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Lesson Notes June 11, 2024 (TUESDAY ZOOM)
It’s so hot today. I am using the (air conditioner / AC). (NOT cooler)
I was watching TV and fell asleep for a while.
I checked my husband’s art that he is still making. The body proportions were off, so I corrected it.
I lost track of time.
I went shopping with my mother. I was looking at some clothes and when I turned around, she was gone. I lost track of my mother. (= no longer aware of your mother's whereabouts while shopping)
I lent some books to a few friends. After several months I lost track of my books. (= no longer knew the location of your books or who had them)
On Sunday, I lost track of the day while I was gardening. (= unaware of the passage of time or forgot it was Sunday)
Don’t you fall asleep when you watch Netflix?
I visited Tachikawa for the first time in a while. (NOT in a long absence)
I went to Tachikawa after a long time.
We got together at a restaurant inside the station building. (NOT We got together in the station building at a restaurant.)
Sekisui House said it decided to (take down / demolish) a 10-story, 18-unit condominium in Kunitachi.
This is a (total) waste.
A few years ago, there was a dispute over this construction.
Cases like these are few and far between. (NOT This case is few and far between)
There was a case a while back where a woman severed a man's head.
It was a bizarre murder.
I was wearing a mask at the hospital, but a woman a couple seats over coughed hard.
Has anyone had the vaccination for shingles?
I got stir-crazy being stuck at home in bed for two weeks.
Vocabulary
Cooler; (noun) a container for keeping food or bottles cool
Lose track of (time); fail to stay fully aware of or informed about (the time)
Dispute; (noun) a disagreement or argument
Few and far between; used to describe something that is rare or uncommon, and it is typically used with plural subjects
Sever; (verb) cut off or separate completely, typically with a sharp instrument
Bizarre; (adj) very strange or unusual
“Shingles” is the common term for herpes zoster
Stir-crazy; (adj) feeling very bored, frustrated, or unhappy because you have been inside for too long and want to go outside or do something different
