F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
Vocabulary
resume (v) : If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause:
E.g.: Normal services will be resumed in the spring.
E.g.: He stopped to take a sip of water and then resumed speaking.
catch up (v): 1-to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else:
E.g.: Cynthia was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up.
scold (v): 1-to criticize angrily someone who has done something wrong:
E.g.: His mother scolded him for breaking the window.
scolding (n): 1-the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of their behavior:
E.g.: He gave his son a scolding for coming home so late.
destruction-破坏
distraction-分心
E.g.: I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction.
maternal/paternal
excuse/pardon my French-said when you are pretending to be sorry for using a word that may be considered offensive:
E.g.: Pardon my French, but that’s a damned shame!
Grammar
4 months later he will be 2–in 4 months he’ll turn 2
to attract my notice– to attract my attention
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