VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

shutting out

handful

pledged

bar

traverse

prompted

partner alongside

ambassador

intelligence-sharing

instance

alleged

plot

involving

biotoxin ricin

Tunisian extremist

barrier

participation

protocols

underpin

infrastructure

presence

commercial

Finnish / Finland

engineered

gateways

scrubbed

malware

inception

wireless

anonymity

authorized

iterative

arise

build-out

take upantennas

fleets

deploy

sensors

execute

innovating

to integrate / integrating

Vocabulary

monitor – a screen + the body
eg. Jesse just got a new monitor

resource – zi yuan

disturbed – to take your attention + annoy
interrupted – to stop sb talking by doing sth / to stop sb doing sth by doing sth
interfered – to get involved in sth when you’re not welcome

involve
participate
eg. I am involved in many classes / I am involved in helping people (could be doing it myself)
eg2. I participate in many classes (maybe there are other people)

hang up on him

segment – a part of a group that is separated (groups of people etc)
eg. we target a segment of the Chinese market for English training

components – pieces / parts of things (devices / computers etc)

telecom – phone / internet lines technology

adversaries – enemies

vs = versus
China vs America

frustrated – annoyed because unable to change sth

Levels of anger: irritated < annoyed < frustrated < angry < furious

reveal – to show sth that was hidden

ride / rode / ridden 
hide / hid / hidden 

represents
eg. the boss represents the company
eg2. people’s fashion sense represents their personality

compel – (make) inspire, encourage, push
eg. my wife compels me to be a better man

cooperate – do sth together / project
collaborate – make sth together / art / music / creative things
eg. Michael Jackson collaborated with many artists to make his music
eg2. Jesse and Summer cooperated on this project to make sure it was successful

judicial – related to judges / law / legal stuff

safeguards – anything to keep you safe / a safety system

simply (adv)
simple (adj)

competitor – 对手
eg. SE’s competitors include EF and Wallstreet

striking – impressive / amazing / beautiful
eg. the striking feathers of that bird are very special

candor – honest / direct attitude

twin pressures – 2X pressure

allies – friends (official / government)
eg. America and Australia are allies
ally < > enemy  

precedence (n) – the fact that sth has happened before that helps to judge the future 
incident (n) – sth that happened 
accident (n) – bad thing that happened 
precede (v) – to be before 
eg. 2001 precedes 2002

ministers – a leader type person in government
administer
administration
admin

heed – listen + follow + pay attention

competing (v)
eg. Jesse and Summer are competing for Nicholas’ attention

price-slashing – discount

duress – too much pressure to make sth admit guilt
eg. the criminal was put under duress

anonymity (n)
anonymous – unknown

authorities – powerful people (police)
authorise – to give permission

grant – give permission / give  / to make sth happen

dominate – to win easily / strongly
eg. big strong men can dominate little kids easily

corners (v) – to dominate someone / sth by making them unable to move / get away / compete