VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

(water) leak: lou
ie. I think that employee is one who leaked/ leaked (v) the secret/information.
ie. I think that employee is responsible for the information leak. (n)

complicated (ned)/complex: nan / fu za
ie. It’s too complicated for me to use.

renovation/(re)decorating: zhuang xiu

inspect: jian cha

negotiate: tan pan

manage: cao zuo

invest: tou

profit: (v) li run

enticing: attractive (v) entice

browse: liu lan

policy: gui ze

compensation: bu chang

landmark: di biao (n and adj)

Grammar

tell – told/ talk-talked

It doesn’t work (fact) vs it’s not working (right now)

What are you talking about/saying? <– complete sentence
I don’t know what you are talking about. /I don’t know what you are saying. (this convo)
what you said/ what you talked about… (last convo..)

doesn’t count: bu suan
ie. It doesn’t count when you go there in primary school/if you went there in primary school.

break even: hui ben
ie. If you want to break even, you need to buy this stock.

Rain = not really subject
ie. It’s too rainy/It’s raining so hard/it’s pouring.

The rain is so strong.
The wind is so strong. 

The person who lives upstairs/ who lives above us/our upstairs neighbor.

There are some mistakes (problem) in leak protection.
They made some mistakes in…

I evened out my losses (noun) (O).

I made profit/profited. 

I call this fund the Hermes fund, because I will use this fund to buy Hermes for my wife.

They sell in on one sec.
It’s sold out after one sec./The stock is gone after one sec. /within one sec.

The shoes high top at …
The price of high-tops (n or adj)/ shoes/ones is at least 50000 yuan.

The number/stock of low-tops is less than the number/that of high-tops.

I want to buy a pair of/some new shoes called “Ice cream”

They always say “TYW” because I think it’s something they’re known for.
Something bad/terrible/horrible happened today.

You need to go there on weekdays.

If it were today, I wouldn’t be here.

As a half foreigner, I don’t know the meaning of the term “gu du”.
As a half foreigner/half of a/ half a … , I don’t know what is the meaning of the term “gu du”./what “gu du” means. 

I learned the landmarks of Xi’an from my book.
I know the landmarks of Xi’an from my textbook./learned about … 

I don’t know where you went last Duanwu….
I don’t know who you went out with (remember prep)… 

Pronunciation

the , famous, nervous- no “er” , fa+miss, ner+vis
learn = learrrrrrrrrn = “le+earn”