Online Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

expression: facial expression/ saying what you mean
ie. Expressing yourself correctly in English is difficult.

housewarming:  (adj)for moving into new place
ie. We threw a housewarming party for our friend.

place: instead of apt/house
ie. We moved to a new place. We are looking for a new place.

home: the concept; hometown; where your heart is, where you belong
ie. Home is where you are.
ie. I feel at home. <— I feel very comfortable, relax, I belong

cheating: doing something you’re not supposed to do
ie. Elena is cheating on her vocabulary quiz because she is looking at the website.
ie. Even though Elena cheats, last least she’s honest about it.
ie. My neighbor is cheating on his wife, and his wife caught him with an 18-year old girl.
ie. My neighbor cheated on his wife with an 18-year old girl.

tabloids: news about gossip of celebrities
ie. I read a tabloid article about Kate Middleton.

lurk: (verb)standing in the dark, in secret, watching, don’t want the other person to find out
ie. Elena is like a creepy person lurking behind the doors.
ie. When I came to class, I found Elena lurking around the lobby. She was probably cheating again.

run into/bump into: crash into each other , didn’t plan to see each other
ie. I bumped into Elena at a fancy restaurant yesterday.

freeze:  (v)suddenly stop.  (adj) frozen
ie. Sometimes my screen freezes.
ie. My screen is frozen so I can’t see Ally anymore.

embezzle: take away company’s money (verb)
ie. The banker embezzled 1 million dollars from his company.

duty: responsibility
ie. It is my duty to teach you English.

luxury/designer/high-end brand: LV, Chanel, Dior ….

Grammar

for – never for places

watch/see
ie. I saw you in the lobby yesterday. (I bumped into you)
ie. Elena, don’t cheat! I’m watching you. (I’m looking at you carefully)

…because my friend will move home.
because my friend is moving and it’s a housewarming dinner.

In Columbia, many people like to do gossip about their neighbors. Sometimes they are behind the curtains of the windows to see the other neighbor to try to know what they do.
In Columbia, many people like to gossip about their neighbors. Sometimes they lurk behind the curtains to watch the other neighbors to find out what they’re doing.

Ally likes to gossip (verb)
Ally likes to spread gossip (news about others – noun)
Ally is a big gossip (person)

He can’t to live in Australia.
He can’t leave Australia.

My relatives live for some countries in the world.
My relatives live in different countries in the world.

Ally is exaggerating about Elena being a gossip.

The company is going bankrupt (adj)because my co-worker embezzled all the money.
The company is going into bankruptcy (noun) because …

Pronunciation

cheating chicken

gossip – gaw+sip (not gosspee)

live leave