Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Today we focused on:

talked all about recent times & did a lot of grammar corrections & vocab suggestions

Grammar

a lot of softwaressoftware 

there’s nothing surenothing is certain / nothing is confirmed / we’re not sure about anything

it didn’t go so well as they thought – it didn’t go as well as they thought
it didn’t go very well, as they expected = previously they thought it would be bad and it was bad.

but not anymore in Chinabut not in China anymore 

she knows me happyshe knows that I’m happy / as long as she knows that I’m happy 

she found probably the job of her life she loves so much / probably I resign and ... –  she probably found / I will probably resign

she gets the degrees that allow her to do the job she’s doing – she got / she has gotten 

i knew that stay abroad for… – staying 

it’s lower compared beforeit’s lower compared to before / lower than before 

they give you back the 50% they give you 50% back 

Vocabulary

when i decide to leave my former company / last / previous 

cousins / 2nd cousins / 3rd cousins = distant relatives 

architecture (subject) / architect (person)

start but with calm – but gradually 

it’s like a box – shell 

small carbon footprint – the impact on the environment is …
eg. if you build something with a small carbon footprint then you may qualify for the government grant

Pronunciation

government – “guv vern ment”