F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

kill the hostage- 撕票
a friend of mine-one of my friends

on your own

take advantage of sb/sth– to treat someone badly in order to get something good from them:
E.g.: I think she takes advantage of his good nature.
E.g.: I know she’s offered to babysit, but I don’t want her to think we’re taking advantage of her.

hostage （n）： 1- someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants:
E.g.: She was taken/held hostage by the gunmen.
E.g.: The terrorists have seized 20 hostages and are threatening to kill one a day unless their demands are met.）

murderer （n）： 1- someone who illegally and intentionally kills another person:
E.g.: A convicted murderer was executed in North Carolina yesterday.
E.g.: a mass murderer (= someone who has killed a large number of people illegally)

pregnant （adj): 1-(of a woman and some female animals) having a baby or babies developing inside the womb: 2-怀孕
E.g.: She’s five and a half months pregnant.
E.g.: My mother stopped smoking when she became pregnant.

pregnancy（n)： 1-the state of being pregnant:
E.g.: Most women feel sick in the mornings during their first months of pregnancy.
E.g.: My first pregnancy was very straightforward – there were no complications.）

womb (n): 1-the organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth: 2-子宫
E.g.: Researchers are looking at how a mother’s health can affect the baby in the womb.