F2F Class Notes 18th January (Joseph)

Posh – upper class

Standard of living – the quality of life (e.g. Because China’s economy has increased a lot, Chinese people’s standard of living has increased a lot.)

More than meets the eye – it looks simple but actually it is more complicated than that.

Allies – friends or partners that can work together to make a mutually beneficial arrangement.

It is worth to learn from them.

It is worth learning from them.

The most large land…

The largest land…

Even they didn’t want to invade other countries. (this sentence emphasizes the fact that even they (China) didn’t want to invade.)

They didn’t even want to invade other countries. (this sentence emphasizes the fact that they didn’t want to invade)