F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

Do you have to go back to work?

no, I don’t have to go back to work.

I didn’t come here to study English for 2 days.

2 days ago I came here

so, you are just acting

Grammar

I’m not interested in news

I didn’t wasn‘t happy all day

most almost every time

most times

most all   almost all

take too long – uses a long time, too much time

eg: That sentence was good, but it took you too long.

eg: Don’t take too long.

“it takes time” – you must use some time to do it, CAN NOT just do it quickly.

eg: It takes time to learn English.

eg: It takes time to work carefully.

boring to/for me – you think it is boring, maybe others like it

eg: Economics is a boring topic for me.

mess N.  – many things not organized, laying everywhere

eg: There is a mess in my room, there are clothes everywhere.

eg: Clean up that mess.

messing with someone – you are tricking that person, because it is funny.

eg: Are you messing with me?  Yeah, I’m messing with you, I’m not really from Xinjiang.

mess with something – to play with it, in a way that you should not.

eg: Don’t mess with this computer, I am doing something important.

eg: You shouldn’t mess with the door, because it will break.