American Slangs - "To grab a bite to eat" and "No rush"

 

    American Slangs - Lesson 1

Expressions

To grab a bite to eat - to have a quick snack 

( pegar alguma coisa para comer / pegar alguma "coisinha" para matar a fome / pegar alguma coisa para enganar o estômago).

E.g. 

            A: Are we going to leave soon?
              B: Just let me grab a bite to eat.



No rush - there´s no need to rush.

( sem pressa)

E.g. 

A: Are we going to leave now?
B: Just let me grab a bite to eat.

B: No rush. 

 

Contractions 

Let me = lemme  (deixe-me)

E.g. Just lemme grab a bite to eat .
 

Going to = gonna. 

E.g. Are we gonna leave soon?




Just - Jus´ ( the letter "t" is dropped).

E.g. Jus´ lemme grab a bite to eat.  

In American spoken English, the auxiliary verbs are often dropped.

E.g. We gonna leave soon? 
                 and not

       Are we gonna leave soon?


      You live here?
         and not


     Do you live here?

Remember that these contractions are used in Informal Spoken English and not in written form.