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American English Vocabulary from this story

hanging out - to be spending time somewhere or with someone

all the sudden- suddenly

get in a fight- in this context "get in a fight" means to start arguing

crazy- in this context "crazy" means surprising, interesting, intense (can mean a number of things in this context)

text- a SMS (more commonly called text message in America)

get a text- receive a text message

to go through someone's phone- to search for information on someone's phone

to freak out- to be very emotional (can be very mad, sad, happy, upset, etc.)

on his phone- refers to the information stored in a person's phone

totally- used to emphasize something (Example: "She totally forgot" means "she completely forgot"

to catch someone off guard- to surprise someone (usually with unexpected news)

all the sudden- suddenly

fight- in this context "fight" means argument

get pissed- get mad, get upset

to make up- to forgive each other after a fight

all the sudden- suddenly

texting- the act of sending text messages

to be dramatic- colloquial way to say "overreact" (to react to something more than normal)

Tanya and James Fight

Last night we were all hanging out at Mike’s house when all the sudden Tanya and James got in a fight. They were yelling at each other so loud it was crazy. It all started when James got a text from another girl. Tanya asked who the text was from, but James would not tell her. Later, when James was in the bathroom, Tanya started going through his phone and saw that the text James got was from another girl.

When he got back from the bathroom Tanya started freaking out at him, saying that he should not even have other girls’ numbers on his phone. She totally caught James off guard and he did not really know what to say. They fought for like 20 minutes until finally James just got pissed and left.

But today it sounds like Tanya and James are going to make up. They have been texting today, and apparently Tanya said she was sorry for overreacting. I think everything will be OK. Tanya was just being dramatic.