Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

let me organise my thoughts / get my thoughts together 

they do it by their requirements – based on 

“the purpose of any competition at work is to drive work, business, efficiency, and as long as it continues to be effective, the result or the way the bonus is given is not really the key point.”

petty – suo sui de
eg. he’s so petty

small fry – not important things
eg. we’re just small fry to them

get credit publically / get publically recognised 

they utilize sth to against you – to go against / to fight you 

the common case is – a case that commonly occurs is 

end up the call – hung up / hung up on me 

many of my customers are doing… – quite a number / a considerable amount of 

“I work with companies that manufacture drugs that are commonly used to spike drinks”

intent on doing sth – determined
intend on doing sth – plan

decide which things you want to invest (put your time into it) / enroll (register) yourself in

you need to work out the cost-benefit

ruffle some feathers – annoy some people
eg. you will always ruffle some feathers at work if you try to get your way

“if you want to fight for your rights, you’re gonna have to piss somebody off”

just before it was about to close – when it was almost going to close

Grammar

he applied for google – he applied to google / at google / applied for a job at google 

i commented to my manager

i have many customer to take care for – I have many customers to take care of 

in the last day of september – on the last day of sept

evidences – evidence 

they know what is happening on me – they know what is happening to me 

Pronunciation

shit – i
sheet – eeeyyeeeee

1.I really hate following the status quo.
2.When I go to the gym, I take out all my frustration on the exercise.
3.I’m going to a singles mixer next Wednesday.
4.Even they get a proper education, they are still inconsiderate.
5.Dumb yourselves down?( be humble?)
6.Feel free to reschedule it if the time doesn’t fit in your schedule.
7. Having a nice body is the most egotistical.
8.He was acting in a flirtatious way to get a big discount.
9.That was a really lame joke.

1.I really hate following the status quo.
2.When I go to the gym, I take out all my frustration on the exercise / I exercise which helps me to relieve my frustration
3.I’m going to a singles mixer next Wednesday.
4.Even if they got a proper education, they would still be inconsiderate.
5.Dumb yourselves down?( be humble?) / Let me dumb it down for you (explain it simply)
6.Feel free to reschedule it if the time doesn’t fit in your schedule.
7. Having a nice body is the most egotistical thing you can do.
8.He was acting in a flirtatious way to get a big discount.
9.That was a really lame joke.

Hi ____, unfortunately I’ll need to reschedule our meeting for tomorrow as something came up that I can’t get out of and it conflicts with the time we were planning – really sorry about that! Is there another time that might work for you?