F2F Class Notes 28th February (Raph)

Vocabulary

Saturate (v): 1- to fill a thing or place completely so that no more can be added.
E.g.: The police saturated the area. (= a large number of police officers were sent into)

Monastery (n): 1- a building in which monks live and worship
E.g.: Theres a monastery at the top of Mont Saint-Michel, in France.

Famine (n): 1- a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens.
E.g.: Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.

Arbitrary (adj): 1- based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason.
E.g.: Did you have a reason for choosing your destination or was it arbitrary?

Nomad (n): 1- a member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time.
E.g.: They spent a month living with a tribe of Somalian desert nomads.

Guideline (n): 1- information intended to advise people on how something should be done or what something should be:
E.g.: The EU has issued guidelines on appropriate levels of pay for part-time manual workers.

NGO = Non-Governmental Organization

Grammar

(Original – Edited)

They cooperate with some company to held some activities. – They cooperate with some companies to hold some activities.

Pronunciation

Sale: /seɪl/

Sell: /sel/