VIP Class Notes (Jacob)

Vocabulary

Food poisoning – sickness due to dirty food

Vinaigrette – a sauce/dressing made of vinegar

Silhouette – picture created from a shadow

Petite  – very small

Brunette – someone with brown hair

Entrepreneur – someone who starts their own business or runs own business

Aviation – related to flying

Avaitor – some

Pocket watch – original watch before worn on the wrist

Seniority system – based on age with promotions in a company

Moderation – a healthy/good level of something (controlled/restricted)
eg. Ask questions in moderation (don’t ask too many)

Phony [fony] – someone not real or fake

Pioneer – someone that first leads the way into a new field/area

Impracticality – something does not work well or not easy to use

Mechanism – the engineering parts that make something work

Elevator/lift and escalator (take you to different floors)

Transparent – can see through it

Translucent – can slightly see through (color/shape)

Opaque [O-pay-ke]- Can’t see through something

Transform – to change into something different

offensive – negative feeling upon others (words)

Aggressive – to be violent to others (attack/hit)

Grammar

They got have a very strong french accent

They have an Asian face – they look Asian

From France (not French)

They have very a stronger English background.

Foreign coworker (not foreigner)

Not as good as them

But normally most of the time

Foreigner face (don’t use)

if were busy or not

I don’t get any nervous

pressed things – stressful things/things that give me a lot of pressure

Will vs Shall

Pronunciation

registration

role

robot

Polite (not pilot)

Candidates

Wrist

Hidden [hid-in]

Walking