F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

There were a lot of days that were really cold / There were a lot of cold (ADJ.) days. (N.)

Maybe 2 months of cold days.

when he worked – when he was working

pay all the money – pay the majority of the cost

when you get retired – When you retire (V.)

take for granted – thinking you must have these things, even though you maybe don’t deserve them.

eg: I realized how much I took it for granted.

eg: Don’t take this chance for granted, you might not get another one.

spoiled – had too much of a good thing, now thinks it is normal

eg: I think we got a little spoiled by having a heater in our apartment.

eg: Don’t buy him all those toys, he will get spoiled.

1st world problems – not really a big problem, compared to people who live in very poor countries.

eg: It really sucks we don’t have heat.

Yeah, 1st world problems. Lol

get + (ADJ.) – to become, or change into, for ONE MOMENT!        used like be with the past participle of some verbs to form passive constructions.     you don’t know who did the action, but you know it happened.

eg: Don’t get angry.

eg: your food is getting food.

eg:    Get, fired, hired, killed, paid, married, sick, healthy, fat, skinny, angry.

welfare – a program where the gov’t helps poor people with their very basic needs

eg: I’m on welfare, so my free insurance won’t cover that surgery.

Grammar

when he worked – when he was working          Worked (more specific)

eg: When he worked for his school… he got good insurance.

Working (In general, any job, any time)

eg: When he was working

pay all the money – pay the majority of the cost/price/bill/insurance

when you get retired – When you retire (V.)

get retired

he is retired (ADJ.)

How to use GET: to show a change.

I am single

I met a girl.

We will get married, but, we are not married yet.

We are still not married. We will get married on

Our wedding is tomorrow.

(Tomorrow) We are married.

We got married(ADJ.) yesterday.