VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

do your best

she does her best

he did his best

more extreme

eg: The weather was more extreme this year.

the winter was extremely cold

so the summer might be extremely hot, or cooler. We can’t know.

after I check the notes, I write a copy for myself

squeeze a meeting in

squeeze in a workout

squeeze in some gym time

squeeze in an hour at the gym

I will squeeze in an English class even though I have a full meeting with the shipyard today.

I’m pretty busy, but I think I can squeeze you in around 4pm. (for a meeting)

– I can add you to my schedule around 4pm.


naive – don’t know too much, because you are not experienced, young, or innocent

eg: I was young and naive, I didn’t know that was a bad deal.

eg: If you are surprised by it, that is a little naive. You should expect it by now.

eg: She is naive, it seems like she doesn’t understand.

eg: When I went to on the business trip I was so happy because at that time the company gave me the more money. Now, I think I was just naive, actually those that money was for my overtime work. They didn’t give me more, I just worked more. (They didn’t give it to me, I EARNED it)

give – to let someone have something

eg: My friend gave me a car for my birthday.

eg: They gave me a raise at work, I definitely earned it.

earn – a way to give, because someone did something to deserve the thing. Or you had an agreement about it

eg: I earned that salary, they must pay me.

eg: Take a break you earned it.

eg: I took my mom to dinner for mother’s day. I wanted to give here a nice dinner, because she is such a  good mom, she really earned it.

eg: She earned the chance, because she always tries her best.

Pronunciation

Naive – Nai (y) Eve