F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

typhoon/huricane

I breastfed her for 10 months.

I fed my dog already.

I hand fed some pandas at the zoo.

torrent N. – a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence, anything flowing

eg: The torrential lava flow completely destroyed the road on the mountain.

lava – melted rock or stone

PRACTICE:

troops

a large group of troops                            A large group of troops have been stationed in this area for a long time.

consequence

suffer the consequences                          If you don’t control your diet you will suffer the consequences of being fat.

superior

she’s a superior candidate                       After interviewing several people I think she is a superior candidate.

inferior

feel inferior to others

cite

cite a well known work

conclusion

we came to a conclusion

flood

the subway is flooded with people

torrential

torrential lava

catastrophe

what a catastrophe

scale sth. up

our company is scaling up

prepositions – short words often used to indicate, direction, location or action.

eg: There are many prepositions in English and they really change the meaning of a sentence or phrase. TO, FOR, FROM, AT, UNDER, OVER, BEHIND, IN FRONT OF

Pronunciation

torrential – Te Ren Shull