what's up ladies and gents today we are
learning english with two and a half men
because this american series is
absolutely packed with expressions
and slang that we natives use all the
time
and we've chosen ten extremely common
ones to help you
sound more natural when you speak
english
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but for now let's learn some american
slang with two and a half men
oh yeah i just feel very uncomfortable
being home alone tonight
no problem you can sleep in my room well
where will you sleep
i don't know i'll find somebody
i'm beat i'm gonna go to bed good night
good night sweetheart good night
beet is another way of saying that you
are very tired
exhausted we say i'm beat
anyway i'm beat i just want to jump in
the shower and go to bed okay
i'll be right up another cool use of
this word is when we say
it beats me which we say when we don't
know something
why do i have to play with kids i don't
know because lydia is bringing them over
and i didn't have time to rent a clown
are they boys or girls beats me
notice here how he omitted the subject
although this is grammatically incorrect
in casual conversation it is common for
names to do this
let's see some other examples of this
all right i guess our relationship is
getting to that
mature evolved stage they talk about
guess so
terrific i should get going
wonderful to see you again same here
the next slang expression that natives
use all the time is another common way
to say
relax but all of a sudden it's okay
because the butt is on the other foot al
alan chill out buddy
no no this is the worst kind of
hypocrisy and it will not stand
so as in this example you could use this
phrasal verb when you are telling
someone that they need to relax
because they are anxious angry or
overreacting to something
however you could also use this to
describe the activity of relaxing
example i'm just going to chill out at
home this weekend and finish the book
i've been reading
another slang way we can use this word
is when we say
just chilling which means not doing
anything important
resting passing time what do you want
nothing i just thought we could hang out
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a couple of musicians taking five
just chilling by the way did you see
this other slang phrasal verb that he
used
natives say hang out all the time in the
same way we saw
chilling here hey uh do you remember a
girl named jamie eckleberry
no yeah sure you do she used to hang out
at the house all the time
we usually say this as get busted if you
get busted you get caught in other words
someone sees you or catches you doing
something wrong
what'd you get busted for pain in my
room at mom's house
now in this example he omits the get and
just says
busted in vegas you don't say hit me if
you want a card you go like this
okay fine
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boston you owe me another dollar now in
two and a half men
we can also find the american expression
bust your chops
and this means to do something
especially on purpose to criticize
someone
so why is dad's car chick car yeah it's
not grilling i was just saying that to
bust his chops
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and now let's get back to the lesson and
learn those seven other expressions
now for our next slang expression can
you think of a slang way to say
no problem i'll give you three seconds
natives often say no biggie
all right i love you oh great great good
that's all i wanted but i won't marry
you
what oh yeah right that's okay no biggie
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okay some underwear i need to panic
and a little bit of makeup no biggie
so you could also say no problem or no
biggie as an alternative to
your welcome example thanks for your
help
no biggie if you follow us on tick tock
we recently did a fast video teaching
you better ways to say you're welcome
like a native if you haven't seen that
be sure to go check it out after this
lesson
to crash means to fall asleep abruptly
example
after working a 13-hour day i crashed as
soon as i got home
we also often say this in the context of
sleeping over at another person's house
so we just need a place to crash tonight
because tomorrow we're gonna go to vegas
and get married
oh prudence that's a terrible idea yeah
yeah yeah if you leave right now you can
beat the traffic
tight is another way of saying good or
cool
so for example instead of saying that's
a good song
you could say that song is tight now
there are
so many ways to say good that you
probably don't know or use
so i recommend you check out this lesson
another common collocation with tight
is sleep tight which is a way of wishing
someone that they have a good night's
sleep
good night sweetheart good night
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this is a common slang expression
natives use instead of improvise or do
something unprepared
you're not going to do any of that are
you no
so so you want to go in there with no
coordination no no strategy just
uh winging it that's what i'm thinking
cindy something wrong who moved the
reindeer
i don't know that one but i'll wing it
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this phrasal verb means to make a short
visit to a person or
place oh please tell me you're not
calling her
of course not
hey rose it's charlie listen after
you're done with teddy can you swing by
courtney's and let me know what she's
doing
this refers to a woman who's pregnant we
also might use it as
to get someone knocked up got a little
email this morning from an ex-girlfriend
who says she needs to
see me no kidding i wonder if she's
knocked up
nobody's knocked up i haven't heard from
her in five years
and when she got knocked up and lost her
job she had to come live with me
they fired you for being pregnant yep
being pregnant
now keep in mind that this is an
informal term and it could be considered
rude if used with someone you don't know
well
hey if you love learning slang like this
then i highly recommend
that next you watch our lesson with
bruno mars you can check that out by
clicking up here or down the description
below
after you finish this lesson now for our
final slang term this is a common way to
say that you're drunk
we also say to get wasted
hey why don't we steal some beer from
your fridge go down to the beach and get
wasted
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