F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Grammar

I had nearly time to use new vocabularies to write something. –>
I didn’t have enough time to use new words to write something.

The apartment isn’t enough large. –>
The apartment isn’t large enough

I’m not very like Michael Jackson –>

A 14-inch screen
A 33-centiliter Coca-Cola can
A 2-gigabyte USB stick

Vocabulary

negotiate = try to agree on a price
You can negotiate the agency fee with the agent.

a tenant = someone who rents a house from a landlord (房东)
The landlord asked the tenant to pay all the agency fees, so they had to negotiate.

a TOR connection 洋葱浏览器

shady = not clear, suspicious
There are many shady things on the deep web: drug deals, organ deals, arms deals, etc.

the tip of the iceberg = what you see of something
Google only shows you the tip of the iceberg. 90% of the internet is on the deep web.
There are a lot of hidden costs when buying a car, such as insurance, gas, maintenance, taxes, license plate fees, parking fees, tickets and fines. The price of a car itself is only the tip of the iceberg.