Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

it’s relevant to Russia – it’s related to Russia

French is not relevant to this class, because it’s an English class = it’s not suitable / appropriate / it’s not about this subject
French is related to English because they come from similar languages = they have something in common

it was a grow up country – it was a developing country

throwback (n)
eg. Levis did a promotion in 2020 which was a throwback to the 1930s = it was a promotion to celebrate / remember that time

the ___ of ____  – there’s only one
eg. the student of SE = SE only has 1 student

one of the students of SE / a student of SE = SE has many, this one is just one
the student of SE = SE has only 1

there’s an uncertain future so people are more conservative than before

before covid i will go out 10 times a week – I would go out / I used to go out 

I have a headache but I hope it passes. = I hope it goes away / disappears

on behalf of = you represent them = you speak for them

Grammar

it was relax – it was relaxing 

if i have a project which the timeline is tight – if I have a project with a tight timeline / project which has a tight timeline

I read a couple of news which is about the coup of Kyrgyzstan the day before yesterday. It really shocked me. Throwback to year 2018, I did a shooting in this country, it gave me a nice memory, even though the country was poverty，it was peaceful and beautiful, I believed that the country could grow up day by day at that time. However, everything is hard to image. I texted the producer of Kyrgyzstan and sent my regards to him and his family. And I talked with him and wanted to know what happened. To be honest, he could not clarify clearly due to the fact was not open to the public, just knew that the case come from the election，Some political parties disagreed with the election results and staged the coup. From his perspective, he just hopes it will pass through with no harm to people or business this time whoever in power. I agree with that and I think it is also on behalf most of the people who live in Kyrgyzstan. God bless the country, good luck!

I read a couple of pieces of / I read some news which was about the coup (“koo”) of Kyrgyzstan the day before yesterday. (…and) It really shocked me. Back in 2018, I did a shoot in this country, and it / which gave me a nice memory, and even though the country was in poverty，it was peaceful and beautiful. I believed that the country could develop / progress / mature day by day at that time. However, everything is hard to imagine. I texted a producer in Kyrgyzstan / I texted the producer that I know in Kyrgyzstan and sent my regards to him and his family. And I talked with him and wanted to know what happened. To be honest, he could not clarify clearly due to the fact that it was not open to the public / it was not publically available knowledge / the government wasn’t transparent about the election, and he just knew that it was as a result of / it arose from the election. Some political parties disagreed with the election results and staged the coup. From his perspective, he just hopes it will pass through with no harm to people or business this time whoever is in power. I agree with that and I think it is also on behalf of most of the people who live in Kyrgyzstan / and I think most people there agree. God bless the country, good luck!