2xVIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

crashing with: 蹭住
ie. I’m just crashing with Lily right now until I rent my own apartment.

gesture: 动作 (v)
ie. I made a weird hand gesture in the class. / move/movement – dance class
ie. The flowers were a nice gesture but I still won’t go out with you.

round-trip: go and back
ie. My father uses 5 hours for the round-trip.
ie. It takes 5 hours for my dad to drive the roundtrip.

suited for：适合
ie. My thinks I’m not suited for public school.

criticize： 批评
ie. The teacher criticizes you when you don’t hand in your homework.

pursue: go further with something (v)
ie. I’m not pursuing French./I’m not planning to pursue French.

reputation:名誉; 名声 (n)
ie. The superstars don’t always have a great reputation.

stuck-up/snooty: 傲慢的; 自大的 (adj)
ie. These locals are very stuck up.

cantonese: 粤语
ie. I don’t speak Cantonese at all.

dialect： 地方话; 土话; 方言
ie. Those local always speak in their own dialect.

sneak in: 偷渡 (v)
ie. We like to sneak in our food to our room.

snoring: 打鼾; 打呼噜
ie. I hate people who snore. (v)
ie. I can’t stand (忍受）her snoring.

cast: actors list
ie. This movie has an incredible cast.

incomparable：无法比较 (adj)
ie. The idol and the singer are incomparable.
ie. The idol is incomparable to the singers.

loose： 松
ie. This ladder is too loose so I think it’s dangerous.

lesbian： 蕾丝边
ie. We should respect lesbians and gays.

old soul： 老灵魂
ie. You are an old soul.

minors: all people under 18
ie. I can’t drink because I’m still a minor.

front: top surface
ie. Their characters are just a front.

natural (n, person): genius, born good at something
ie. She’s a natural at gaming.

They took away the App Store.
I don’t have the App Store button/function on my iPad anymore.
The App Store function is banned. 

It has the time limit.
There is a time limit.

We must have our breakfast before 7:10.
We must go into our classroom at 7:45.

My mom said I’m not adapt to public schools.
My mom said I didn’t adapt to public school. (You went to a public school, and it didn’t work out)
You must adapt to public schools. 

He’s a suit. (He wears a suit, he’s a police officer/FBI? …)

suit (v): 适合
ie. My mom said I’m not suited for public school./Public school doesn’t suit me.

They ask we cannot take the strong smell food …
They ask us to leave the food outside.
They ask us not to take the food inside.
We cannot take the food with the strong smell inside.
It’s against the rules to take the foods inside.

Pronunciation

fashion

ban ben bin bim bing being(be+ying)

ten tin Tim

L – “elle”