Online Class Notes (Nick)

Quiz on the vocabulary!

Vocabulary

Mortal Enemy – when two people cannot be alive at the same time, they cannot rest until one of them is dead
e.g. I am not afraid of mosquitoes, I just view them as my mortal enemies.

Bug Zapper – anything that will use electricity to kill a flying bug
e.g. My Mom has a zapper in the shape of a tennis racket so that you can swing it at bugs.

Coy – a type of Chinese fish that is usually orange,

Larva/larvae – bug eggs and little worm-like bugs before they can fly
Caterpillar – the larval stage for butterflies and moths
Cub – bears, dogs, lions, tigers (mostly hunting mammals)
Gnat – a very small fly, so small that you can’t hear it flying by unless it is very close

You can take the horse to water, but you can’t make him drink
You can’t wake a person that is pretending to be asleep
You can until you are blue in the face – usually the action is about convincing someone or changing someone’s mind; it means you can work until you are totally exhausted with no effect; nothing you can do will achieve what you are trying to do; the idea is that when you talk and shout until you have no air left in your lungs then you turn blue

Navajo – a group of native Americans living in the southwest of the United States from whom the saying about “waking a faker” comes

Dictator – a leader who doesn’t listen to the people but orders what they want to happen or what they think best

Make – to use force to cause someone to do something; to take away someone’s choice
Let – when you have the power to stop someone from doing something, but you allow them to do it anyway
e.g. You can’t make the horse drink, you must let it decide.

Let’s – the command form for “we”
e.g. Let’s go get some pizza ~ 我们去吃比萨吧

Deserve – someone’s actions make some result appropriate; the word itself is neutral because good actions will deserve good results and bad actions will deserve bad results

Divisive – something about which people often have very strong emotions and so if you say something wrong people could get very angry
e.g. Politics tends to be a divisive topic.

Restore – to bring something old back to a good condition

Pickpocket – a small-time thief who takes things out of your pockets, like wallets, watches, phones, etc.
Blend in – to dress or act like other people in a group so that other people won’t notice you
e.g. The pickpockets in Spain dress like tourists to blend in with their victims.

Grammar

His hair just get huge and huge – bigger and bigger
— We need the “-er” on the end to show that we are comparing

The other one is more often to be used? – The other one is used more often

Totally agree what he is doing – agree with

I will definitely let them pay – make them pay

Due to the shipment hasn’t arrived our company – Due to the delay of the shipment in arriving at our company / As the shipment hasn’t arrived at our company, it is inevitable that the final delivery will have to be delayed.