VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

minion: entry-level staff… less important.. xiao di

sensual: gan guan de
ie. He is a sensual being. Being with him is a sensual pleasure. (lust)
ie. Reading alone gives me pleasure.

anomaly: abnormal thing

stray from: pian li
ie. Our generation might stray from this idea.
ie. This project is starting to stray from our original proposal.

stray: dogs/cats/animals with no owner (n)
ie. Stop taking in strays.

martyr: 殉道者; 烈士

well-groomed: (adj) well-dressed, looks clean, fashionable, trendy
ie. My colleague is very well-groomed, possibly gay.

innate: yu sheng ju lai
ie. I’ve read that innately, 30% of us have feelings for the same sex.

Grammar

being = existence
ie. He is an extraordinary being. (superhero)

“Do you want to go to Maki?” “I just went there yesterday.” <— emphasis on “go”
“How is Maki?” “I’ve been to Maki before. It’s so good.” <– emphasis on the things I did/ate there.
“I’ve been in SH for a long time” <– I stayed, I did things in SH

“you made my day” – you did something that makes my entire day happy

It didn’t go very well.

We had a lot of learnings.
We learned a lot of things. We gained some experience.

I didn’t manage …
I couldn’t manage to reach all our consumers.. I didn’t invite all our consumers..

communicate with

I will manage the things which is bigger. They’re supposed to take care of the execution part.
I will look at the big picture/I can provide insight. … to be more detail-oriented… implementation of my ideas.

You can be smart and still fail school/not do well in school.

She never wants the wealth so much.
She has other pursuits, such as freedom, individuality, personal happiness… but she doesn’t care about wealth as much.

It costs almost 10 times as much.(as the original amount)

Pronunciation

stuff staff

thing (not theme, no”m”)