VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

avoid: tao bi (n) avoidance
ie. You have a problem with avoidance.

eye candy: hua ping, a person that makes you happy just looking at him

take advantage of: 利用; 占…的便宜; 欺骗;
ie. Everyone can take advantage of Annie because she is so naive.
ie. If you want to get a promotion, you need to take advantage of this opportunity to please your boss/make your boss happy.
ie. Unlike (not like) Annie, Ally is not a person/someone you can easily take advantage of.

piss off: re nao
ie. Ally is feeling pissed off because Annie keeps forgetting everything.
ie. Don’t piss off Ally because she is already very angry from working all day.

smug: 沾沾自喜的; 自鸣得意的

eager: re qie

unacceptable: unable to accept

ordinary: ping chang <>extraordinary

comparatively/relatively: bi jiao

pursue: zhui qiu

Grammar

This is the thing that pisses me off the most.
– say the noun first, and then “that””who” …..etc. and then just the sentence
– for the ones with different “S”, you can omit “that, which…etc.”
ie. This is the ending (that) I cannot accept.
ie. The is the time (that) I can’t make.
ie. This is the brand(that) I can’t afford.
ie. This park is the place/where (where) we first met.
ie. He’s the man/who (who) I liked since 3rd grade.
ie. When you write a phrase, you should write the thing/what (that) you want to describe first.
ie. “The Titanic” is the first movie/book that (<—no S)made me cry so much.

He’s not even in the ballpark of “handsome”. of being handsome.

because of +noun … the concept of your idea
because+ sentence/idea

‘s = for people, animals….
of = category … liang …

On Friday, we will take his parents to the airport.

We had our engagement in Feb. / We got engaged in Feb.

They came here to make our meals/cook for us.

Since last October/Oct of last year..

He doesn’t do housework. / He doesn’t like doing/to do housework.

Although he doesn’t like it, I forced him.

In half year..
In the first half of the year…we didn’t go out so I want to use this opportunity to travel./take advantage of

This place is not somewhere/where we want to go./This is not the place we want to go.

He is not a man who you can piss off.

We have been together, I got fatter 10 kg than before. I can lose weight easily but now …
Since we got together, I got 10 kg fatter than before. I can lose weight relatively easily but now…/it’s relatively easy for me to lose weight…

Eating is the thing that only we can do.
Eating is the only thing that we can do.

…because people pursue more and more clean food.
…because more people are pursuing clean food./ more and more..

My boyfriend doesn’t (really) want to go very much, but I think it’s worth going.

Pronunciation

He lives with me.

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