F2F Class Notes 21st January(Garrett)
action slowly – move slowly
Ex “I fear that when I move on Sunday, the cold will make me move slowly and it will take a very long time to finish.”
across to me – drove past
Ex “Many taxis drove past me without stopping.”
pilot = the person who flies a plane or steers a ship
Ex “The pilot executed an emergency landing due to a bomb threat on the plane.”
can’t harmless – can’t harm / is harmless
Ex “The suspicious device discovered by authorities is harmless.”
When you come across a new word:
- Use the context to understand the word and how it is used
- Look up the word in a monolingual dictionary (English only dictionary)
- If you have a great deal of difficulty understanding the meaning, look it up in a bilingual dictionary (English-Chinese dictionary)
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