F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
Siren – type of noise, loud high and low
eg: Was it a real siren or a toy siren?
jing bao sheng – siren
diao che – Crane, He 鶴 also, a tall skinny bird that stands in the water
a kind of vehicle that helps someone to construct a building, it can go up and down and pick up heavy things.
vehicle – a car is a kind of vehicle
firearm – a gun is a kind of firearm
metaphor – saying one thing is another thing
In English if you call someone a chicken, that means they are afraid of many things, maybe will run away easily.
Chicken is a metaphor for a coward.
Under the weather – sick or don’t feel well
A house of cards – an unstable and easily broken thing
crooked – not straight
Katie’s plan to get into college was a house of cards on a crooked table.
David is a worm for what he did to Shelia.
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