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Welcome AMIDEAST teachers and students to our virtual classroom! If you don't see a small green mic in your username's icon, then your audio isn't working correctly. To fix it, click the blue phone icon below the center screen and reset your audio device. Be sure to select "Microphone" if you are using one. When you see the "Yes" and "No" prompts, speak into the mic and, if you don't hear yourself, click "No" and select the audio device you are using. If you hear yourself, click "Yes". [17:30] Lea El Feghali : Hello [17:31] Hiba Antoun : Hello [17:31] Rima Moukarzel : 1. Schedule [17:32] Rima Moukarzel : 2. GRE verbal handout [17:33] Rima Moukarzel : 3. Link on your cover book [17:33] Nicole Chehab : we can [17:35] Elia El Beainou : where we find the link? [17:35] Ali Yassine : on the book cover [17:37] Elia El Beainou : yes i find it [17:38] Rima Moukarzel : Dana Salih [17:38] Rima Moukarzel : Academic advisor [17:38] Rima Moukarzel : at Amideast [17:38] Ali Yassine : okay thank you [17:39] diala thoumy : i cant hear you [17:39] Nicole Chehab : I can [17:39] Hiba Antoun : We can hear you [17:39] Lea El Feghali : i can [17:39] Marie Rose Farah : I can [17:39] Rami Fares : we can [17:40] ali shehade : i can [17:40] Ali Yassine : merci [17:41] Ali Yassine : yes [18:01] Leen Elharake : clear [18:01] Leen Elharake : but there's a penalty/bonus [18:02] Ali Yassine : ah okay [18:03] Ali Yassine : okay [18:09] Ali Yassine : okay [18:11] Rima Moukarzel : PATTERN [18:15] ali shehade : okk [18:15] Ali Yassine : okay [18:15] Ali Yassine : no [18:15] Nicole Chehab : makes sense [18:15] Leen Elharake : makes sense [18:16] Rima Moukarzel : 20 QUESTIONS: 30 MINUTES [18:17] Rima Moukarzel : 10?s= sentence completion [18:17] Rima Moukarzel : 10?s= reading [18:18] Leen Elharake : 139 [18:18] Rima Moukarzel : 137-138 [18:21] Rima Moukarzel : 1. prefixes [18:21] Rima Moukarzel : ab- [18:22] Rima Moukarzel : ab-: away [18:22] Hrag Vosgerichian : went away [18:22] Lea El Feghali : ended [18:22] Rami Fares : stopped [18:24] Rima Moukarzel : in- [18:24] Rima Moukarzel : negative [18:24] Nicole Chehab : yes [18:25] Ali Yassine : ye [18:25] Lea El Feghali : insensible [18:25] Leen Elharake : inadvertently [18:25] Lea El Feghali : no sense [18:26] Ali Yassine : eh [18:26] Ali Yassine : thannk you [18:27] Lea El Feghali : inert [18:27] ali shehade : impair [18:27] Hrag Vosgerichian : ameliorate [18:27] Nicole Chehab : inherent [18:27] ali shehade : ok hahahah [18:28] ali shehade : inert [18:28] Hiba Antoun : intolerable [18:28] Leen Elharake : inured [18:28] Hiba Antoun : injustice [18:28] Lea El Feghali : ingeneous [18:28] Nicole Chehab : incorporate? [18:28] Hrag Vosgerichian : impermeable [18:28] Hiba Antoun : ahh sorry [18:28] Lea El Feghali : ingenuous [18:29] Rami Fares : inured [18:29] Rima Moukarzel : innocuous [18:29] Hrag Vosgerichian : innocuous [18:30] Rima Moukarzel : ingenuous: genuine [18:30] Rima Moukarzel : 2. roots [18:30] Rima Moukarzel : noc: harm [18:30] Rima Moukarzel : harmless [18:31] Rima Moukarzel : pathos [18:32] Rima Moukarzel : path: feelings [18:32] Leen Elharake : apathy [18:32] Leen Elharake : lack of emotion? [18:32] Leen Elharake : a: negative [18:32] Leen Elharake : path: feelings [18:33] Lea El Feghali : antipathy [18:33] Hiba Antoun : Pathological [18:34] Rima Moukarzel : 3. synonyms [18:35] Ali Yassine : antipathy ? having feelings against som1? [18:35] Rima Moukarzel : lazy group [18:35] Leen Elharake : dormant [18:35] Hrag Vosgerichian : indolent [18:36] Rami Fares : inert [18:36] Leen