Class dinner on Wednesday

Hey guys, we'll meet at Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant this Wednesday at 7:00 for a class dinner.
Durant Ave.

2439 Durant Ave
(between Dana St & Telegraph Ave) 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sun-hong-kong-restaurant-berkeley

Notes for drinking

*to get wasted =very drunk

*tequila:[n]

a strong alcoholic drink made in Mexico

*to take shots of brandy

*outlook:[n]

1) your general attitude to life and the world

2) what is expected to happen in the future

3) a view from a particular place

*appearance:[n]

1) the way that someone or something looks

2) an act of performing or participating in a public event: he is well-known for his television appearances.

3) an act of becoming visible or noticeable; an arrival: the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her.

*Hangover :[n]

1)disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)

2) something from the past that still exists or happens but is no longer necessary or useful

*Minimum legal drinking age is 21,driving age is 16 in US.

With evidence that a lower drinking age resulted in more traffic injuries and fatalities among youth, citizen advocacy groups pressured states to restore the MLDA to 21.

*Drinking responsibility

1. Know your tolerance.

2. Choose designated drivers and drinking buddies. 

3. sip your drinks rather than chugging them or taking straight shots of liquor.

4. Don't accept a drink from someone you don't know or trust, if you didn't see him get the drink. 
5. Drink water before you go to sleep. 

6. Don't be afraid to vomit if necessary.

Read more: How to Drink Responsibly for College Kids | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7338870_drink-responsibly-college-kids.html#ixzz21rYt9weK

by Yawen & Janice.

Presentation Outline

 For your class presentation, please prepare a 5 minute speech on a historical place in California of your choosing.

Preparation. You will need to:

• Choose a place that has some historical significance. 
• Get confirmation from me that your place is suitable (if you emailed me and not heard back, it is fine)
• Visit the place and get as much information as possible as to why it is important and what role it has played in California's history and development. 
• Speak to people who work at the site to get information.
• Take pictures while you are there that you may show in class.

A good presentation will include:

• a clearly delivered, spoken presentation that is 4 to 5 minutes long (no more, no less)
• details and information about the place and its importance.
• do not depend on Powerpoint for your presentation. 
• You may show a couple of pictures or maps to show the place you are presenting.

 Notes: you may choose a place that we are already discussing in class. This is fine. However, if you do this, make sure your presentation focus' on some aspect of the place that we have not discussed. There are many suitable places and topics nearby. You do not need to plan a faraway trip to do this assignment. If you are having trouble deciding on a topic, please see me asap.

Presentation Topics Currently Chosen:

James - Union Square
Yvonne - UC Berkeley
Kate - LGBT History Museum and movement
Floria - Santa Barbara Courthouse
Sandra -The Ferry Building in SF
Raven - Golden Gate Park
Andrianne - Sausalito
Sandy - Hollywood
Ethan - Stanford University
Autumn - Free Speech movement in Berkeley
Luo - Chinatown
Ondrej - Silicon Valley
Fon -  (Palace of Fine Arts)
Coni - SF Moma
Yawen-Fishman's Wharf
Emily - El Presidio de Santa Barbara
Janice - Coit Tower


Please note, some people may have chosen the same topic. If you have the same topic as someone else, you must meet with the other person to ensure you do not cover the same material or angle.

Study Guide for Monday quiz:

Hello Everyone,

below is a list of potential topics for next Monday's quiz:

• alcohol and drinking responsibly discussion
• Yosemite video and John Muir reading
• 1906 SF earthquake video and summary
• Earthquake safety handout and discussion
• 2nd conditional form and use
• text message abbreviations
• vocabulary posts going back to Monday of this week
• reported speech rules and use

Of the questions answered on the blog, only the following will potentially be on the exam: #s 4,7,8,9,11,13,18. These are clearly answered on the blog. *I've reposted the questions below:

4. I'm not sure with using "as long as" in sentence. Could you give me some examples?
7. What is the difference between 'between' and 'among'?
8. I am wondering the differences among 'sometime', 'some time' and  'sometimes'. 

9. I would like to know the difference between "maybe" and "may be" and "everyday" and "every day". How do we use them in the sentence?

11. Do the ' rent' and 'borrow' have a same meaning in same context or situation? 

13. When I go store just for looking, the clerk always says like, "Is everything alright?" or "How are you doing?". When I heard that I always little embarrassed, because I don't need their help, I just want to look around the store. In that situation, what is the best respond to them?

