Online Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary:

hilarious: very very very funny. lmao

ie. All the people in this room/The whole room laughed because she said something hilarious.

cleanse: get rid of the extra/dirty stuff – use in same way as “diet”

ie. I’m on a coffee cleanse. -> only coffee for whole day/time

ie. I would get on/go on a full body cleanse./I’m going on a body cleanse.

perky: energetic, pointy

ie. I don’t like the new girl because she is too perky./she has a perky little voice.

dig out: found out

ie. I dug out my old ID. -> found something you haven’t used in a long time

ie. Please dig out your passport from your closet because we’re going on vacation.

out of my league:  out of my reach/ (the competition level is too high)

ie. Stop looking at that guy; he is so out of your league.

ie. You’d better realize that he is out of your league.

preoccupied: already thinking about other things

ie. We were preoccupied/absent-minded because it was the holidays.

ie. Sorry, I am preoccupied by my work/preoccupied with work so I have no time to think about other things.

hurried: rash, not careful, took little time when it could take longer, just get it over with

ie. Our meeting was hurried because my boss was very busy.

thoroughly: zi xi de, with all the details, carefully

ie. You should look over the case thoroughly. You should ready his email thoroughly.

ie. You should read instruction manual thoroughly.

Speaking:

We hahahaed together.

We had a laugh about it.

We laughed about it.

It’s raining for three days.

It rained for three days.

It has been raining for three days.

I almost bought it.

on my way home./omw to my apartment.

Have you went to visit the pandas?

Have you visited/did you visit panda reservation?

How long for your visit?

How long was your visit (n)?

For how long did you visit (v) Chengdu? – I visited Chengdu for three days.

We had a lot of email with the global team, how to prepare the event.

We executed the event based on communications with the global team.

said me I’m very responsible…

said to me that I’m very responsible.

said that I’m very responsible.

I once received the compliment from colleagues that/saying that I’m very responsible.

pronunciation:

execute