Online Class Notes (Joe)

Vocabulary

It’s been a while – Like ‘long time no see’ but not so long

How have you been? – Like ‘how are you?’ but about recently instead of now

A cable car – the small car on the line that takes you up a mountain
There wasn’t a cable car at this mountain

plates – what you use to eat
I bought some new plates for the kitchen

dishes – can be used both as ‘plates’ or ‘servings of food’.
I washed the dishes
I ate many delicious dishes

Seaside (adj)
The seaside village was beautiful

fishing (gerund)
I have never been fishing

The rest of the day – the part of the day which is not finished yet
I will watch TV for the rest of the day (from now until the end of the day)

Harbor (noun) – the place where boats/ships dock
There were lots of fishing ships docked at the harbor

Grammar

I lived in the foot of the mountain
I stayed at the foot of the mountain

I will date with my boyfriend tonight
I will go on a date with my boyfriend tonight

After he out of his work
After he gets out of work
After he knocks off
After he finishes work

Pronunciation

elevator – eh, li, vay, tih

Village – vi leedg