VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

puberty – from 11 – 15 years old – when your body changes
eg. he is going through puberty / he reached puberty / hit puberty

he’s really tough – strong and aggressive
this meat is tough – hard to eat
oh well, tough! – mei ban fa
wow, that’s tough! – difficult / unfortunate
giving kids homework can be tough love – showing love by being strong

tough love < > spoil 

influence – power + people follow you

potential – future ability

she’s all talk! 

the ability to do – can do
eg. I have the ability to go to Australia next week but I’m not sure if I will.

ability = measured
capability = yes or no / have or don’t have

During or after: good job / good work / well done / nice job / nice work / good stuff / nice going
After: grats / congrats / good work ….

Negative: what a shame / what a pity / sorry to hear it (that) / I’m sorry / that sucks / Too bad / oh well

Are you doing that on purpose / deliberately? / did you mean to do that / are you meaning to do that? / are you trying to hit me? / hit the ball TO me not AT me!

flick – use your wrist to throw / hit
hit 
spike / smash – hard hit at the net
lob – high and slow
dive – to jump and fall
volley – to hit before the ball hits the ground
half volley – just as the ball hits the ground you hit it
shuttlecock – the ball in badminton
racket / racquet – the thing you hold and hit the ball with
cue – the long thing you use in pool
bat – wood / metal
net – the middle that you hit the ball over
court – the place you play badminton
field – grass / outside
football = NFL = gridiron
football = soccer
baseball 
volleyball
hockey

are we scoring / is this a real game?

who is serving first? i’ll start / serve

fault / double fault
out of bounds – outside the lines

game + round (4 points) / set (6 games) / match (3 sets)

15, 30, 40, win the game

game, set, match! 

Pronunciation

sheet – eeyee

pronunciation – pro nun see yay shen