Online Class Notes (Joe)

Vocabulary

rack one’s brain – make a great effort to think of or remember something.
I’m racking my brain, but I can’t remember

refresh one’s memory – help someone remember
Let me refresh your memory with a picture

career (noun) carrera
His career is in photography

misremember (verb) – remember incorrectly
I misremembered his name

one’s mind is a blank – can’t remember / think of anything
I don’t know the answer. My mind is a blank.

the U.S.A / EE.UU
He lives in the U.S.A

it goes in one ear and out the other – forget something soon after learning it

Grammar

She dislikes fly
She dislikes flying