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Lesson Notes June 3, 2025 (TUESDAY ZOOM)
Words & Phrases
Tear up (phrasal verb); To start having tears in your eyes, often from strong emotion (like sadness or joy), but not always crying fully.
She teared up during the wedding speech.
He started to tear up when he saw his childhood home.
I always tear up at the end of that movie.
I saw on the news that the 2-year-old rice is currently sold out.
Did some people stand in line to buy this rice? (NOT make a line)
I think the first person in line is usually an attention seeker.
Attention seeker (noun); A person who behaves in a way that is intended to attract notice or sympathy, often excessively or unnecessarily.
She’s such an attention seeker, always interrupting others just to be noticed.
Posting dramatic updates online every day can come across as attention-seeking.
He acts like a clown in class — a typical attention seeker.
Appearance fee (noun); A payment given to someone, especially a celebrity or expert, for taking part in a public event or media programme
The actor received a large appearance fee for guest-starring on the show.
Experts are often paid a modest appearance fee to speak on panel discussions.
Retired yokozuna Hakuho will leave the sumo world after finding limited success as a stablemaster.
He took his apprentices with him to the Isegahama stable and taught them there.
Did you feel that he had dignity when you saw him?
Did he seem dignified when you saw him?
The phrase “feel dignity from him” isn’t common in English. Instead, we usually say someone has dignity or seems dignified.
I’m getting fed up with Major League Baseball in the news.
He was carried to hospital for a stroke. (= means he was taken (probably urgently) to the hospital because of a stroke)
Appropriate Language
Stand in line
It means to wait one after another, like in a queue. You stand in line when you are already waiting.
We stood in line to buy tickets for the concert.
Make a line
It means to form a line by getting into position. You make a line when you are starting to form the line.
If everyone could please make a line at the door.
