”Hey, what’s up?” “Up? The sky or the ceiling, what else could there be? Hmm…” 上の文を見て感じる通り、英語の単語や表現の中にはスラング(俗語)を理解していないと意味不明とも感じられるものが多々あります。スラングとは、定義でいうと特定の社会集団によって使われる口語的な言葉のことです。
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