VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

mind game : (尤指为了压倒对方而展开的) 心理游戏，心理战术
ie. Don’t play that mind game to trick me.

played: bei wan le
ie. You’re getting played.

harsh: mean
ie. Do not be so harsh to him because he’s an orphan.

orphan: gu er
ie. He’s an orphan who lost both parents in a car accident.

revenge: fu chou
ie. Matthew always gets revenge.

feud: 长期不和; 争吵不休; 世仇; 夙怨
ie. Matthew has a feud with his neighbor.

flattering: makes you look good
ie. That dress is not flattering on you. (makes you look fat)

noticeably: neng kan chu lai de – able to notice
ie. Lala is noticeably fatter.

custom-made: made for customer
ie. Matthew’s models are not custom-made but nonetheless, they’re very special.

philosophically speaking:
ie. Philosophically speaking, if you can tell me an “exciting” thing then you can also tell me a “disappointing” thing.

technically: 根据确切意义地; 严格按照事实地; 在专业上; 在技巧上; 在技艺上; 在技术上; 在技能上
ie. Technically, it’s very dangerous to obstruct the fire escape.

harmonica: kou qin
ie. Matthew wants to make money off of (from) the harmonica.

cheery: cheerful
ie. Matthew is a cheery person who likes to crack jokes.

cheeky/corny: tu
ie. Ally tried to tell Matthew something very cheeky/corny but Matthew didn’t get it.

Grammar

2022: twenty twenty-two , two thousand and twenty two, 2 years from now

haven’t: shi tai. – didn’t have

“off the hook” – not fang guo ni

“I feel you” – I understand

“How’s life treating you?”

recently<>shortly

“Do/Would you care to place a bet?”

I have not enough time.
I don’t have enough time.
I have no time.

Interesting thing:
I saw the brand Balenciaga promoted their new bag with Chinese words. It’s interesting because the bag looks ugly.

I saw the brand Balenciaga promoting their new bag with Chinese characters/writing. The bag looks too ugly to interest me. = I’m not interested at all / The bag is so ugly that it’s interesting to me. = I’m interested.

Boring thing:
My dog Lala.. she’s fat recently because she didn’t want to go outside. So she stayed at home. It’s so hot recently, so every time I walk the dog, the time period is short and the dog wants to go home.

My dog Lala.. she got fat/she has gotten fat (became fat) recently because she doesn’t want to go outside anymore/She hasn’t been wanting to go outside. So she has been staying at home. It’s so hot recently, so every time I walk the dog, I keep it short/so every time, I only walk the dog for a short time because the dog wants to go home.

Exciting thing:
The model is arriving recently. I guess it would be tomorrow. When I’m waiting for this model, I do nothing but look for new models. I guess it’s about 12 models for now in my order list. The latest one will be arrived on 2022. I have many models that need to be waiting the 2 years.

The model will arrive shortly. I guess the magic date would be tomorrow. While I’m waiting for this model, I do nothing but look for new models. I guess there are about 12 models for now on my past orders list. The latest one will arrive/be here in 2022. I have many models that need to be waited/I have many models that I need to wait for.

Something you look forward to:
I want to learn the harmonica. Because it’s small and I can take it everywhere. We have the possibility .. maybe something happened .. just travel somewhere without some money. Or when I do something very lonely,/when I feel lonely, so I can play the harmonica.

I want to learn the harmonica. Because it’s small and I can take it everywhere. There’s always a very real possibility that we are out of money so what will we do then(that time)? Will we fight to make money? It’s time for us to play harmonica. Let’s fight for the money. When I feel lonely, I can play blues music with the harmonica.

Have you saw the bag?
Have you seen the bag?