F2F Class Notes 14th April (Celeste)
take a number – if there are a lot of people waiting for something, people can take a number
ex: Wow! The line is so long, let’s take a number and wait for our number to be called.
In foreign countries, always dentist has a clinic. – In foreign countries, dentists always work at a clinic.
private practice/office – dentists/doctors can have their own office, the people who go here are regular patients
ex: Celeste’s mom is a dentist. She has her own private practice.
clinic –Â anyone can go, usually many doctors are on staff and on a rotation schedule
ex: People go to a medical clinic if their doctor doesn’t have any available appointements.
hospital – where people should go when there is a medical emergency
ex:Â Jesse went to the hospital when he cut his finger.
pay out of pocket – paying for something with your own money
ex: When we go to the hospital, sometimes we need to pay the fees out of pocket then the insurance will reimburse us.
reimburse (verb) / reimbursement (noun)Â Â – pay back
ex: My friend helps me to buy trousers, so I should reimburse her.
ex: Celeste reimbursed Judy for the Taobao shopping.
ex: The insurance company needs to do a reimbursement, so Angela can get her money back.
ex: Can you fill out the reimbursement claim/document/file?
fill in/out – complete a form
ex: fill in the blanks
ex: fill out the document
She asked whether or not Howie is going to school tomorrow. = She asked if How is going to school tomorrow.
They get/have/receive insurance from the company. = They are covered from the company.
When we have insurance, we are covered.
ex: Howie is covered.
ex: Are you covered?
cover – pay (get)
ex: Can you cover this bill? I’ll get the next one.
ex: Can you cover it?
ex: Can you get this one?
birth marks – marks on the skin since birth
ex: I have a small birth mark on my arm.
anaesthesia (put to sleep) – to give gases or inject drugs in order to not feel pain during surgeries and operations
ex: The doctor will give me anesthesia before the surgery.
ex: The dentist put me to sleep when I had my teeth removed.
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