Online Class Notes (Ally)[S / W]

Vocabulary

off my game: 不在（working or competing）状态

forecast: yu ce

foremost: most important, “before the most” …  first and foremost … <>  last but not least …

outfit: 搭配

plaid：格子

presentable：能见人的  able-to-be-presented-to-public

odor: 臭味

deodorant: 除臭 （n）

deodorize: 除臭（v）

far-fetched:  unbelievable, seems very untrue
ie. I asked my boyfriend where he was last night, and he fed me some far-fetched story, so now he’s my ex.

skimmed through: miao guo
ie. I only skimmed through his 500-word friend request.

candor: tan shuai
ie. I appreciate your candor.

Grammar

“some” is not “yi xie” – add an “s” for general stuff

“mixed” – say “mixed-blood”, or “half-xx half-xx”

queue …
I stood in line./I lined up.

I smelled strange things with him ..
I smelled a strange odor on him…

They’re afraid of releasing some inside to me.
They’re afraid of releasing insight/inside information to me. 

How can someone haven’t been in a relationship for 9 years?
How can someone not have a relationship for 9 years?/stay single for 9 years?

1. We acknowledge when we pass each other around the office.
We acknowledge each other around the office.
2. I stood him up, but I didn’t come.
I stood him, but I didn’t mean to./and he waited for the whole evening.

Pronunciation

Simultaneous = SY+MUL+TA+NI+OUS

Sincere= Sin+seer