Online Class Notes (Ally) [S]

Vocabulary

flatter (v): say something good
ie. That dress isn’t flattering(adj) on you. (It makes you look fat)

corny: (adj) tu wei

hillbilly: 山区乡巴佬

engulf: consume, eat up
ie. The devastation consumed/engulfed me.
ie. The little boy was engulfed in sadness.

tickle: não yangyang

flirt: 调情;

sarcasm: feng ci (adj) sarcastic

self-explanatory: it says enough; it can explain itself; no more information needed

antithesis: opposite representation
ie. Gossip is the antithesis of hard evidence.
ie. That guy Natalie met is the antithesis of “hot”.

observant: 善于观察的

Grammar

YOLO- you only live once

“out of his league” – too good for somebody

“toy around”

lead him on = encouraged him (romantically)

what have you been up to?

“smooth moves”

Stop sucking up to xxxx.

I’m very regret.
I regret that a lot. I’m full of regret over what I did.

Two hours before, I had a conference call with my top-spending client.
Two hours ago…

We three had a conference call, and the call wasn’t that smooth.
The 3 of us had a conference call, and the call didn’t go that smoothly.

We’re so close to each other.
We’re so close with each other.

The other one is quite normal.
The other one is quite ordinary.

They will set up different campuses to …
They set up different campuses to milk money from the rich international students who just want a name on their degree.

When did you do your haircut? I like you to be long hair…
When did you get your haircut?/do your hair?// I like your long hair./I like you in long hair.

I have two points regarding that…
I raised two doubts.

He’s got nothing to do with “hot”
He’s the antithesis of hot