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Lesson Notes August 15, 2023 (TUESDAY ZOOM)

• Murphy’s tail is really fluffy.

• From the word “babysit” we can form similar words

• House-sit, cat-sit, dog-sit (pet-sit)m plant-sit etc

• During Oban I decorated my (household / home) (shrine / alter).

• Oban is a time for remembrance and honouring ancestors.

• A Buddhist mortuary tablet can also be called “spirit tablet” or “ancestral tablet”

• Shinto priest / Buddhist monk

• I’m still on the way home, I pulled into a service station to avoid a traffic jam.

• We use “great” in family relationships to show an extended familial connection, one who is not as immediate as a parent, sibling, or direct cousin

• Great-grandparent, great-(niece / nephew), great-(uncle / aunt), great-grandchild

• Climb; ascend (climb-up); descend (climb-down)

• My cellphone (ring / chime) is very loud.

• Ring; the sound from a phone call

• Chime; the sound from an app, especially notifications from messages, emails etc