F2F Class Notes (Ben)

Vocabulary

Garfield is….

disrespectful, condescending,

foot-in-mouth, tactless, provocative

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a tenth
The size of Seoul is just a tenth of Shanghai

common-or-garden = normal, not special
This is just a common-or-garden phone, there’s nothing special to it.

ravage = completely destroy
The building was ravaged by the fire.
London got fire-ravaged in 1212.

The economic growth pulled the (war-ravaged) nation out of poverty.

a vassal state = 藩属国
China was made of vassal states.