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/
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