F2F Class Notes 4th March (Tony)

parent company – a larger company that owns a smaller one

eg: “Inditex is the parent company of Zara and a few other clothing (adj.) brands.”

source – the place something originally comes from

eg: “They couldn’t identify the source of his suffering.”

funnel V. – to direct everything toward the same location

eg: “All the traffic in Beijing is funnelled into tight spots.” “They funnel everybody into one door.”

embrace – to gladly accept something

eg: “They really embrace foreigners in China.”

inditex hired him

suffer from anxiety/ suffer a lot of pain, 

i have one patient a week

I need to stay occupied

as many as:  new york doesn’t have as many homeless people as San Francisco

psychiatric hospital/ Mental institution

insane asylum (not politically correct)

Pronunciation

anxiety – Ang zie eh tee

psychiatric – sai kee at trik

scholarship – Skal ler ship     on a scholarship

occupied – aww cue pied