F2F Class Notes 13th December (Celeste) [3]

starving artist – term meaning an artist is maybe poor because they haven’t sold any works of art or they haven’t become discovered or popular

eg. I’m a starving artist because I haven’t been discovered for my beautiful paintings yet!

When i was little there was a small / tiny abandoned house on the opposite side of the street which was in the front of my school gate /opposite my school. There was a rumour about this house in which people said that there were ghosts haunting that house (…a rumour which told of ghosts that haunted….). As a student in an elementary school (as an elementary school student) my friends and I always went to the front yard of this house. I remember there was a wanted poster that had been posted on the wall of this houseand the guy on the poster was the person that the police wanted put into a prison cell. One day, one of my friends came to confide in me on the spiral staircase in the school, telling me / claiming that she knew what was haunting the house. Several / a few / a bunch offriends and I decided to go to the house to find out the truth. When we got to the entrance of the house, I was picked randomly to be the first person to knock on the door. At first I had cold feet but in front of all my friends I had to get up the courage to take the first step, and because I was the youngest, it was customary to go first.

Upgraded Vocabulary 

When i was little there was a tiny abandoned house across the street from my school. There was a rumour about this house in which people said that there were ghosts haunting that house (…a rumour which told of ghosts that haunted….). As an elementary school student my friends and I always lingered around the front yard of this house but never dared to go in. I remember there was a wanted poster that had been put up / hung / plastered / pinned up / tacked up / taped up on the wall of this house and the guy on the poster was the person that the police wanted him thrown in jail. One day, one of my friends came to confide in me on the spiral staircase in the school,  claiming that she knew what was haunting the house. A bunch of friends and I decided to go to the house to find out the truth. When we got to the entrance of the house, I was singled out / involuntarily volunteered to be the first person to knock on the door. At first I had cold feet but in front of all my friends I had to get up the courage to take the first step, and because I was the youngest, I was forced/pushed/commanded by the eldest to go first.

plaster / plastered – when sth is put together or hung up using glue or plaster

pinned up / tacked up – when sth is put up using pins or tacks

safety pin n. – pin with a piece of metal to protect the sharp tip of the needle

paper clip n. – metal clip used to collect papers

bobby pins n. – jia zi