted: friendly, laid back female roommate to share a two bedroom apartment.
4. to play hooky: 逃学,或者装病不去上班
I may play hooky once in a while, but I usually study hard.
5. to snap at somebody: 对某人嚷嚷,很生气地对某人说话
I'm sorry, Mikey. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed.
6. chip in: 凑钱买什么东西,或者是凑钱付大家一起吃饭的钱
The guys and I usually each chip in a few dollars when we go out for pizza on Friday nights.
7. snail mail:通过邮局寄的信
Ever since e-mail became popular, people have used "snail mail" to talk about paper mail, because it is slower than e-mail.
Everyone is so busy nowadays, no one seems to have time to write snail mail anymore.
8. to rule: 很棒
I said I rule the pool table. That means that I dominate the game.I can defeat anyone.
Chinese food rules!
9. to blow one's money on something: 把钱都浪费在了某样东西上
When we were at the mall the other day, you blew a whole week's pay on shoes
10. techie 技术专家,尤指电子电脑方面的高手
11. honcho 上司,老板
12. weirdo/weirdie/weirdy 怪人
13. mumbo jumb speech one doesn't understand
14. sleep around: have *** with many people
He's never at home because he sleeps around so much.
15. funky:strange; weird
16.indie film: 独立电影
17. fool around: play around; kill time 游荡;鬼混
18. p-u-s-s-y: a physically weak person; wimp
19. high-maintenance: 费钱费工夫的
He considered beautiful girls too high-maintenance.
20.ace: She is an ace dancer. 就是牛X的意思啊。
21.all-nighter: I felt very tired after an all-nighter. 通宵。
22.beemer: That girl is driving a beemer. BMW, 宝马。气人的是,我们停车场里一辆牛款beemer的主人不是官的,当然不是最有学问的,而是一个有钱人的小千金。
23.booze: I'm going to bring a bottle of booze to your party. 酒
24.bummer: 坏事,不好的方面。别人要跟你说开车撞了电线杆子,你就要说 Oh, bummer!一表感同身受。
25.chicken: He is really a chicken. 弱人
26.cool: 港片里的“酷”啊,用得实在多。
27.cop:That crazy driver was pulled over by a cop. 警察,可不要当面叫啊,当面叫"ShuShu".
28.couch patat My roommate is a couch patato. 喜欢长时间坐那看电视的懒蛋。
29.deep pockets: I don't want to buy it, it's for people with deep pockets. 富鬼。
30.flip side: Don't watch the flip side, it's too personal. 另一面,反面
31.foxy: Look at that foxy lady! 性感撩人的
32.nuke: That country is working seriously on nukes. 北韩,说你呢。 核弹。
33.pain: That's a pain in the neck. 烦人的,
34.,psych That psycho scared me. 说人“有病”
35.rock: You wanna your coke on the rocks? 冰块, 注意介词
36.shot: Do you wanna another shot? 试试
37.yukky: That dish was yukky. 难吃
38.get it: Did you get that joke? 搞明白
39.glitch: We shut the pc down since there was a glitch. 小毛病,比如以前电脑里的一些莫名其妙的东西经常搞死机子。