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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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catch hold of

[catch hold of] {v. phr.} To grasp a person or a thing. * /"I've been trying to catch hold of you all week," John said, "but […]

step on one's toes

[step on one's toes] or [tread on one's toes] {v. phr.} To do something that embarrasses or offends someone else. * /If you […]

Dan Bennett, Reader's Digest

(August, 1975) There's nothing like looking at vacation pictures to put guests in a traveling mood.

Pronunciation Difficulties

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sif

[sif] "[As if]"

Jean Rostand, "Le Mariage", 1927

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

George Carlin - "The Seven Words"

The 7 words you just can't say on television. WARNING!!! Bad, Bad Language! Remove children from the room, unless you're a […]

Cobweb

[Cobweb] A WWW site that never changes.