F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

clumsy (adj): 1-笨拙的. 2-A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way:
E.g.: That’s the third glass you’ve smashed this week – you’re so clumsy!

literally (adv, adj): 1-If you translate literally, you translate each word in a text separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence:
E.g.: Translations that are done too literally often don’t flow well or don’t sound natural.

naughty (adj): 1-淘气. 2-When children are naughty, or their behaviour is naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told to do:
E.g.: Now that’s naughty – don’t throw food on the floor!
E.g.: Our boss treats us all like naughty children.

curfew (n):-宵禁. 1-a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble:
E.g.: a midnight curfew
E.g.: He was shot for breaking (= not obeying) the curfew.
2-a time by which a child must be home in the evening:
E.g.: You’ll be in trouble if you get home after curfew.

obey (v): 1- to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to behave according to a rule, law, or instruction:
E.g.: The soldiers refused to obey (orders).
E.g.: to obey the rules of international law

obedient (adj): 1-doing, or willing to do, what you have been told to do by someone in authority:
E.g.: Students are expected to be quiet and obedient in the classroom.
E.g.: an obedient dog

disobedient (adj): 1-refusing to do what someone in authority tells you to do:
E.g.: a disobedient child

sterile (adj) [clean]: 1-completely clean and free from dirt and bacteria:
E.g.: The operation must be carried out under sterile conditions.

sterile (adj) [unable to produce]: 1-(of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops:
E.g.: Mules are usually sterile.
E.g.: One of the side effects of the drug could be to make men sterile.
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Bangkok－曼谷

Pronunciation

naughty-/ˈnɔː.ti/
sterile-/ˈster.əl/