Group Class Notes (Vocabulary – Raph)

Reading

Original:

A New Shirt

There are many stores at the mall and Lucy often goes there. She sees a clothing store and goes inside. There are many different shirts. Some shirts are plain; others have patterns. She gets a colorful floral shirt and tries it on. She looks in the mirror and thinks it looks great, so she decides to buy it.

Upgraded:

A New / fresh / brand new Shirt / blouse / chemise / top

There are many / a lot of / lots of / several / plenty of / numerous / countless stores / shops at the mall / shopping mall / shopping center / plaza and Lucy often / frequently / repeatedly goes / visits there. She sees / watches / looks / notices / views a clothing / garment / apparel / fashion store and goes inside / in / into / inner. There are many different / dissimilar / diverse / various shirts. Some / several / a few shirts are plain / simple / solid-colored / basic / unadorned; others have patterns / designs / adornments / decorations. She gets a colorful / full of color / colored floral / flowered / flowery shirt and tries / attempts / tastes / puts it on. She looks in the mirror / reflection and thinks / believes / considers / realizes / figures it looks / seems great / good / wonderful / perfect / gorgeous / amazing / awesome, so she decides / resolves / makes a decision  to buy / take / get / purchase it.

Vocabulary

Synonym (n): 1- a word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.
E.g.: The words “small” and “little” are synonyms.

Antonym (n): 1- a word that means the opposite of another word:
E.g.: Two antonyms of “light” are “dark” and “heavy”.

Pattern (n): 1- any regularly repeated arrangement, especially a design made from repeated lines, shapes, or colors on a surface.
E.g.: Look, the frost has made a beautiful pattern on the window.
E.g.: The curtains had a floral pattern.
E.g.: The pattern should match on both sides.
E.g.: H&M makes my favorite pattern designs.
E.g.: Compared with other kinds of designs, I prefer to buy clothes with check patterns.

Floral (adj): 1- made of flowers, or decorated with pictures of flowers
E.g.: I just bought myself a beautiful pair of floral shorts.
E.g.: Country fashion usually has lots of floral patterns.
E.g.: At H&M you can find lots of floral shirts, shorts, dresses, etc..

Brand New (adj): 1- new.
E.g.: I just got a brand new car for Christmas.
E.g.: I bought a lot of brand new clothes on Singles Day.

Numerous (adj): 1- many:
E.g.: We have discussed these plans on numerous occasions.
E.g.: Retailers of this type, once rare, are now numerous.
E.g.: The report contains numerous errors.
E.g.: I learned numerous new words in this class.

Countless (adj): 1- very many, or too many to be counted:
E.g.: There are countless arguments against this ridiculous proposal.
E.g.: I’ve heard this song played countless times on the radio.
E.g.: There are countless stars in the sky.

Repeatedly (adv): 1- many times.
E.g.: He called repeatedly, begging her to come back.
E.g.: We need to listen to a new word repeatedly in order to memorize it.

Garment (n): 1- a piece of clothing.
E.g.: Garments include tops, dresses, trousers, shorts, and so on.
E.g.: Louritta is a garment technician at H&M.

Inner (adj): 1- inside or contained within something else:
E.g.: Leading off the main hall is a series of small inner rooms.
E.g.: The inner side of the jacket is made of goose feathers.

Dissimilar (adj): 1- different.
E.g.: Although they are twins, thy look dissimilar.
E.g.: The new house is not dissimilar (= is similar) to our old one, except that it’s slightly bigger.

Diverse (adj): 1- including many different types of people or things. 2- very different from each other.
E.g.: Students from countries as diverse as Colombia and China use Cambridge textbooks.
E.g.: New York is a very culturally diverse city.
E.g.: We hold very diverse views on the topic.

Various (adj): 1- many different.
E.g.: We had various problems on our journey, including a flat tyre.
E.g.: The author gave various reasons for having written the book.
E.g.: Various people whom we weren’t expecting turned up at the meeting.

Unadorned (adj): 1- plain and simple, with little or no decoration
E.g.: Her wedding dress was unadorned, but very beautiful.
E.g.: Modern clothing always have unadorned designs.

Reflection (n): 1- the image of something in a mirror or on any reflective surface:
E.g.: She was looking at her reflection in the mirror.
E.g.: She could see her reflection in the water.
E.g.: The lake is so peaceful that you can see your reflection in the water.