Online Class Notes (Raph)
Vocabulary
Coffee Table (n): 1- a small, low table that is usually in front of the sofa in a living room.
E.g.: He put the snacks on the coffee table, so his guests could help himself.
Infuriating (adj): 1- causing great anger.
E.g.: It’s infuriating when people keep spelling your name wrong, isn’t it?
E.g.: It’s infuriating to be kept waiting this long!
Rhetoric (n): 1- speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people.
E.g.: I was convinced by her rhetoric into donating all my savings to the charity.
E.g.: His controversial rhetoric is designed to divide people.
Polarize (n): 1- to cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups.
E.g.: The debate is becoming polarized and there seems to be no middle ground.
Biodiversity (n): 1- the number and types of plants and animals that exist in a place.
E.g.: Brazil has the world’s largest biodiversity.
E.g.: Climate change is a huge threat to the world’s biodiversity.
Brexit (n): 1- an exit (= act of leaving) by the United Kingdom from the European Union (short for “British exit”):
E.g.: There have been various attempts to calculate how much Brexit will cost.
E.g.: People now realize that Brexit is way harder than initially thought.
Grammar
I have to prepare for a lot of things. – I have to prepare a lot of things
Pronunciation
Infuriating: /ɪnˈfjʊr.i.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ//in.fiu.ree.ei.ting/
Rhetoric: /ˈret̬.ɚ.ɪk/
Brexit: /ˈbrek.sɪt/
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