Tuesday, 6 December 2016

EF2/3 Compound sentences

1. husband
S    V                               ,SOBA     S  V  .
I left my husband in Iran, and I came to Canada.
My husband is a chef, but he never cooks at home.

cooker
cook- regular, everyday restaurant
chef- fancy, expensive, more skilled

server- waitress, waiter
Nowadays, we don't use gendered terms.

steward, stewardess- flight attendant

porter- port- move transportation, portable, port
airport

terminal- end point

a bus terminal, the ferry terminal

a terminal sickness- you will die
"Don't buy any green bananas."
"Don't go to Costco."
"Don't open a new tube of toothpaste."

bellboy

2. flower
My wife plants flowers, but I don't like to grow flowers.

The flowers are beautiful, so I would like to buy some a bunch / a dozen/ a bouquet of them for my family.

corsage boutonniere

showy = fancy looking

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