F2F Class Notes (Jacob)

From your experience, write about the most important culture similarities & differences between China & Korea.

Pronunciation

PoLite

Empathetic 

A really small increase = a nominal increase

Vocabulary

Don’t be to Hasty – Doing something to quickly without thinking/considering what could go wrong

There are plenty of fish in the sea – There is lots more of what you have lost (girls, friends, etc)

Messed up – to make a mistake/something was not done perfectly

Idiom

It’s was piece of cake – It was so easy

I nailed it – It was perfect/I go a perfect score

Two birds one stone – Two problems solved by one solution

In/coherent

(adj.) logically consistent, intelligible (William could not figure out what Harold had seen because he was too distraught to deliver a coherent statement.)

cumulative

(adj.) increasing, building upon itself (The cumulative effect of hours spent using the World English website was a vast improvement in his vocabulary and general level of English.)

diligent

(adj.) showing care in doing one’s work (The diligent researcher made sure to double check her measurements.)

empathy

(n.) sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own (I feel such empathy for my dog when she’s upset so am I!)

fabricate

(v.) to make up, invent (When I arrived an hour late to class, I fabricated some excuse about my car breaking down on the way to work.)

gluttony

(n.) overindulgence in food or drink (Helen’s fried chicken tastes so divine, I don’t know how anyone can call gluttony a sin.)

nominal

(adj.) trifling, insignificant (Because he was moving the following week and needed to get rid of his furniture more than he needed money, Kim sold everything for a nominal price.)

novice

(n.) a beginner, someone without training or experience (Because we were all novices at archery, our instructor decided to begin with the basics

oblivious

(adj.) lacking consciousness or awareness of something (Oblivious to the burning smell emanating from the kitchen, my father did not notice that the rolls in the oven were burned until much too late.)

rash

(adj.) hasty, incautious (It’s best to think things over calmly and thoroughly, rather than make rash decisions.)

refurbish

(v.) to restore, clean up (After being refurbished the old Triumph motorcycle commanded the handsome price of $6000.)