F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

jet lag (n): 1-the feeling of tiredness and confusion that people experience after making a long journey by plane to a place where the time is different from the place they left:
E.g.: Every time I fly to the States, I get really bad jet lag.

jet-lagged (adj): 1-tired and confused because you have made a long trip by plane from a place where the time is different:
E.g.: jet-lagged business executives
E.g.: I just felt too jet-lagged to go out.

trendy (adj): 1-modern and influenced by the most recent fashions or ideas:
E.g.: trendy clothes
E.g.: a trendy nightclub
E.g.: He writes for some trendy magazine for the under-30s.

come of age-to reach the age when you are legally an adult:
E.g.: My parents came of age during the 1960s.

I had a many home works- I had a lot of home work

pass away (v): 1-polite expression for die :
E.g.: She’s terribly upset because her father passed away last week.
E.g.: My grandpa passed away around that time.

economic situation wasn’t so good at the time

think out of/outside the box-to think using your imagination and having new ideas instead of traditional or expected ones:
E.g.: Thinking outside the box could be enough to put a business ahead of its competitors.

lean (v): 1-to (cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular direction:
E.g.: She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear.
E.g.: I sat down next to Bernard, who leaned over to me and said “You’re late.”

lean (sth) against/on sth-to sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support:
E.g.: He leaned against the wall.
E.g.: She leaned her head on his shoulder.

Leaning Tower of Pisa