F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Vocabulary

loose = not tight, flojo
She is a woman of loose morals.

increment = a +1, an addition
My salary gets incremented by 200 RMB every year.
The heater can be set to turn off automatically in hourly increments from 1 to 15 hours.

at hourly intervals = every hour

grasp = take tightly
The old woman grasped her bag when she saw the big scary guy in the subway.
She was speaking really fast, so I only grasped the main points.

yank = pull something hard, quickly and suddenly
I didn’t have the key so I just yanked the old door to get in.

turn off = switch off = shut off
Please shut the computer off before leaving

tip over = knock over = make something lose balance
The waitress tipped my cup over by accident and got water all over me.

hand in = to give a piece of work to a teacher or a boss
I need to hand in my homework tomorrow at latest.