18. Sometimes we use '-est', but sometimes we just add a 'most' in front of the superlative adjective. And for the word 'fast', we use 'the fastest' to represent the superlative adjective, while the word 'beautiful' is represented by 'the most beautiful'. I would like to know when to use '-est' or 'most'.

John Muir Reading Vocabulary

 To today's blog posters: Here is an abbreviated list of terms to define, do not define the ones I removed. Peter

to carve
1. make object or pattern[transitive] to make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone [↪ carving]
 carve something out of/from something 
 a statue carved from a single block of marble
  carved wooden chairs


2. cut something into a surface[transitive] to cut a pattern or letter on the surface of something
 carve something on/in/into something 
 Someone had carved their initials on the tree.

wanderlust [singular, uncountable]

a strong desire to travel to different places

wondrous
good or impressive in a surprising way


expound[intransitive and transitive]

formal to explain or talk about something in detail

odd-jobbing / an odd-job
small jobs of different types

 I've got a few odd jobs to do this weekend.

to beckon
1. [intransitive and transitive] to make a signal to someone with your hand, to show that you want them to come towards you or to follow you:

 I could see my husband beckoning me.

beckon (to) somebody to do something

 She beckoned to the waitress to bring more wine.

beckon somebody forward/over etc

 He beckoned us over and introduced us to his wife.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if something such as a place or opportunity beckons, it appears so attractive that you want to have it:

A career in the film industry beckoned.

3. [intransitive] if something beckons for someone, it will probably happen to them

beckon for

Early retirement beckoned for George.

to quell
1. to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force [= put down]

quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc

Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.

2. literary to reduce or stop unpleasant feelings such as fear, doubt, or worry:

'Jerry?' she called, trying to quell the panic inside her.

glaciation
the process in which land is covered by glaciers, or the effect this process has

waist-high
high enough to reach your waist:

 waist-high grass

to roam
1. [intransitive and transitive] to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction [↪ wander]

roam over/around/about etc

The dogs are allowed to roam around.

roam the countryside/desert/forests etc

Wild sheep roam the hills.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if your eyes roam over something, you look slowly at all parts of it:

Her eyes roamed the room.

roam over

His eyes roamed over the bookshelves.

unspoiled

1. an unspoiled place is beautiful because it has not changed for a long time and does not have a lot of new buildings:

unspoiled countryside

2. someone who is unspoiled has not changed in spite of the good or bad things that have happened to them:

She remained unspoilt by her success.

chores

1. a small job that you have to do regularly, especially work that you do to keep a house clean:

 everyday chores like shopping and housework

 We share the domestic chores.

2. something you have to do that is very boring and unpleasant:

 I find driving a real chore.

naive

not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen [↪ innocent]:

 a naive young girl

 Jim can be so naive sometimes.

it is naive to think/suppose/assume etc

 It would be naive to think that this could solve all the area's problems straight away.

By Sandy and Andrianne

Answer question 18 --by Yvonne

18. Sometimes we use '-est', but sometimes we just add a 'most' in front of the superlative adjective. And for the word 'fast', we use 'the fastest' to represent the superlative adjective, while the word 'beautiful' is represented by 'the most beautiful'. I would like to know when to use '-est' or 'most'.


when the word is short, we use ''est'',  and when word is too long to put an extra ''est'' , we use ''most'' .

About that, what, which

the list is for A that i sent you before. (O)
the list is for A which i sent you before.(O)
the list is for A what i sent you before. (X)
the list is for A (skip)i sent you before. (O)

(Explanation 1)

▲ i sent   you             ∧         before.
      (sent -to whom   -object   before)
   
because we delete the conjunction and object that will be in  ∧ between the first sentence and the second sentece, the objective relative pronoun in ▲ is 'which' or 'that' (When an antecedent is not a person.)

(Explanation 2)

the list is for A what i sent you before. (X)
antecedent A + relative pronoun in Explanation 1 (which or that) ==> What
An antecedent can't be prior to relative pronoun 'What'

By Raven

Sign by Raven

It is picture that I took when I went to Berkeley Marina. This sign means motorized vehicles 'absolutely' prohibited on this property. This sign is located at side of the road. I think the person who puts sign up is willing to announce that he doesn't want other people make a mess up his land. There were no signs except this sign near the property. So, it is easy to notice this sign.

