VIP Class Notes (Nick)

Homework

Review this class’s vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Slip – to slide, to fall down because something was slippery; to do something secretly or quickly; to do something in a tight space (slip in).
e.g. In cartoons, characters often slip on bananas.
e.g. My shoes are too big, so they sometimes slip off.
e.g. Let me slip in behind you to grab a loaf of bread (you might say this if you’re at the store and you want someone to move for a moment)
e.g. When no one was looking, he slipped in and took a piece of cake.

Barbie – a doll; a nickname (Barbara, Barb); Australian slang for “barbecue”

Barbarian – someone without culture; someone rude, or uneducated; not a polite term
e.g. He eats like a total barbarian! (very messy, noisy, rude)

Marinate – to put something in seasonings (esp. a sauce, but perhaps also a dry rub) and leave it for a long time to absorb the flavors
Marinade – the sauce you use to marinate something
Dry Rub – dry powders, like salt, pepper, peppers, cumin, etc. that can be rubbed on something before cooking to give flavor
Cumin – 孜然

Ferment – to use yeast to produce alcohol
Yeast – 酵母

Dough – the ingredients for bread before it is baked; made of flour and other ingredients
Flour – powder made from grains, like wheat, rye, barley, corn, etc.

Culinary – the art or science of cooking; a college major; related to cooking (at a high level)

Stressful – something that causes stress, tension
e.g. Work is very stressful, because we are trying to finish this ad campaign.

Anxiety (anxious) – to worry a lot

Evaporate – to go from liquid to gas

Grammar

Other people vs. Another person vs. Another people vs. somebody else
— Not us, but not a specific group; we probably don’t know who they are
— One person, we know which one, but maybe not who they are (their name)
— A different society, or community
— When you need to say that one person is needed, but it doesn’t matter who.
— “Person” means one; “people” means many

e.g. I have a job that needs done. Can you do it? No, you’ll have to find somebody else.
e.g. We were eating when another person arrived (one more, part of our group, and we were already many). We had to move over to make room.
e.g. We won’t vote for him, but it seems that plenty of other people have.

Run, Ran, Run
e.g. We are running an ad campaign this week.
e.g. We run ad campaigns regularly for this store.
e.g. We ran an ad campaign last week.
e.g. The ad campaign had been run by the time Christmas came.

Pronunciation

Anxiety – ang – zai – e -tee