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![](/i/favi32.png) Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of EnglishConversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of EnglishFree Talk Hand BookConversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of English
Arranged according to tense, topic, and levels of difficulty
By Prof. Mark McDowell, M.A. Mark’s ESL World ~ http://www.marksesl.com
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State of the art (modern technology)
On the cutting edge (the very latest technology)
Descriptions
– Bad
You’re yellow (a coward)
He’s an egghead (very intelligent, but boring)
Nerd / dork / geek (lacking social skills, uninteresting)
He’s a loser
You’re chicken (coward)
He’s green. (inexperienced)
He’s wet behind the ears. (inexperienced)
He’s wishy-washy (easily influenced)
He’s a yes man (agrees with anything his boss says)
He’s a couch potato (sits on the couch all day watching TV)
He’s bull-headed (stubborn)
He’s a pain in the neck. (constantly irritating)
L
ollygag, lollygagging (to be wasting time) “Stop lollygagging”
Drinking
Booze (liquor)
Got drunk
Tie one on (got drunk)
I got smashed (got drunk)
Plastered (drunk)
It’s on the house (the bar will pay for your drink.)
Drugs
Loaded (high on drugs)
Spaced out (high on drugs)
Money
A buck (one dollar)
Broke (no money)
I’m flat broke (completely without money)
Cheap-skate (spends little money)
I made a bundle of money. (made a lot of money)
He’s a tight wad. (won’t spend much money)
It set me back [some amount]. (It cost that amount)
That cost me an arm and a leg. (very expensive)
That’s my bread and butter. (make a living)
A fin (very old expression for a five-dollar bill)
It’s on me. (I’ll pay for the drink or food)
Foot the bill (pay or it ~ “I’ll foot the bill for the dinner.”)
Irritated
He was really bent out of shape. (behaving angrily)
He really bugs me. (really bothers me)
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