VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

alliance – then 2 groups join together and be “friends”

until – to (stop / change)
eg. I worked last night until 10PM

by – before a time
eg. I need to finish it by tomorrow

background = experience + contacts + education
eg. he doesn’t have a background in medicine

promote < > demote
eg. I won’t get a demotion because I am the lowest level already

traditional ideas – old fashioned – old ideas
eg. My father is a bit old fashioned / he’s a bit traditional

the patients whose condition is severe…

spine – your back and neck bone

compressed
eg. maybe the spine discs compressed onto the nerve

nerve – shen jing

Grammar

he was older than he – he was older than him

Pronunciation

colleagues – col eegz

abdominal – ab DOM inal