F2F Class Notes December 11th (Ben)

Vocabulary

on my father/mother’s side

My grandmother on my father’s side has 5 children and the one on my mother’s side had 9.

controversy = disagreement (contro = against, verse = words)

Castro was a controversial political figure. Some people liked him whereas some didn’t.

I respect you, you are respected by me.

I am respectful of you.

have it better/worse = to be in a better/worse situation

I think North Korea has it worse.

filthy = dirty / very

Yuck, you need to clean your car, it’s filthy !

Man, this girl is filthy rich !

wean = stop feeding a child with milk and start feeding him with solid food

The WHO recommends weaning at 2 years old.

a health condition

If you don’t push out the milk after the baby starts weaning, it might lead to a health condition.

mothering = to state of being a mother

Mothering doesn’t sound like a day at the beach.

if you had told me = had you told me

I would have taken something, if you had told me you were here.

Had you told me you were here, I would have brought you something.

take someone doing

I took my son swimming yesterday and then I took him for a massage.