F2F Class Notes 5th Apr (Harmony)
Discount: a sale, or a cheaper price.
Ex: I usually buy clothes that are on discount.
Discount for brining own cup to starbucks = your coffee will be cheaper if you bring your own coffee cup.
Trial: a test period/ to test something first.
Ex: My mattress comes with a 6 month trial period. = I can take the mattress back within 6 months if I don’t like it.
Ex: I have a 9 month trial period at Smart English. = your testing it out.
Cut down: decrease, make the number smaller. (cut down a tree, the tree is smaller)
Ex: In Shanghai sometimes you will see some workers who cut down a tree trunk on the streetside.
Ex: I want to lose some weight, so I will cut down on how much dessert I eat.
Reduce: make smaller, decrease, cut down.
Ex: I will reduce the amount of money I spend by not buying dessert.
Increase: up
Decrease: down
Strategy (stra – teh – gee): a plan to complete something.
Ex: I have made a strategy in order to finish all of my work today.
Ex: My boss has a strategy to increase sales this month.
Ex: My friend has a strategy on how to spend our vacation.
Americano: espresso in water (meishi café)
Drip coffee/ filter coffee: slow brewed coffee, through a filter. (cheaper than Americanos)
Reusable: can use again, and again.
Disposable: throw away, one time use.
Ex: People like to buy disposable things, and then throw them away.
Ex: I often use disposable chopsticks.
Lie: to not tell the truth.
Ex: I lied to my mom, and now I’m in trouble.
Lay: to lay down on something.
Journalist: an author/or writer for a magazine or paper.
Ex: He is a well known journalist.
Journal: something you write in, a book that is special for writing in.
Ex: I have a journal to write in while I’m on vacation.
Ex: She writes in a special journal.
Environmentally friendly: good for the earth, or safe for the earth.
Fewer: less than
Ex: Fewer than 1 in 400 paper cups at cafes are recycled. = Less than 1 in 400 paper cups at cafes are recycled.
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