F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

hypocritical (adj): 1-saying that you have particular moral beliefs but behaving in a way that shows these are not sincere:
E.g.: Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical – they have been just as corrupt themselves.

cover the damage

annual leave (n): 1-a paid number of days each year that an employee is allowed to be away from work:
E.g.: be on annual leave She is on annual leave
E.g.: She took annual leave to attend the day’s commemorations.
E.g.: We offer a good starting salary and 25 days’ annual leave.

vassal (n): 附庸 1-in medieval Europe, a man who agreed to fight for a king or lord (= rich and powerful land owner) when needed, in exchange for land to live on
​2-also vassal state a country that is controlled by a more powerful country, and has to provide military support or pay money to it when needed

lingua franca (n): 1-a language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages :
E.g.: The international business community sees English as a lingua franca.

Pronunciation

balloon-/bəˈluːn/