F2F Class Notes 29th July (Harmony)
Review:
Moron: a dumb person.
Stuck: can’t escape/ can’t leave.
Eg. I can’t come for lunch; I’m stuck at work.
Reading:
Today’s focus: TH words, not adding “ah” between words, L words.
L words:
Hall
Well
Pulling
Usual
call
Clothes (close) – not too much emphasis on the TH
Curtains (kur – tins)
Cheerios (cheery – yos)
Walked (walkT)
Easy (e-z)
Principle – prin – cin – pull (prin – ci – pull)
Practically (prack – tick – lee)
Subject – suba ject – (sub – jekt)*****
Racket: a lot of noise. / loud noise.
Eg. A baby is crying and making a lot of racket.
Chew someone out: to reprimand someone/ to yell at them for something they did wrong.
Tag along: go with.
Tagged along: went with
Tracks: footprints
“cover your tracks”: hide your footprints/hide the evidence from being traced back to you.
Eg. Serial killers cover their tracks.
Gimmick: a plan or scheme to get someone’s attention/ or approval.
Eg. Students in the classroom tried some gimmicks to get the teachers attention.
Permanent: forever/ not washable.
Self-portrait: a picture you draw of yourself.
Close call: you barely escaped from danger/trouble.
Eg. If you almost get hit by a truck that would be a close call.
Eg. I had a close call yesterday, I almost lost my phone.
Potty: a child’s way to say “toilet”
Scrape: to brush against sth, to collect sth by scraping. (think about traditional Chinese medicine scraping)
Eg. I’m scraping the bottom of my bowl.
Eg. I scraped my arm when I fell.
Appetite: how hungry you are/ or how much you eat.
Eg. I have an appetite for something.
Pg. 113
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