F2F Class Notes (Ben)
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Vocabulary
feasible = doable, possible
confiscate = take someone’s belongings away for a while, often as a punishment
If the teacher finds a student with a mobile phone, he will confiscate it and give it to his parents.
an escort = a high-class prostitute
up the creek = in a difficult situation
a racket = a lot of noise
Stop making this racket, it’s 2 am !
belittle = to insult, to make someone
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Grammar
Do you mind if I smoke ?
= Do you mind my smoking?
I insisted that he tried
= I insisted on his trying.
He insisted that the assistant should count the money
= He insisted on the assistant’s counting the money.
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on <> off
My mind is on my work. I can’t think of anything else. I need something to take my mind off work.
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