VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

tanned: shai hei

manners: politeness
ie. She has nice manners

temperamental: temper changes easily

dismiss: ignore

treadmill: pao bu ji

compact: small, easy to bring with you

ritual: yi shi

cranky: in a bad mood

practical: shi ji de

idealistic: li xiang hua de

reputation: ming sheng

pushover: (person) who’s easy to control/manipulate

manipulate: cao kong

Grammar

“bend the rules”

“driver’s seat”

“get over”
ie. Get over yourself. <– You’re too arrogant.
ie. I can’t get over you. <– I still care.

“high horse”
ie. Get off your high horse.

“look down your nose on sb”
ie. Stop looking down your nose at me./on the poor people.

“skeletons in your closet” “dirty laundry” – what you’re hiding
ie. You don’t want to air your dirty laundry.

“parenting book”

“go back on your word” – break a promise

“cause for celebration”

home (concept)/apartment(actual place)/place (location, can mean both)
ie. Go home. Home is where you are. He is from a broken home.
ie. I got a treadmill that’s too big for my apartment.
ie. We’re having a party at my place.

I am invested in …
I am devoted to …

A craving for you

I start to lose weight from today in last year
… since this day of last year.

what other people thought about me
… think of me

Q: A naughty thing that you did
A: When I was a child, my dad bought a game machine. I want to play it. But he didn’t allow me. I’m always thinking “why you buy it’. And he let my cousin play a lot. I really don’t understand. I even don’t tell him about this. I still think these kind of things is still in my mind. That time, I want a bike. So I can go to school by bike everyday. My father told me if I can achieve the NJQ10. And I made it. But he told me it’s too dangerous.

Edited:

A: When I was a child, my dad bought a game machine/console. I wanted to play it. But he didn’t allow that. I was always thinking why he bought it/why did he buy it. And he let my cousin play a lot. I really don’t understand, even now. I never even told him what I thought. I still think these kind of things is still in my mind/I still carry this stuff with me. That time, I wanted a bike. So I can go to school by bike everyday. My father told me if I can reach top 10 in my grade. And I made it. But afterwards, he told me it’s too dangerous. He went back on his word.