In America, there are many expressions of "hello", not to mention expressing personal feelings. Remember and use the following sentences to communicate with local people easily.

Hey, how are you? (Hello, everyone! This kind of greeting is very common in the southern United States, and Y'all is the plural form of you)

Hello (hello. This is a regional term, common in Texas, Oklahoma and the Great Plains)

What's the matter? A: How are you? -How are you? )

That's terrible/terrible (terrible)

Chillin' (don't do too much, relax-do nothing, relax very much)

Hanging out (spending time with [somebody]/relaxing somewhere)

Place-spend time with sb/relax somewhere)

Wicked (really. This is a regional expression, which is common in Boston, Massachusetts-"That party was great!" )

Great

Cool (not bad/great-not bad/great)

Have a good time-"I have a good time with English.

Class "-having a good time)

That's disgusting! That's really good-great! )

Dirty (Seattle slang, good meaning-"Did you get an A in the newspaper? exactly

Filthy! "-Seattle slang" good ")

Sweet (very good-very good)

You bet! (Yes-Yes)

Take off (leave-"we take off now"-leave)

Goodbye! (Bye-bye)

See you later. (Bye-bye)

Dress

Pants (pants-pants)

Underwear (underwear for women-underwear for women)

Underwear (men's underwear-men's underwear)

Sweater (pullover/pullover/knitted pullover/pullover/sweater)

Vest (vest)

Undershirt (vest undershirt)

Sports shoes (sports shoes)

Sling (sling-sling)

Overshoes (Wellington boots-rubber overshoes)

Turtle neck (Poloneck-turtle neck)

Swimsuit (bathing suit)

Bathrobe (dressing gown-bathrobe)

Diapers (diapers)

diet

Cotton candy (cotton candy-cotton candy)

Candy (chocolate/candy-chocolate/candy)

Cookies (sweet cookies)

Cookies (delicious scones)

Soda water (carbonated drinks. It can also be soda or coke, depending on

Region-carbonated drinks, used in some regions to refer to soda or coke)

French fries (potato chips-potato chips)

Jelly (jam)

Jelly (jelly)

Coriander leaf (coriander)

Pancakes (can refer to pancakes-can be used to refer to pancakes)

Popsicle (Popsicle-Popsicle)

Zucchini (zucchini)

Eggplant (eggplant)

Appetizers (appetizers)

Takeaway (takeaway food-takeaway food)

Pay the bill (in a restaurant).

People, places and lifestyles

Chicken (girl-girl)

Dude (boy boy)

Country people (derogatory term for people living in the country)

Area-a derogatory term used to refer to people living in rural areas)

Wheel (vehicle, car-a vehicle, usually a car)

Parking lot (parking place)

Sidewalk (sidewalk-sidewalk)

Football (football-rugby)

Football (American football-rugby)

Elevator (elevator)

money

In America, there are many words that can be used to refer to money in the pocket. Familiar with the most common usage, you are not afraid to give the wrong money! Here are some slang usage about money:

A five-dollar bill can be called "fin", "five" or "five-spot".

Use "fin", "five" or "five-spot" to refer to a five-dollar bill

A 10 dollar bill is "Hamilton" or "saw".

Use Hamilton or Soback to refer to the bill of 10.

Twenty dollars can be "Jackson" or "Dube".

Use "Jackson" or "Dube" to refer to a twenty-dollar bill.

A 1 dollar bill is either "single", "trump card" or "dollar".

Use "single", "ace" or "buck" to refer to 1 dollar bills.

A 100 dollar bill is called "Benjamin" because of a bill.

Benjamin Franklin is on the paper money.

Use "Benjamin" to refer to the 100 dollar bill, because Benjamin Franklin's head is printed on it.

When it comes to 1000 dollars, Americans may say' a grand',' a k' (such as kilo) or' a.

The big one.

Use "a grand", "a k" ("kilo" means "thousand") or "a large" to represent $ 1000.

A nickel is a nickel.

"Nickel" means 5 cents.

A dime is a 10 cent coin.

A dime means 10 cents.

25 cents is 25 cents.

"25 cents" means 25 cents.

There are a lot of slang words in American English, such as bucks, moolah, greenbacks, smackers and cheddar.

Campus language

Learn the following common expressions on campus to help you better understand what your classmates and professors are saying.

"I didn't review math, so I screwed up.

It "-screw up)

Cramming (studying hard before an exam).

Study hard (study-study hard)

Pop quiz (pop quiz)

Period (so far)

Stay up all night

Get high marks in the exam

Absenteeism (intentional absence-intentional absence)

Abandon the course (deregister from the course).

Slack (not much work, lazy-lazy)

flunk the exam

Rubber (rubber rubber)

Send sth by post (send sth by post)

Freshmen 15 (It is said that students gained weight in the first semester.

A year in pounds-meaning that freshmen will gain 15 pounds or more in the first year)

Unique words and phrases

These words and phrases are not easy to understand literally! Moreover, you are likely to meet them in daily communication, so learn it as soon as possible ~

Full of energy (full of energy, ready to go-cheer up, ready to go)

Pregnant

excited

Be defeated (tired-"I was defeated by the excellent students last night."

Party "-exhausted-"I was defeated from the awesome student party last night ")

Have a crush on someone (be attracted to someone)-"I have a crush on someone.

To my roommate "-infatuation with someone)

There are many muscles, usually used for

Man-muscular, usually describing a man)

Loser (uncool person, always loser)

Take a shotgun (sit in the front passenger seat of the car-sit in the front of the car)

Like [something]/[someone]-"I really like your new work.

Haircut "-favorite thing/person)

Screw up (make a mistake-screw up, screw up)

Shoot the breeze (chat)

Some other time (do sth later-reschedule)

Eager for something-"I really want some candy, don't I?"

Now "-longing for something)

Coward (coward)

What a bummer. (Something bad happened-disappointing)

Swagga/swagga (confident and fashionable attitude; originate from

Chicago-full of domineering, originated in Chicago)

Rough (suspicious-suspicious)

Mad (very; New york slang-"that test is crazy difficult"-very, new york slang)

Something unique to America

There is no floor.

In the United States, use "first floor" or "first"

The story means the first floor, and so on. So it's especially confusing when you take the elevator or go shopping in department stores.

Ounces and pounds

Americans still widely use British units of weight-ounces and pounds, which is undoubtedly a challenge for you who are used to using metric units of weight-grams and kilograms since childhood. 1 oz is about 28g, and 1 lb is 453g. In addition, Americans use feet, yards and miles instead of meters to calculate distances; Use gallons and quarts instead of liters to calculate the volume of liquid. Are you a little dizzy?

John Hancock

If someone asks you for john hancock, they really want your signature. This usage comes from john hancock's signature on the Declaration of Independence, which is big enough and striking enough.

There are nicknames in many places.

Boston is the City of Beans, Los Angeles is city of angels, Las Vegas is Sin City, and new york is the Big Apple (the list goes on). Besides, even the whole state has nicknames. For example, the nickname of New Jersey is "Garden State".

The above information is for reference only.