Online Class Notes (Sam)

Vocabulary

1:15 = a quarter past one / one fifteen

get held up – be delayed/late
eg. I got held up (doing something)
eg. I got held up having lunch, so I arrived home late

countryside / rural  < > urban/metro/metropolitan/city area

camaraderie = a feeling of closeness/friendliness between people
eg. there is a lot of camaraderie between people in the countryside/military

tech support / IT support / IT help desk = a service or company that helps repair computers

introvert < > extravert
introvert = more quiet/shy/prefer being alone/inward looking
extravert = more outgoing/talkative/enjoy being with others/outward looking

beTRAY (verb) = break someone’s trust

move = change your home to a different location
(subject move)
eg. I moved house from Shanghai to the countryside

remove = change the location of something
(subject remove object)
eg. I removed the cup (from the table)
eg. The government removed us from this area / we were removed from this area (by the goverment)

Grammar

I left the lunch early / I left the lunch before the finish time/end

I had to remove house
*move house

Pronunciation

camaraderie
“kom-rah-der-ri”