Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“It’s true that you get used to the heat a little bit after a
while, but even the Malays were sweating and dropping
like flies.”
Definition
1. Definition - Study the definition.
fainting, passing out, getting really tired, giving up
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2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
“It was the end of the day. Everybody was really tired.
*_We just started _dropping like flies*.” Always use this phrase to describe multiple people, not just
one. For example, one person usually doesn’t “drop like a fly.”
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Examples
1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.
Winners
1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.
“People were fainting all over.”
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