1. hold on 等一下 (口语中，人们不太用wait a minute)如果两人辩论，吵架，抬杠，你要别人“打住”，可以说，hold it right there.

　　2. i hate his guts. 我最讨厌他。也有说i hate him guts. guts 是肠子，相当于“恨之入骨”的意思。he doesn’t have much guts. 他是个胆小鬼。 ut feeling 直觉

　　3. nuts, 果仁，核，为复数时，意为“疯子”，he is nuts。他有神经病。he went nuts and killed a guy.他发疯了，结果杀了一个人。you are driving me nuts. 你真是要把我逼疯。a tough nut to crack, 一项艰巨的任务，一个难解之题

　　4. how is everything? (还好吗?) i am just stuck in a rut, doing the same things every day. i wish i could do something different. (烦死了，每天都是干同样的活，我真想换个活法。) rut 日常的，每天都如此，get in a rut，日复一日，天天如此

　　5. i have totally sold out to your idea. 我100%地赞同赞同你的意见。类似的话还有if you are not careful enough, you will buy into his bad idea. 如果你不小心的话，你就会采纳他的这馊主意。

　　6. i am just ecstatic about going to visit you soon. 马上要见你，我高兴死了。

　　7. a dap and dip 打个照面，露下脸就走。

　　matt: are we going to jon’s party?我们去琼的聚会吗?

　　darryl: yeah, but i don’t want to stay long, so let’s make it a dap and dip.那就去吧，不过我可不想多呆，顶多就打个照面就走人。

　　8. i would like to get a job within couching distance. 我想找个不用走路就可以上班的工作。couching distance,沙发距离，就是坐在沙发上不起身也能够得着。这是那种 couch potato喜欢做的美梦。

　　9. yukky 难吃，说这个词时还要做一个难吃的表情。where did you get this food? it was yukky. 你从哪里弄了这吃的?那么难吃。

　　10. 与yukky相反的词是yummy，好吃极了。说这个词时，要不然就把音拖一下，要不然说它两次，表示你真的喜欢主人做的这道菜。