F2F Class Notes 4th September (Peter)

Corrections

(Original – corrected)

I’ve never met that word – I’ve never encountered that word

They all talk it – they all say it

Vocabulary

Ubiquitous – universal, present everywhere

Grammar

A part of speech is a verb, noun, adverb, or adjective.

An intransitive verb cannot be used with an object.

Ex. The verb “to talk.”

Expressions

Often, if someone is late to an event, a person can make a snide, sarcastic comment; “look who decided to grace us with his presence.” This phrase teases the person and implies that they think they are too good to be on time. The tone of this phrase could make it seem aggressive.

To beat around the bush means to avoid saying what must be said, to avoid being straightforward.

To cut to the chase means to be direct, to “skip to the climax.” This phrase is the opposite of beating around the bush.

If someone says it just doesn’t do it for me, it means “I dislike it without reason.” For example, let’s say I take you to a new restaurant to try some interesting food. Maybe it tastes okay, maybe it looks okay, but you don’t like it anyway. You can say “it just doesn’t do it for me,” which effectively means “I can’t give you a reason why, but I don’t like it.”

When we use the verb “to drink” intransitively, it refers to alcohol. So, saying “I want to drink” means “I want to drink [alcohol].”

Pronunciation

Perfect (adjective: PURR-fict, verb: purr-FECT)

Progress (noun: PRAW-gress, verb: pruh-GRESS)

Refund (noun: REE-fund, verb: rih-FUND)

Address (noun: ADD-ress, verb: uh-DRESS)

Project (noun: PRAW-ject, verb: pruh-JECT)

Entrance* (noun: EN-trince, verb: in-TRANCE)

*Note: the noun entrance simply means 入口 but the verb entrance means to means to put something into a state of distracted fascination (出神).

Ex. The boy was entranced by the girl’s beauty.

Genre (JOHN-ruh)

Ubiquitous (you-BICK-wit-iss)