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My idea for this book and its intended audience is the awareness and use of expressions by typicalAmericans. In my country, we call these expressions slangs. Although some people might have attendedhigher institutions in their native countries, when they came to America they were baffl edor confused by these slangs. Most of my friends who went to college before coming to Americaalso have problems because they dont let go of their accent and their English. Even though I camefrom a country whose offi cial language is English, (were colonized by the British), I had a very hardtime understanding the Americans use of slang. Statements like, Are you nuts? meant a whole differentthing to me until after I had been here a while, then I began to decipher the subtle meaningsof these slang expressions and American dialect.I began to compile foreign expressions and put them in book form so that people who are new tothis country might appreciate and understand what these expressions mean. It is my hope that bothAmericans and new immigrants will be helped by this small book by learning these expressions andusing them when appropriate and knowing when not to use expressions that may rub people inAmerica the wrong way.