F2F Class Notes _21st Apr (Harmony)
How are you?
Friend – be honest
Professional – lie
- I’m doing well thank you, and you?
- I’m great thanks.
Reading:
Filtration (fiLL – tray – shun)/ filter: the act of filtering.
Flown in: transported by a plane
Ex: The lobster was flown in fresh today.
Chlorine (klor – een) 必应词典: a chemical used to clean water.
Pesticides (pess – tih – sides)
Laden (lay – denn): loaded with, burdened.
Ex: The man was laden with money problems.
Ex: The river was laden with pollution.
Inhaling (in – hail – ing) inhale: the action of breathing in.
Exhale: breathing out
Micro – particles: extra small particles.
Particles: a small portion, piece or fragment.
They add plenty of chlorine, and then some. = They add more than enough chlorine, and then keep adding to it.
Emissions: discharge from something.
Ex: The emissions from chemical factories polluted the air and water.
The chemicals and pesticides from farms that have sunk into the ground. = the chemicals… that the ground absorbed.
Ex: The boat sunk.
Ex: I needed time to let the information sink in.
Soak up: (verb phrase) to absorb or take in the information.
Ex: I need to soak up the information.
Ex: I need a towel to soak up the spilled water.
Hard water: has a lot of minerals – leaves deposits (leaves minerals in things.)
Soft water: doesn’t leave deposits (minerals on things.)
Strip: to remove.
Ex: The child came in covered in mud, so I stripped him down and dropped him in the bath.
Ex: Before we paint the walls, we must strip it of the ugly wallpaper. / we must strip the ugly wallpaper.
Ex: The Victoria secret models have to strip very quickly during the show.
Irritate: to excite to the point of making something upset or angry.
Ex: When children are complaining it is very irritating.
Ex: After I shower, my legs are itchy and irritated.
Ex: I find it irritating when my husband leaves the toilet seat up.
Ex: I was irritated by the crowds on the train.
Hard water + chlorine+ dirty/ impurities on the skin = you are never really clean.
Dissolve: to melt into, to bring to and end, destroy.
Ex: I dissolved some lemonade (juice crystals) powder into my drink.
Ex: I dissolved the milk powder into the water for my son.
Ex: Our partnership was dissolved after our disagreement.
Ex: The rainy weather dissolved my good mood.
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