F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Grammar

you got a new hair cutting haircut?

she’s her husband

Would you mind if I post this on the Facebook?
Not at all, please do so/post it/go ahead/ feel free to post it.

Vocabulary

Non-binary is an general term used to describe people who do not feel male or female.

stove (n):a piece of equipment that burns fuel or uses electricity in order to heat a place（用于取暖的）炉，火炉
E.g.: At home I have an electric stove
E.g.: gas stove

the water is about to boil-水快要沸腾了
about  (adv):almost
几乎，差不多
We’re about ready to leave.
我们差不多准备好要走了。
I’m (just) about to leave– I am going to leave now/I am on the point of leaving; it expresses the immediate future.
-When are you coming over?
-Soon. I’m just about to leave the office. =right away
I’m about to leave=soon but not right away

right away-立刻

pissed off (adj):annoyed
恼火的，生气的
E.g.: He’d kept me waiting for an hour so I was pissed off to start with.
他让我等了一个小时，所以一开始我就很生气。
E.g.: She seemed a bit pissed off that she hadn’t been invited.
她没有被邀请，似乎有些恼火。

to start with-at the beginning, or as the first of several things
；首先
E.g.: We only knew two people in Montreal to start with, but we soon made friends.
起初我们在蒙特利尔只认识两个人，但很快就交到了朋友。
E.g.: To start with, we need better computers – then we need more training.
首先，我们需要更好的电脑——其次，我们需要更多的培训。

Stood Up
As in “To get stood up” or “To be stood up”
To have gone on a date, except to find that you’ve been left by yourself because your date never showed up.
E.g.: My sister got stood up by a jerk last night after going to the restaurant and she had to eat dinner all by herself.

slang (n):very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people
俚语
E.g.: army slang
军队俚语
E.g.: a slang expression
一句俚语
E.g.: “Chicken” is slang for someone who isn’t very brave.
chicken 是用来称呼胆小者的俚语。

Pronunciation

stove -/stoʊv/