1. Early bird. Arti: orang yang rajin, selalu bangun dan datang/bekerja lebih awal dari orang lain.
   • Contoh:
     • “She is an early bird, she likes to arrive here early.”
2. Crank up. Arti: mengeraskan volume secara signifikan.
   • Contoh:
     • “Please crank it up, I like that song!”
3. Crash. Arti: tidur.
   • Contoh:
     • “May I crash at your room tonight?”
4. Nailed. Arti: menangkap orang berbuat salah.
   • Contoh:
     • “Mr. John nailed his students smoking cigarettes.”
5. Behind bars. Arti: di dalam penjara.
   • Contoh:
     • “The cops already caught the killer and put him behind bars.”
6. Enough is enough. Arti: sudah cukup, sudah tidak bisa ditolerir.
   • Contoh:
     • “Enough is enough, I’m tired of doing all of these with you.”
7. Know it all. Arti: merasa tahu akan segala hal, sok tau.
   • Contoh:
     • “You think you know it all but you don’t know a thing at all.”
8. Fall for. Arti:
   1. jatuh cinta. Contoh:
      • “I think I’m falling for him.”
   2. percaya sepenuhnya. Contoh:
      • “can’t believe he fell for that old trick.”
9. You bet. Arti: tentu saja, tidak masalah.
   • Contoh:

     • Thanks a lot for helping me today.

     • You bet!

10. Hit the spot. Arti: enak, pas, sesuai, memuaskan (makanan).
    • Contoh:
      • “I like it, your soup really hit the spot.”
11. La-la land. Arti:
    1. tempat khayalan/impian. Contoh:
       • “I don’t understand with her, she seems to be in la-la land.”
    2. sebutan informal untuk Los Angeles. Contoh:
       • “has lived in la-la land for five years.”
12. Dawg. Arti: teman dekat.
    • Contoh:
      • “You’re gonna be my dawg from now on.”

Compiled and written by @ChatrineYK at @EnglishTips4U on Thursday, December 8, 2011

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