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[American plan] {n.}
A system of hotel management in which meals are included with the room, as opposed to the European plan that does not include meals.
* /American tourists in Europe sometimes expect that their meals will be included, because they […]
[amount to] {v.}
Signify; add up to.
John's total income didn't amount to more than a few hundred dollars.
[and all] {informal}
And whatever goes with it; and all that means.
We don't go out much nowadays, with the new baby and all.
Jack's employer provided the tools and all.
[and how!] {interj.}, {informal}
Yes, that is certainly right! — Used for emphatic agreement.
"Did you see the game?" "And how!"
"Isn't Mary pretty?" "And how she is!"
Syn.: [YOU BET], [YOU SAID IT]. Compare: [BUT GOOD].
[and so forth] or [and so on]
And more of the same kind; and further amounts or things like the ones already mentioned.
The costumes were red, pink, blue, purple, yellow, and so forth.
Compare: [WHAT HAVE YOU].
[and the like] {n. phr.}
Things of a similar nature.
I like McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and the like.
When I go out to the beach I take towels, a mat, suntan lotion, and the like.
[and then some]
And a lot more; and more too.
It would cost all the money he had and then some.
Talking his way out of this trouble was going to take all his wits and then some.
[angel dust] {n.}, {slang}
Phencyclidine, an addictive hallucinatory narcotic drug extremely dangerous to the users' health, also called PCP.
Mike has gone from grass to angel dust; he will end up in the morgue.