F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Mediocre (adj): 1- not bad, but not very good.
E.g.: The film’s plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre.
E.g.: Parents don’t want their children going to mediocre schools.

Blister (n): 1-  a painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot, or by burning:
E.g.: New shoes always give me blisters.

Dub (v): 1- to change the sounds and speech on a film or television programme, especially to a different language:
E.g.: I’d rather watch a movie with subtitles than one dubbed into English.
E.g.: To conceal his identity, the man’s voice has been dubbed over (= an actor speaks his words).

Grammar

I can’t breath. – I can’t breathe.

A foreigner teacher. – A foreign teacher. 

One or two class. – One or two classes.

He spends half day to play games. – He spends half day playing games.

Both of us can’t speak Japanese. – Neither of us can speak Japanese.

Pronunciation

Mediocre: /ˌmiː.diˈoʊ.kɚ/