F2F Class Notes (Tony)

What is a common phrase for that word?

Vocabulary

parking garage

I just saw him

this September

down a steep hill

100% cotton

we needed to

do it later

when we were finished eating

polo shirt – short sleeve with a collar, 3 buttons

button up shirt – buttons down the middle

eg: Button up your shirt.

short-sleeve button up

t-shirt – casual shirt with no collar, or very short collar

long sleeve shirt – t shirt with long sleeves

thermal clothes – clothes that can keep you warm, usually worn under other clothes

eg: My thermal shirt has a hole in it, I need to get a new one.

eg: In China we wear thermal clothes in autumn and winter. In Shanghai people call them Mian Mao shan.

pajamas – sleeping clothes

most of = almost all of

eg: Almost all people in Shanghai are Chinese.

eg: Most people in Shanghai are Chinese.

Literal Meaning – the old written meaning, from the dictionary.

eg: Do you mean literally? Is he literally on fire? No, he is not literally on fire, he is just performing very well.

Figurative – 1. used with a meaning that is different from the basic meaning and that expresses an idea in an interesting way by using language that usually describes something else : not literal 2. the abstract idea of the meaning, what makes sense to people, common use, metaphor

eg: Americans like to speak figuratively. We like to use an idea of something, to make it more creative. Like, I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

eg: He is on fire, he is making more sales than anyone else.

Grammar

is terrible (ADJ.) for

be terrible (ADJ.) to

act terribly (ADV.) to us