Welcome back to the American slang and idioms course how to understand Americans when they talk in this
lecture.
We're going to be looking at words and phrases that start with the letter F our first phrases for real
for real for real and the meaning of for real is in slang it's used to show surprise that something
is true.
So if someone tells you something really surprising really interesting you say wow for real.
But it also can mean that you're questioning whether something is true.
So if someone tells you that you don't think is true you say are you for real.
ARE YOU FOR REAL.
Let's look at a conversation with the phrase for real and it Joe that car just drove into the river.
That car just drove into the river.
Steve Wow.
Are you for real.
Wow.
Are you for real.
Wow are you for real.
So he's questioning whether Joe is being serious.
Look at another one Joe.
Dude I think I'm going to be sick.
I think I'm gonna be sick.
Dude I think I'm going to be sick.
We're going to learn more about these words later in the course.
But dude basically just means Man man man I think I'm going to be sick and Gunnar Mings going to.
I think I'm going to be sick.
OK.
So dude I think I'm going to be sick Steve.
Are you for real.
He's asking his questioning whether Joe is serious or maybe he's joking or maybe he's just being dramatic.
Joe.
Yeah.
I'm for real.
I feel terrible and yeah means yes.
So yeah I'm for real.
I feel terrible.
Yeah I'm for real.
I feel terrible.
OK that's the word for real.
Our next word is flirting.
Flirting or we pronounce it flirting almost like there's a D right here flirting flirting and flirting
means trying to get the attention of someone by teasing them or acting seductively.
And you're really trying to get the attention of someone of the opposite sex.
So a boy would flirt with a girl to try and get her attention or a girl might flirt with a boy to try
to get his attention.
But of course it applies to anyone who you are attracted to.
Let's look at some examples of flirting dude and dude means man again dude dude you shouldn't be flirting
with the waitress.
You have a girlfriend dude.
You shouldn't be flirting with the waitress.
You have a girlfriend.
Dude you shouldn't be flirting with the waitress.
You have a girlfriend.
He talks to every cute girl he sees.
He is such a flirt so you can call someone a flirt if they do a lot of flirting.
He's a flirt.
Let me say this once again.
He talks to every cute girl he sees.
He's such a flirt.
He talks to every cute girl he sees.
He's such a flirt if you like her.
You need to flirt with her a little joke around with her or compliment her.
How else will she know that you like her.
If you like her you need to flirt with her a little joke around with her or compliment her.
How else will she know that you like her.
So in this case someone is telling their friend you need to tease her or act seductively around her
and ways to flirt are joking or complimenting someone complimenting means giving telling them they look
nice or that you like their hair or their shoes OK.
If you like her you need to flirt with her a little joke around with her or compliment her.
How else will she know that you like her.
So flirting is just a way of showing someone that you're interested in them.
I know it seems like she's flirting with you but she's just being nice she's friendly like that with
everyone.
I know it seems like she's flirting with you but she's just being nice.
She's friendly like that with everyone.
A couple of notes about this sentence.
First of all you see that we have the word She's three times she's she's.
That means she is.
This isn't slang but it's a shortened version of two words right.
She is.
And Americans do that a lot.
We shorten words because it's quicker to say.
So that's something to get used to.
We will not very often say she is will say she's We won't usually say he is will say he's gay.
And then in this sentence you'll notice one of the subtleties of the word flirting because sometimes
it seems like someone is flirting with you if they're teasing you or joking with you or being friendly
with you or smiling at you.
Sometimes we think someone is flirting but they're not they're just being friendly and sometimes it's
hard to tell the difference even between two Americans.
So understanding flirting just takes a lot of practice.
OK let's look at the next word.
The word is fail fail fail and fail means to not succeed to do poorly.
It can also mean an epic crash or wreck an epic means huge or awesome.
So an awesome crash on YouTube.
People watch fail videos all the time where people are crashing on their bike or crashing in their car
or falling down or tripping and falling on their face and they think it's funny.
Those are called Fail videos.
OK let's look at some examples.
Did you see him wreck his bike.
Epic fail.
Did you see him wreck his bike.
Epic fail.
Did you see him wreck his bike.
Epic fail.
He asked her out and she straight up said no.
Total fail.
He asked her out and she straight up said no.
Total fail in this sentence.
He asked her out.
It means he asked her to go on a date and she straight up said No basically just means she said no.
So he asked her out and she straight up said no.
Total fail.
Totally bombed that test fail.
I totally bombed that test fail.
I totally bomb that test fail.
Bombed means flunked or got a bad grade or did poorly did badly.
Did you see that YouTube fail video.
It had the best Crash's ever.
Did you see that YouTube fail video.
It had the best Crash's ever.
Did you see that YouTube fail video.
Not the best crashes ever.
And that's just like what I was talking about before.
When people watch YouTube fail videos.
So those are the words and phrases that start with the letter of thanks for watching and I'll see you
in the next video.