F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Nuance (n): 1- a very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound, etc.:
E.g.: The painter has managed to capture every nuance of the woman’s expression.
E.g.: Linguists explore the nuances of language.

Earn (v): 1- to receive money as payment for work that you do. 2- to get something that you deserve:
E.g.: How much do you earn, if you don’t mind me asking?
E.g.: It’s been a tough six months and I feel I’ve earned a few weeks off.

Shade (n): 1- slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun. 2- sunglasses. 3- a type or degree of a color.
E.g.: The sun was hot, and there were no trees to offer us shade.
E.g.: She was wearing a black leather jacket and shades.
E.g.: Their kitchen is painted an unusual shade of yellow/an unusual yellow shade.

Organism (n): 1- a single living plant, animal, virus, etc..
E.g.: Bacteria are single-celled organisms.

Cognitive (adj): 1- connected with thinking or conscious mental processes.
E.g.: Some of her cognitive functions have been affected in the accident.

Flora (n): all the plants of a particular place or from a particular time in history.
E.g.: Activists are trying to preserve the local flora from deforestation.

Fauna (n): 1- all the animals that live wild in a particular area.
E.g.: While she was in Hawaii, she studied the local fauna.

Megafauna (n): 1-
Large or relatively large animals of a particular region, period, or habitat.
E.g.:  When Homo Sapiens settled in America, most of its megafauna was extinct.

Writing exercise

Original:

Recently, I have grown tremendous interest in painting. Despite the fact that I hadn’t learned it before, I went to a class this month and finished the first painting of my life.
It was a beautiful sunset view with layers of clouds gradually changing their colors from purple, mauve, scarlet to vibrant yellow. What’s beneath the colorful sky was a field of lake reflecting the sunset glow like a mirror, but adding its own series colors of blue. In the lake, there was a little pigeon standing on a wood stick and enjoying the view peacefully. The picture was very saturated, just like God accidentally dropped his palette.
But it was not easy for me to reproduce it on my canvas. The hardest parts were to get the right colors and paint them naturally. When I almost lost my patience after three hour struggling, the teacher helped retouch it like he had a magic pen.

Edited:

Recently, I have grown tremendous interest in painting. Despite the fact that I hadn’t learned it before, I went to a class this month and finished the first painting of my life.
It was a beautiful sunset view with layers of clouds gradually changing their colors from purple, mauve, and scarlet to vibrant yellow. Beneath the colorful sky, there was a lake reflecting the sunset glow like a mirror, but adding its own shades of blue. There was a branch coming out of the lake and a little pigeon standing in it, enjoying the view peacefully.

The picture was very saturated, just like God accidentally dropped his palette, but it was not easy for me to reproduce it on my canvas. The hardest part was to get the right colors and paint them naturally. Right when I was losing my patience, after struggling for three hours, the teacher helped retouch it like he had a magic pen.

Pronunciation

Mauve: /moʊv/

Nuance:  /ˈnuː.ɑːns/

Organism: /ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/

Cognitive: /ˈkɑːɡ.nə.t̬ɪv/

Fauna: /ˈfɑː.nə/

Flora: /ˈflɔːr.ə/