How to deal with the question asked by the clerk?

Andrianne said that he would be little embarrassed when the clerk always says like, "Is everything alright?" or "How are you doing?" when he was taking a look in the store.In my opinion, the clerk who said that was just let you know they were there and they were willing to help. As my own experience, I feel a little bit embarrassed too. Actually you can just answer them"good" or "thank you", then they will understand you don't need help and they will go away.

It is just out of their enthusiastic and polite, so don't think that much and enjoy the shopping!

--Janice.

Comparisons of Adjectives

The question by James is - Sometimes we use '-est', but sometimes we just add a 'most' in front of the superlative adjective. And for the word 'fast', we use 'the fastest' to represent the superlative adjective, while the word 'beautiful' is represented by 'the most beautiful'. I would like to know when to use '-est' or 'most'.


I think that it depends on syllables. When the adjective has only one syllable, the comparative adjective should be added 'er', and the superlative one should be added 'est'. 

fast	faster	fastest
new	newer	newest
low	lower	low est

If the adjective has more than one syllable, and it ends with 'y', we get rid of 'y' and add 'ier. Similarly, we add 'iest' when it is superlative adjective.

pretty

prettier

prettiest

If the adjective has more than one syllable and it doesn't end with 'y', we add 'more' and 'most' for  comparative and superlative  adjective respectively.

beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
positive	more positive	most positive
comfortable	more comfortable	most comfortable

By Autumn

14. How to deal with the beggar.

As we know that Berkeley has a lot of homeless people and beggars, normally they just try to get some money from people passing by but I think they do not expect us to give them money.
If I were you, I would say "No, sorry." or "Sorry, I don't have cash." and walk away. Don't be afraid because I believe they won't attack or harm you. You can walk away and don't say anything if you like.

Fon

rent --- borrow

*Do the ' rent' and 'borrow' have a same meaning in same context or situation?

1. rent

If you rent something, you regularly pay its owner a sum of money in order to be able to have it and use it yourself.

ex)
we had to rent an apartment, since we couldn't afford to buy a house.

2. borrow

If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.

ex)
Can I borrow a pen please?


by Floria
ex)

'maybe', 'may be', 'everyday', and 'every day'

'maybe' and 'may be'


'maybe' means perhaps, which is an adjective. While 'may be' means there is possibility of some event, which is a verb.

Example:


Maybe he won't come.
There may be about 200 people.



'everyday' and 'every day'


'everyday' is an adjective which is put in front of a noun that means normal.
'every day' is an adjective (every) plus a noun (day) which means each day.


Example:


You shouldn't wear everyday clothes to such formal occasion.
I go to school every day.

- by James

As long as

There are 3 meanings if "as long as" is used to be an idiom, and it's also the same as "so long as":


1. During the time that; through the period that

ex. 
      As long as we were neighbors, they never invited us inside their house.
(They never invited us inside their house during the time that we were neighbors.)

      You may keep the book as long as you want.
(Keep it for whatever time you wish to.)

      I'll stay as long as you need me.
(In the period that you need me, I will stay.)


2. Since;because;seeing that

ex.
     Please pick up some milk as long as you are going to the store.
(Since you are going to the store, you can pick up some milk.)

      So long as you're here, you might as well stay for dinner.
(You're here now so you might as well stay for dinner.)

      As long as you're going to the grocery anyway, buy me a pint of ice cream.

(Because you're going to the grocery, you can buy me a pint of ice cream in your convience.)

3. Provided that;on the condition that

ex.

     So long as sales are greater than returns, the company will make a profit.

(If sales are greater than returns, the company will make a profit.)

 

 

      I will cooperate as long as I am notified on time.
(I will cooperate if I am notified on time.)

      As long as you can come by six, I'll be here.
(On the condition that you can come by six, I will be here.)


"As long as" also can express the adjective "long" in a phrase:

ex.   This straw is as long as my pen.
(The length of straw and pen is equal.)


                                                                                 By Sandra

Signs by James

I was just worried about couldn't find any interesting signs around the campus. Then when I came back to the dormitory, I found an interesting sign sticked on the door of our restroom.

