F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Vocabulary

Upset – something bad happened that put me in a bad mood
Grouchy – I am just in a bad mood, maybe because I’m tired, or I slept funny and my neck hurts
e.g. What he said really upset me. I am very upset because of what he said.
e.g. After a long day at work sometimes I am grouchy.

Frequently – often, many times in a regular time period
e.g. I frequently eat in the university dining hall.

Traffic School – when you do something while driving and the police give you a ticket (you pay money for doing the bad thing); if what you did is bad enough, you may have to go to court or traffic school. In traffic school, you have to study the “rules of the road” again.
e.g. Nick is a very safe driver, so he has never had to go to traffic school.

Flash their lights – to turn your bright lights on to ask another car to move out of the way
To flash someone – to show someone your private parts

Middle Ring Road (Highway) – a ring road goes around some area in a circle, like a ring; a highway is a place without lights where you can drive pretty fast over long distances

Autobahn – a highway in Germany where you can drive as fast as you want

Complementary – when two things fit together well; when the strong points of one balance the weak points of the other
e.g. Chocolate and strawberry are complementary flavors (I think; Sunny is wrong).

Peanut – 花生
Nuts -the general term for things like peanuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios

Calm – this can also be a verb
Smooth [things/it] over – to make bad feelings go away after a fight; for a situation
e.g. When my husband and I have a fight, he is very good at calming me down and smoothing things over.
e.g. My supervisor is really good at smoothing things over when the office environment gets heated.

Request – 请求

Convertible – a car where the top can open
e.g. Next week, while I am teaching English, Sunny will be driving a red Ford Mustang convertible around California (so jealous).

Jinx – when two people say the same thing at the same time, then whoever says “jinx” first “wins,” and the other person either has to buy them a drink or stop talking until the winner says their name; to use magic on someone

Grammar

Does that girl always don’t speak – does she ever speak? / doesn’t she ever speak?
— The first option is just a question; the second means that I think she should (why doesn’t she speak?)

The usual order when you have a phrasal verb (verb + preposition) is: verb + object + preposition

Do you drive rude – rudely

You look less strength than you say – You don’t look as strong as you say

The closer your feet are, the harder it is to touch your toes.

Advices – Advice