VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

bug (v): bother, try to persuade

gold-diggers(person): bai jin nv

fair-skinned: bai

silver lining: good thing in a bad situation

prospects: future

“grow a pair (of balls)”: be manly please, don’t be a coward (v)

parade: you xing

protest:

embark: (v) shang che *on*

stimulus/stimuli(plural)/stimulation/stimulate/stimulatory(adj):

“white trash”: caucasian(bai zhong ren) people without proper jobs, with tattoos, always alcoholic, sometimes druggies, no prospects

“on board”: zai che shang “I’m on board” = I agree with what you planned

deadbeat: fw (n)

Does your boss mind if you’re presentable or not?
Is your boss someone who would mind whether you’re presentable/ if you’re presentable or not?

I have to double check if this is a double-check

Don’t you feel so?
Don’t you feel that way?
Don’t you think so? Don’t you agree?

not worthy of my time.
does not worth my time.
it’s a waste of time.

Your grammar is better than his. / that of him.

Because a few cases have been discovered in China recently, my dad told me don’t come back to Chengdu.
Because a few cases have been discovered in China recently, my dad told me that I shouldn’t go back to Chengdu. /to not return to Chengdu.

Pronunciation

religious

list

he’s his hess has

ban ben bin bean being(be+ying) bing

would- wood

president – Pre-zi-dent  precedent (n and adj)