We ususally use 'gentlemen' or 'men' to prevent the men's restroom being used by the ladies. But this time, it seems like if someone is identified as an male, he/she can come in. Even though barely no female will be identifed as a male, the designer still make it that way. I think the designer wants to present a easy atmosphere in the dormitory.

Answer to the question: Do 'rent' and 'borrow' have the same meaning in the same context or situation?

No they don't. To make it more complicated, there is a third word with almost the same meaning and it's 'hire'.


1. BORROW is usually free of charge. 
For example: I borrow the pen of Sandy. She won't want me to pay her any money for that.


2. HIRE is quiet the same as borrow, but I pay money. 
For example: I hired a car at AVIS to drive to LA. In this sentence hire is used as a synonym to rent. The British use hire, and the Americans use rent in the example above. 
But I can also say to hire more staff. In this sentence hire is uses as a synonym to employ. That's the common usage of 'to hire sb.' in the U.S.


3. We already saw, that RENT has the same meaning as hire. You can use rent as a verb or noun. 
For example: I rent (v) the flat of Sandy. The amount of rent (n) I pay her is $ 500 a month.


Coni

'sometime', 'some time' and 'sometimes'

Sometime

: at a time in the future or the past which is not known or not stated

 - We really should meet sometime soon to discuss the details.




Some time


: an amount of time is not that much

 - Well, we have some time later today. When do you need it?


Sometimes

: on some occasions but not always or often

- Sometimes it's best not to say anything.






by Ethan

Difference between “between’’ & “among” .

By Emily

Relationship

between

l  Sometimes they are between two items, groups, or people, as in these sentences:

Choose between Squiggly and Aardvark.

Let's keep this between you and me.

l  Other times they can be between more than two items, groups, or people as in these sentences:

The negotiations between the cheerleaders, the dance squad, and the flag team were going well despite the confetti incident.

The differences between English, Chinese, and Arabic are significant.

Among

On the other hand, you use “among” when you are talking about things that aren't distinct items or individuals; for example, if you were talking about colleges collectively you could say, "She chose among the Ivy League schools."

If you are talking about a group of people, you also use “among”:

Fear spread among the hostages.

The scandal caused a division among the fans.

Part of a Group

“Among” can also indicate that someone is part of a group or left out of a group, as in these examples:

He was glad to find a friend among enemies.

She felt like a stranger among friends.

Sylvia was later found living among the natives.

It's not as simple as using between for two things and among for more.

Location

“Between” and “among” can also tell the reader different things about location or direction. Think about the difference between these two sentences:

Squiggly walked between the trees.

Squiggly walked among the trees.

“Squiggly walked between the trees” gives you the idea that he stayed on the path; he either walked between two trees or was on a route that was surrounded by trees.

On the other hand, “Squiggly walked among the trees” gives you the idea that he wandered around a park or forest. He may have had an endpoint in mind, but it doesn't sound as if he went from point A to point B on a defined path.

About superlative adjectives

James asked about when should we add "-est" behind the adjective and when add "most" in front of it when it comes to a superlative adjective.I think as a general rule, we need to add most in front of the long words and -est behind the short words. It can be very vague to talk about short and long.But for a word of only 1 syllable, I have only seen people use -est.For example, fattest, biggest, highest, tallest,etc. In the meantime, I have only senn people use most for words of 3 or more syllables. We always say most beautiful,most wonderful, most important,etc.But for words of 2 syllables, I've seen both. I;m not extremely sure that both apply to the words of 2 syllables, but I think it should be. If you find something that I make a mistake about, please tell me.
                                                                  By Luo

signs by Luo

This is the sign i found on Frank Schlessinger way,the one that runs just in front of the Valley Life Science Buiding.It has confused me for a long time since I saw it.I know it must have something to do with bicycles.Maybe you can ride a BIKE on this road or you cann't.I just can't figure out the meaning of the letter on the sign that reads"XING".If you have any ideas, please tell me.THX.

Signs (by Sandra)

These photos were taken in a Mexican restaurant on Duran Street. This restaurant also has a lot of special signs hanged on the wall. I think it's probably not only just a sign to remind customers but an encouraging sentence to cheer people on.

Find your wings and soar.

I think it indicated that we seek for our qualites and develop.

It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

It's very vague! Maybe it means it's always early and we don't have to rush?!

How great would life be if we lived a little everyday?
Maybe life would become short but amazing!

