Full Description
This self-teaching guide to the colorful world of popular American slang and idioms offers reading exercises, writing drills, and examples of dialogue for nonnative speakers of American English. Sections on reading, writing, listening, and speaking create an entire slang language course. Expressions and slang terms are grouped into categories such as colors, body parts, food, clothing, and animals for easier understanding and use. Puzzles, true-and-false exercises, word games, and hundreds of illustrations demonstrate how to use slang in a variety of situations, whether at work, on the phone, at a party, or on the street.
