VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
alliance – then 2 groups join together and be “friends”
until – to (stop / change)
eg. I worked last night until 10PM
by – before a time
eg. I need to finish it by tomorrow
background = experience + contacts + education
eg. he doesn’t have a background in medicine
promote < > demote
eg. I won’t get a demotion because I am the lowest level already
traditional ideas – old fashioned – old ideas
eg. My father is a bit old fashioned / he’s a bit traditional
the patients whose condition is severe…
spine – your back and neck bone
compressed
eg. maybe the spine discs compressed onto the nerve
nerve – shen jing
Grammar
he was older than he – he was older than him
Pronunciation
colleagues – col eegz
abdominal – ab DOM inal
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