Sign~by Emily

This is a sign in Universal Studio.~~This was the first time I had seen this kind of machine, and also this kind of air-conditioner. It was so considerate that when we were waiting in the line, we didn't feel hot or uncomfortable. What a pity that we don't have this kind of service in china!

Signs by Raven

I found this sign in the internet because I have never seen interesting signs that we mentioned at today class. The sign means someone who invade limited territory will be killed... even survivors will be shot again! I think it is good not to pass this territory from the first...

Second sign I found means 'Extraterrestrial highway'. Many of UFOs were witnessed at wilderness highway. This sign is on  'Nevada State Route 375' 



Sign near the 4th Street

'BYE BYE FOG SEE YOU LATER'
I saw the at Fourth Street, but I couldn't understand the meaning.When I saw it, I thought it might be telling us that cross this bridge, we don't have so much fog here. It was a good news so the sign was  congratulating the people passing by.

by Autumn

Sign by Yawen

I am not sure whether it is a good sign or not, as we can see from the picture it suggests men to buy roses for their girlfriend to surprise them. I took this picture from a flower store in  Berkeley.

There is a typical sign that i didn't take picture because it's from a homeless person, and i think it's impolite even though i gave some change to him afterwards. But it's funny anyway, because there's a paperboard in front of him and wrote 'I prefer sex, but cash is ok'.

Sign by Fon

I took a picture of this sign at the East beach which is located near Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
The sea is very deep there and there was no lifeguard around that area so they showed the warning sign to tourists to take care of themselves if they still want to swim and they would not take any responsibilities if any accidents happened. I think this sign was really funny.

Summary of 1906 Earthquake -July 24th

Summary of 1906 Earthquake

- In 1906, everything, the men and the equipment, was automatic in the firehouse.

- Although everything was automatic and many companies were existed in San Francisco, the fire department would be hard-pressed to face the coming disaster.

- The earthquake hit San Francisco on Wednesday, April 18th, at precisely 12 minutes past five o’clock in the morning.

- Besides San Francisco, there were many places to get hit. For more than 200 miles along the San Andreas Fault, the crust of the earth slipped as much as 21 feet.

- The earthquake had the impact of six million tons of TNT or roughly 12,000 times the power of the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima.

- In some districts, people didn’t know about the amount of damage that had been done. At Valencia Station, commuters waited impatiently for a train that would never come.

- There were people walking along with carrying anything they could.

- An estimated 30 to 80 people were crushed in the Valencia Hotel.

- The majority of people who had a big party the night before earthquake were still asleep. They slept there forever.

- All over the Mission District tenements folded in “like pasteboard.”

-Those who survived from the earthquake could not be helped at the city’s hospitals which had sustained major damages in the earthquake. They were taken to the dance hall.

- The shock had snapped gas mains and toppled chimneys. Fifty fires had started almost simultaneously.

- The earthquake had broken almost all water mains coming into the city. Hydrants gave off a trickle and then ran dry.

- Mayor Schmitz issued a proclamation stating that looters would be shot on sight. He also deputized special police.

- General Frederick Funston, the ranking army officer in San Francisco, commandeered automobiles and mustered troops. By 8:00 a.m., more than 1700 men had arrived downtown.

- The Call Building, one of the America’s first skyscrapers, burned from the top down.

- Funston decided that the only hope of stopping the destruction was to use dynamite to create a fire break. However, the dynamite didn’t work.

- 2:30 p.m. The city was practically ruined by fire and there’s no water. All the telegraph lines were down by 3:00 p.m. The city had no way to communicate with outside.

- The Palace where Caruso had spent the night was ruined in the fire too.

- In the afternoon, the fire began to assume the characteristics of a fire storm. A police officer said the flame crackled like a million firecrackers.

- Untrained "deputies" guarded banks and stores and took the law into their own hands. Soldiers patrolled the streets without their commanding officers. By nightfall they had evacuated thousands of people.

- People were evacuated to Washington Square.

- Kids who were found looting were spared and publicly humiliated. They were forced to wear placards proclaiming their crime and later there would be persistent reports of shootings.


- Thousands of people were huddled in open squares and parks while the fire raged unchecked through surrounding neighborhoods.

by Floria and Yvonne

Sign by Yvonne

I saw it near Civic Center BART today.

