F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Grammar
the year flew by
if you don’t have a situation to practice, it’s hard to learn any language.
That’s why I require need to go back to school
Vocabulary
rusty – 1. a metal that has been in water for a long time, becomes brown and weaker 2. a skill that you haven’t used in a long time, and now it is not as good.
eg: I don’t wanna ride that rusty bike. It looks dangerous.
eg: My English is rusty.
idiom – a phrase with a special meaning
eg: He was shouting and kicking his desk. He is really hot headed. He can’t control himself. (Easy to get angry)
eg: He is really hard headed. She said no to his dinner invitation about 20 times now. But he still keeps asking her. (Stubborn)
eg: May needs to cool down. She is at work and needs to be efficient.
chengyu – an idiom made with 4 words
eg: Chengyu is not really the same as idioms. They are more complicated than most idioms.
Hindi – one of the common languages in India
eg: Are you speaking Hindi? Haha, can you slow down when you’re speaking? I can’t quite understand.
dot – . for websites, e-mail
eg: Go to www.English (Dot) com
period – the point at the end of a sentence.
eg: This sentence does not have a period
eg: This sentence does.
point – used for numbers
eg: 4 (point) 5 million. 4.5M
eg: We just installed Powerpoint 5 (point) 0. 5.0
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