Online Class Notes (Jesse)
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Advanced topics (business focused)
Conversation (vocabulary + grammar) / Role play (business + advanced vocabulary)
TV Show + Advanced articles (summarize in class + new vocabulary) + Writing HW – 1/month (formal business emails)
Vocabulary
the break out – the outbreak
it’s pretty ok – it’s kinda ok / it’s ok
pretty pushes an adjective up a little
it’s pretty good = 5% more than good
it’s excellent = very very good
strict < > lenient
eg. the policies are super strict / the boss is really strict
eg2. I have a really lenient boss / these policies are super lenient
hypothetical – not real situation
eg. imagine you are rich, what would you do / let me ask you a hypothetical question
hypochondriac – sb who imagines sicknesses that they are inflicted with
cultural appropriation – to take a cultural thing and use it for your own things
Grammar
for the next coming years – for the coming years / for the next few years
compared with – to
eg. when comparing apples to oranges, we can see that one is hard while the other is soft
eg2. Apples compared to oranges, are relatively hard.
we’re having the internal calls – we’re having internal calls
the = obvious / able to assume
relaxed the office policy / loosened the restrictions
they got used to / they have gotten used to it / they became accustomed to it
when I speaking – when I am speaking / when I speak
it’s quite interchangeable – don’t use quite with things that don’t have gradients
Pronunciation
how do you put it? – how do you puuudid
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