F2F Class Notes 4th September (Peter)

Corrections

(Original – corrected)

Very free – I have some leeway/It’s not too strict/I have some freedom

Three times of four times on month – three or four times a month

Much more cheaper – much cheaper

You looks very perfect – you look perfect

Vocabulary

Leeway – a degree of freedom

Idiom – a phrase that means something different from its literal meaning, 成语

Bush – a small plant found normally on the edges of streets and sidewalks

Bushy – an adjective that comes from the word bush, meaning wild-looking, unkempt, and messy.

Unkempt – not taken care of, usually used to describe someone’s hair or appearance

Parts of Speech – nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs

Perfectionist – someone who wants everything to be perfect

Entrance –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.

Grammar

When the word perfect is used as a verb, it means ‘to make perfect.”

Ex. I practice my English every day in order to perfect my grammar. (This perfect is a verb and is pronounced purr-FECT)

Expressions

The phrase to sleep in means to wake up too late.

Ex. I was supposed to wake up at 9, but I slept in until 10.

To beat around the bush means to avoid saying what must be said. For example, let’s say you know I have bad news but I’m nervous and I don’t want to tell you straight away. I can engage in small talk, and you can tell me “stop beating around the bush and just tell me what you need to.”

To cut to the chase means to avoid saying anything unnecessary and to directly say what is important. This is the opposite of beating around the bush.

Pronunciation

Promise (PRAW-miss)

Percent (purr-SENT)

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

Entrance (noun: EN-trince, verb: en-TRANCE)