VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Send an email from work or write your own using the vocabulary from today.

Grammar

he is fast promoted for 2 times – he was fast promoted twice 

for how long

Vocabulary

the usual amount of time is / it usually takes 

demeanor – attitude / personality / temper
eg. he had a rather rude and aggressive demeanor

trilogy – a 3 part series
eg. i haven’t seen the 3rd part of the trilogy

run down – old, broken, tired, abused
eg. Logan is a run down version of Wolverine

retroactively – applied to the past

5 scores – 5 points

they pick 5 people to be in the final 

how do you call that? – what do you call that? / how do you say that?

I first played / the first time I played / my first exposure to / my first time experiencing the “werewolves” game when I was in grad school / while I was doing my masters / back when I was a grad student. Before that / Prior to that / Previously, I often saw / It was common for me to see / I would always see my schoolmates sitting / gathering / getting together / grouped in the common room playing this game (on a regular basis). There were often 12-20 people / players / of them sitting in a circle, almost all Chinese / with most of them being Chinese, and I’d never seen / come across / heard of / encountered any Americans play this game, or they are at least not as seriously as Chinese students when playing board games.

beforehand < >  afterwards = the thing just before < > the thing right after

getting your game on – slang for playing sth
eg. I’m gonna get my game on later at the basketball court