Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Grammar

the most thing that worries me a lot – the thing that worries me the most 

people will going to – will are going to do sth / people will do sth 

mum is like young people – mum is like a young person / mum is like a person from the younger generation / mum acts like a young person 

the relationship between she and her husband – between her and her husband 

when I first time I saw her – when I first saw her / the first time that I saw her

Vocabulary

you put a lot of money into the campaign – invest a lot of money in it

i have to adhere to their rules – follow / adjust myself for the rules

give too many freebies – free things
eg. We will give some freebies for our promotion

they’re a bit conservative – don’t like change, like to follow tranditional ways
eg. my dad is really conservative

humid < > dry heat
eg. SH is very humid in summer but Syd has a very dry heat

it’s not sticky – makes your skin covered in sweat

people have a lot of disadvantages / weaknesses 

we’re aligned (formal) / we’re on the same page 

emotionally dead / no human touch / no human warmth / an emotionally cold city = Shanghai

everyone was happy except / other than / apart from me

suddenly thrown into the deep end – to suddenly be forced to experience sth without enough preparation / planning
eg. when I moved to SH i felt like i was just thrown into the deepend, moving from xian to a huge city suddenly

reassigned to new classes – to be given new classes