F2F Class Notes November 13th (Ben)

Vocabulary

expire –> expiration

The expiration date is getting close.

Chinese food is more difficult to cook than Western food.

vinegar 醋

There is too much vinegar in Xian food.

establishment = powerful people who don’t want change

Clinton was said to be part of the establishment

ambiguous = not clear

anti-Chinese 反华 = against China

Some of his answers were ambiguous and anti-Chinese.

I hate both of them = I don’t like either of them.

a mine 矿井

Working in a coalmine is hard and dangerous.

This guy is a mine of information

time-consuming = that consumes time

Learning a language is time-consuming

a term 学期

halfway 半途

We are halfway through the term.

miss an opportunity

If I have a German roommate and I don’t learn German, then I’m missing an opportunity.