Elharake : lethargic [18:37] Hrag Vosgerichian : lassitude [18:37] faten choufani : lassitude [18:37] Lea El Feghali : mundane [18:38] Leen Elharake : laconic [18:38] Lea El Feghali : okay [18:39] Rami Fares : latent [18:39] Rima Moukarzel : malingerer [18:39] Leen Elharake : mal [18:39] Hiba Antoun : mal [18:39] Rami Fares : mal [18:39] Hrag Vosgerichian : bad [18:40] Rima Moukarzel : flag [18:41] Rami Fares : or pointing at something ? [18:41] Hrag Vosgerichian : drop / abate [18:42] Rima Moukarzel : flag: weaken [18:42] Rima Moukarzel : latent: implicit [18:43] ali shehade : fomet [18:43] ali shehade : foment [18:45] Hiba Antoun : Clear [18:56] Lea El Feghali : this way [18:56] Hrag Vosgerichian : here [18:56] Hiba Antoun : Same same [18:56] Ali Yassine : here [18:56] ali shehade : can you repeat please [18:56] Hrag Vosgerichian : you tell us when time is up [18:56] Nicole Chehab : here [18:56] Nicole Chehab : more interactive [18:56] Marie Rose Farah : here [18:56] faten choufani : here [18:56] Ali Yassine : but can we record it tan nraje3 our mistakes [18:56] Mohamad Kawtharani : here [19:02] Rima Moukarzel : pandemonium [19:04] ali shehade : no [19:05] Rima Moukarzel : 3- 4 mins [19:07] Lea El Feghali : first sentence [19:07] Leen Elharake : end of introduction [19:07] Hrag Vosgerichian : first paragraph's ending? [19:07] faten choufani : introduction [19:08] Hiba Antoun : Introduction [19:08] Marie Rose Farah : Introduction [19:09] Hrag Vosgerichian : yes [19:09] Leen Elharake : yes [19:11] Hrag Vosgerichian : first sentence or last? [19:11] Rima Moukarzel : 1. scope sentences [19:11] Rima Moukarzel : 2. transitions conveying contrast [19:11] Rima Moukarzel : 3. listing [19:12] Leen Elharake : On the other hand [19:12] Hrag Vosgerichian : in comparison [19:12] Mohamad Kawtharani : however [19:12] Lea El Feghali : however [19:12] Lea El Feghali : although [19:12] Hrag Vosgerichian : nevertheless [19:12] Leen Elharake : Unlike... [19:12] Hrag Vosgerichian : nonetheless [19:12] Marie Rose Farah : nonethless [19:12] Marie Rose Farah : e [19:12] Mohamad Kawtharani : but [19:12] Leen Elharake : despite [19:12] Lea El Feghali : despite [19:12] Hrag Vosgerichian : also, moreover, thus [19:13] Hrag Vosgerichian : haha [19:13] Hrag Vosgerichian : ah right [19:14] Hiba Antoun : commas [19:14] Hrag Vosgerichian : ; [19:14] Hrag Vosgerichian : semi colons [19:14] ali shehade : moreover [19:14] Hrag Vosgerichian : for example? [19:14] Leen Elharake : the following [19:15] Nicole Chehab : such as? [19:15] Lea El Feghali : first [19:15] Mohamad Kawtharani : first [19:15] Mohamad Kawtharani : second [19:15] Ali Yassine : bullet points [19:17] Leen Elharake : the way an idea is conveyed [19:17] Hrag Vosgerichian : how the writer feels about the topic [19:17] Hiba Antoun : Professional, serious, sad etc. [19:17] Mohamad Kawtharani : attitude [19:17] Rima Moukarzel : ambivalent [19:18] Rima Moukarzel : ironic [19:18] Hiba Antoun : hehehe oops [19:22] Leen Elharake : first sent of second paragraph [19:22] Hrag Vosgerichian : second paragraph's first sentence? [19:27] Leen Elharake : easier than gre [19:27] Ali Yassine : edame [19:27] Lea El Feghali : too easy [19:27] Nicole Chehab : not good [19:27] Rami Fares : the easiest [19:28] Lea El Feghali : ahh okay [19:28] Ali Yassine : okay [19:28] Leen Elharake : thank you [19:29] Rima Moukarzel : End time: 7:58 [19:29] Rima Moukarzel : Check the discussion forum for the answer key and the homework [19:39] Elia El Beainou : we can leave ? [19:51] Rima Moukarzel : yes sure after you are done [19:51] Rima Moukarzel : thank you