F2F Class Notes (Peter)
Vocabulary
High profile – adjective; attracting attention, famous
Ex. Most of the clients at my advertising company are high profile.
Stubborn – adjective; unwilling to change or negotiate
Ex. Our auto-lubricant client is stubborn and unwilling to accept new ideas.
Wiggle room – noun; space for negotiation
Ex. Coca-Cola and KFC are the clients that give us the most wiggle-room.
Slimy – adjective; a dishonest kind of person, someone who may take advantage of you
Ex. I prefer to work with the techs in my company because I find the salesmen slimy.
Probation period – noun; a test period when somebody gets a new job
Ex. Unless it’s still your probation period, you generally need to give one month’s notice of quitting your job.
Garlic – noun; a kind of small onion used in cooking
Ex. Shanghainese people sometimes find garlic to be too strong, while northerners tend to use it more.
Sexist – adjective; someone who thinks men are better than women
Ex. A Chinese stereotype is that men in the north are more sexist than men in the south.
Racist – adjective; someone who thinks other races are bad
Ex. A recent Chinese commercial which featured a black man getting thrown into a washing machine was considered to be racist and was removed from publications.
Male Chauvinism – noun; the belief that men are superior, 大男子主义
Ex. My ex-boyfriend from Beijing was so chauvinistic that he wouldn’t even go in the kitchen.
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