I think it's for bicycle riders, it tells car drivers to watch out and let bicycle riders to use the lane.

Sign by Ethan

We can see the upper sign in anywhere, but I saw the lower sign only on Lombard Street. There are a lot of uphills and downhills on Lombard Street.

Unless people park their cars at 90 degrees on the uphill, they can be slipped off the slope.

Breathe! You are alive!

Every morning on my way to the class a see this sign. It's written in chalk on the pathway at the north part of UC Berkeley campus. Nice to see it everyday. When I see it, I consciously and deaply breathe in and realize once again what a great thing to be alive.

Signs by Janice

This is the sign posted on the window of a store which sells disk records on the Telegraph Ave. The word "vinyl" is a chemical term for a kind of strong plastic, but it also means records that played on the record player.

The second one is the sign in the People park. But I am not quite understand the meaning of "Everybody gets a  blister". I guess it means that the people who live in the park all have blisters.

sign by Floria

I took a picture in front of the Ned's bookstore.
This sign is hung on the Ned's bookstore.
I don't know the exact meaning of "The Most USED Books!", but I think the store has many used books which are cheaper than the new one.




-FLORIA-

Sign by Andrianne

Can you guess what message the sign in the picture wants to say ?

Yes, it is easy to guess, because there are some clues in the sign such as the word films.

But do you know the meaning of  "HOT SET" ?


"Hot Set" is the ready state for shotting film. All the movie cameras, stage settings, lightings, recorders are all set.


I take this picture at Universal studio in Los Angeles.

In Universal studio, there are a lot of sets used for making movie, and those are used by students who are studying at New York Film Academy.

When I got there, I could see students making their film in set with that signs in front of it.


By Andrianne

Signs by Sandy

1. I saw the  sign when I went to L.A that is written "We don't call 911, we call 9mm" with a gun image in front of the house. It is sad that I didn't take a picture of sign :( 
I think It may mean they have their own gun in the house and they want to scare thieves who want to enter their house.

2. I couldn't find the unique signs in Berkeley. So I posted the picture of general parking signs. This sign means from 9am to 6pm you have to pay to park in this place, but you don't have to pay except that time. And the picture tells us how to pay park fare by credit card.

By. Sandy 

Abbreviations and vacabulary

With 2:

F2F - Face To Face

F2T - Free To Talk?

G2G - Got To Go

U2 - You Too

2 - too 

With 4:

B4 - Before

B4N - Bye For Now

4 - for

With 8:

GR8 - Great

H8 - Hate

L8 - Late

L8R - Later

STR8 - Straight

W8 - Wait

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

B/C - Because

BF - Boyfriend

BFF - Best Friends Forever

BRB - Be Right Back

BTW - By The Way

CU - See You

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

FYI - For Your Information

GF - Girlfriend

IC - I See

IDC - I Don't Care

IDK - I Don't Know

IK - I Know

ILY/ILU - I Love You

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

J/S – Just Saying

K - Okay

LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of Laughs

LMAO - Laughing My A** Off

MSG - Message

ORLY? - Oh, Really?

OMG - Oh My Gosh -or- Oh My God -or- Oh My Goodness (for the older crowd)

PLS/PLZ - Please

POV - Point Of View

PPL - People

Q - Question

ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing

R – Are

SOZ/SRY - Sorry

TBC - To Be Continued

TBH - To Be Honest

THX - Thanks -or- Thank you

TMI - Too Much Information

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TY - Thank You

U - You

UR - You Are -or- You're

W/ - With

W/E - Whatever

W/O - Without

WTF - What The F***

XOXO - Hugs and Kisses

Y - Why

YW - You Are Welcome

And for parents:

P911 - Parent In Room

PAW - Parents Are Watching

PIR - Parent In Room

POS - Parent Over Shoulder
PRW - Parents Are Watching

SOS – Someone Over the Shoulder

to keep an eye on - to watch someone or something; to monitor someone or something closely
unattended - not supervised or looked after
to spit - eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth
each other - used to refer to each member of a group when each does something to or for other members: "they communicate with each other in French".
hippies / a hippy - (esp. in the 1960s) A person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair and wearing beads, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs

fuck /fək/ - vulgar. Have sexual intercourse with (someone)
fog /fa:g/ - a thick cloud of tiny water droplets that obscures or restricts visibility

By Kate and Ondrej