F2F Class Notes 9th August (Jesse)
a thing / stuff / things
phenomenon – a fact of life that is incredible / amazing
eg. let me tell you about a phenomenon that I found out about recently
obsessive compulsive disorder – OCD
eg. I am obsessive compulsive
eg2. I have OCD / I have a bit of OCD
pedantic – to be overly concerned with minute (small / tiny) details
my father does the same thing
it runs in my family / it’s genetic / it’s a habit I picked up from my family / it’s in my blood
pension – the regular payment you get from a retirement fund
eg. I watched my I grandmother laying her pension out on the bed and counting it
on bed – in bed / on the bed
1: most common + essential – at home / at work / in bed / at school / in hospital
2: connected / common – the bus / the train / the subway / the bank / the airport / the library / the post office / the cinema / the car
3: individual things / places – at a cafe / at a restaurant / on a plane / on a boat / in a taxi / at a meeting
with the head facing the right way up
right way up < > upside down
we need to make sure that the hang tag is facing the way they want / the right way
she has it even more-so than I do
eg. she has OCD even more-so than I do / than me
as to – as for
as for = regarding
eg. my dad is really good at it… but as for my grandma, she’s really bad
what on earth (polite) / what the hell (rude) what the F… (very rude)
it’s out of our hands (casual) / it’s out of our control (standard)
it’s up to you… it’s out of our hands = your responsibility, no longer ours.
worldly design / multicultural
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