F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

assemble (v): to make something by joining separate parts:
E.g.: furniture that is easy to assemble

lump (n): 1- a piece of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape:
E.g.: a lump of coal
E.g.: a sugar lump
E.g.: You don’t want lumps in the sauce.

work (v): 1-to shape, change, or process a substance:
E.g.: Working iron requires higher temperatures than bronze.
E.g.: Gently work the butter into the flour until there are no lumps left.

tickle (v): 1-to touch someone lightly with your fingers, making them slightly uncomfortable and often making them laugh:
E.g.: Stop! You’re tickling me!
E.g.: I tickled her feet and she laughed.

ticklish (adj): 1-If you are ticklish, you quickly feel uncomfortable when someone lightly touches your skin to make you laugh.

diploma (n): 证书, a document given by a college or university to show that you have passed a particular exam or finished your studies:
E.g.: a diploma in business studies
E.g.:  a high school diploma

sew (v): 1- to join two pieces of cloth together by putting thread through them with a needle:
E.g.: My grandmother taught me to sew.
E.g.: I made this skirt just by sewing two pieces of material together.

seamstress (n): 女裁缝 1-a woman whose job is sewing and making clothes
E.g.: His grandmother was a seamstress

tailor (n):裁缝someone whose job is to repair, make, and adjust (= make changes to) clothes, especially someone who makes jackets, trousers, coats, etc. for men