F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Diverse (adj): 1- including many different types of people or things.
E.g.: Students from countries as diverse as Colombia and Lithuania use Cambridge textbooks.
E.g.: New York is a very culturally/ethnically diverse city.

Diverge (v): 1- to follow a different direction, or to be or become different. (adj: Divergent)
E.g.: They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged.
E.g.: Although the two organizations have worked together for many years, their objectives have diverged recently.
E.g.: They hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like abortion.

Entitlement (n): 1- the feeling that you have the right to do or have what you want without having to work for it or deserve it, just because of who you are. 2- something that you have a right to do or have, or the right to do or have something.
E.g.: I don’t understand entitlement
E.g.: Pension and other entitlements are being reviewed by the government.

Grammar

He’s living at the hospital. – He’s staying at the hospital.

They are rich, but not very education. – They are rich, but not very well-educated

If the interviewer is a foreign. – If the interviewer is a foreigner.

Pronunciation

Diversify: /dɪˈvɝː.sə.faɪ/

Diverse: /daɪˈvɜːs/ /dɪˈvɝːs/

Diverge: /ˌdaɪˈvɜːdʒ/ /dɪˈvɝːdʒ/

Proprietor: /prəˈpraɪə.t̬ɚ/

Sole: /soʊl/

Soul: /soʊl/

Seoul: /soʊl/