Drama at McDonalds

was over, later on, easy as pie, made a mistake, spend time, let out, on time, red in the face

Fill in the blanks with one of the words above:

Bodengraven, The Netherlands People in Bodengraven love to ________ at their local McDonald restaurant. It's quick, and getting a meal there is ________. But one day, the fast food restaurant didn't open on time. Customers wanted their Big Macs. They called the police and the police became worried. "McDonald's always opens ________!", they thought. The police were afraid there was a hostage situation inside the restaurant. Soon there were more than thirty police cars around the restaurant. ________ police called a special team to storm the building. It was time to ________ the hostages. Just then the manager of the restaurant arrived. "I am sorry. I thought I was working the late shift," he said. The drama ________. The police _______ and they are _________.

Source: Can You Believe It? By Jann Huizenga

Do you appreciate salt?

Chances are you see and use it so often that you take it for granted.

But there are more than ten thousand uses for salt, and it has always held a place of importance in daily life.

At one time salt was so valuable and rare that it was used as MONEY in fact the word salary comes from the word SALT. During early Roman times, each soldier in Julius Caesar's army was paid a portion of his earnings in salt. That quantity was known as

his SAlaRIUM or SALARY. The phrase "not worth his salt" has a similar derivation or origin. It is an expression of criticism. Someone who is "not worth his salt " is not worth his pay!

Everyday English Slangs

*slang is an informal way of saying something. Slang is mostly spoken and rarely used in written language. What is your favorite slang?

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Slang	Definition
Aced	Passed test with high grades
Awesome	Outstanding
Bonding	Relating closely to someone
Boomers	Age 40-45
Bug	Bother, annoy
Bummer	Bad
Chill out	Relax
Cool	Good
Couch potato	T.V. watcher
Dissed	Bad mouthed
Drop out	Leave school
Fall through the cracks	Fit no program
Flunked	Failed
Fox	Sexy lady
Hassle	Problematic
Hit the books	Study
Hot	Great
Hunk	Gorgeous guy
Jock	Athlete
Let's do lunch	Eat
Neat	Good
On the rocks	With ice
Pumping iron	Lifting weight
Rapping	Talking
Rays	Sun
Shades	Sunglasses
Split	Leave
Take a spin	Take a driver
Trash	Get rid of
Vegetate	Not think
Weird	Edgy
Hang out	Go out with friends
Wheel	Car
Wimp	Weak
Yuppie	30-ish classy