Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Grammar

the things goes welleverything is going well / everything is OK 

do a lot of efforts put a lot of effort into / make a lot of efforts to …

Vocabulary

i’m not fully believed – i’m not fully trusted / they don’t have total confidence in me 

to have reservations about me – to be still not fully sure / not have full confidence

to be seen in the right light – to be judged accurately with all information available rather than misjudged / to take sth out of context

give people the benefit of the doubt – to give a vote of trust rather than immediately judge

respectful – to show respect to others
respectable – a high enough level that you may be respected
respected – to be respected by others

for all intents and purposes – basically / 95%
eg. My friend in GZ is, for all intents and purposes Chinese, but he has an Australian passport so technically he’s Australian.