F2F Class notes 3rd September (Eddie)

1. a few = not many, several
2.  few = very few almost none (at all)

1. A few people were waiting outside the Apple store in Pudong. (several people, not many)
2. Few people understood the real story behind the […]. (very few, almost np)

A: I can’t sleep at night.

B: I know what you mean. When I was in college, I would always stay up until dawn and then waste the whole day sleeping.

Because I had lots of things to think. – […] because I had a million things to think about.

vivid: almost life-like

E.g. My grandfather’s vivid description of life on the mountain made me want to move there.

as
due to the fact that
on account of
as a result of
because of all the things I had to think about

When I was in college, I would always stay up until dawn; some of the best ideas came to me around 4a.m.

When I was in college, I would always stay up until dawn, because I had a million things to think about.