Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

turtle neck
eg. you’re wearing a turtle neck

rug up – wear more clothes
eg. Lulu likes to rug up in winter

apply sth (put sth on / make sth active) / apply for sth (to register / ask for sth)

cavity – hole in your teeth
eg. Lulu has a cavity in her teeth so the dentist will give her a filling

choose one or two of them – choose a selection of them

broke the relationship – burned some bridges
eg. the HK guy has burned many bridges

trying to divert the blame / putting the blame on sb else

we’re super new – brand new / completely new 

we’re a compact / tight knit company – small / close

he’s very opinionated (adj)

authentic – real feeling
eg. having video call feels like an authentic conversation

static < > dynamic 

writing on paper is a waste of wood 

Grammar

I got a meeting happen on 10 AM – I had a meeting come up at 10AM

you can do nothing – you cannot do anything / there’s nothing I can do 

could / would = the sentence has the feeling of “if”

which = adds (often) new information
that = just adds details / tells me which one

The meeting that with one of my colleagues is always tiring, because the meeting is almost endless when he is there, that’s the reason why I got home late yesterday. However, I will have another meeting with him a week Thursday. I feel like too many meetings are kind of wasting time as we often couldn’t get the result during the meeting, the feeling that the meeting gives me is painful. Hope all my colleagues are going to take their vacation immediately, then I will be free!

The meeting that is with one of my colleagues / a particular colleague of mine is always tiring, because the meeting is almost endless when he is there, which is the reason why I got home late yesterday. However, I will have another meeting with him a week Thursday. I feel like too many meetings are kind of wasting time / are a waste of time as we often can’t get the result during the meeting, and the feeling that the meeting gives me is painful. Hope all my colleagues would (will / are going to)  take their vacation immediately, then I would be free!