VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

small-scale – scope is small

discriminate – unfair treatment of sbd because of their age, skin colour, sex, sexuality etc.

ex. She felt she had been discriminated against because of her age.

fair/equal treatment

contradict – when you say one thing, but you do the opposite

ex. They told us to treat everyone fairly, but their actions always contradict what they said.

sweep it under the carpet/rug – to ignore, deny or hide from the public because it can be damaging to your reputation

bring sth to light – to make something known/to reveal or disclose sth

ex. I would like to bring this issue to light.

Grammar

based on vs based in 

based on – found or comes from a source or idea

ex. The plot is based on the events that happened in Mumbai.

based in – from some location

ex. We have an office based in Hong Kong.

Based on Hong Kong

Based in Hong Kong

They think the project’s scope is very small

They think the scope of the project is very small-scale 

I’m not sure how do they reaction on this

I’m not sure how they will react to this 

They don’t because it’s quite small

They don’t want to take it/they’re unwilling because it’s quite small

They think the revenue didn’t go to my side

They think the revenue won’t count towards them 

The admin team and the research team have the gap salary

The admin team and the research team have a gap in their salaries 

Second thing is the target is quite high

The second thing is that their target is quite high

From last month I try to negotiation with the team

From last month I have been trying to negotiate with the team

I didn’t want to point out other colleagues because other colleagues didn’t join this

I didn’t want to point my finger at/name my other colleagues because they weren’t involved