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Learn English with Pictures and Video

This is how it works: Select a topic videoLearn new words through picturesWatch them come to life through videoTest what you've learned at the end through a video quiz Here […] EnglishClass101

English Slang

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What American English sounds like to non-English speakers

In this remarkable and fully rockin' video, an Italian singer (Adriano Celentano) performs a rock piece whose lyrics are gibberish intended to sound like English. Entitled "What English Sounds Like […] www.english-slang.com

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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E.B. Howe

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

The magic of words with Wordsmith

Wordsmith is a community of more than one million linguaphiles in more than 200 countries. Come, explore the world of words, […]

all there

[all there] or [all here] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. - Usually used in negative […]

out on the town

[out on the town] {adv. phr.} Going from one bar or restaurant to the next in order to celebrate an event. * /They all went […]

make one step at a time

[make one (little) step at a time] to do something gradually. Little by little. * /Breaking old habits isn't easy so take the […]

use every trick in the book

[use every trick in the book] {v. phr.}, {informal} To avail oneself of any means at all in order to achieve one's goal, not […]

vicious circle

[vicious circle] {n. phr.} A kind of circular or chain reaction in which one negative thing leads to another. * /Some people […]

Tom Waits, 1979

U.S. singer I don't have a drink problem except when I can't get one.