Online Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
living in a shoebox – living in a really small place that feels cramped
it’s cramped – there’s not enough space
I have a cramp – pain
hustle bustle – busy + loud + lots of action + lots of movement – “hussle bussle”
eg. people love the hustle bustle of city life
eg2. man i really want to get out of all this hustle bustle
the hip part – cool
eg. he’s super hip
“you can take a person out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of a person” – even if you leave the country, your personality is still linked to the country
mix and match – have a variety and combine things
the way they hold themselves – the way they walk / move / stand / hold things / body language
“pillow talk”
a feeling of weakness / it was demoralizing – sth that makes you feel weaker
emasculating / emasculated – makes you feel less of a man
eg. my wife getting a better job and salary than me was a little emasculating
to make a concerted effort – big / deliberate effort
eg. I made a concerted effort to use Chinese as often as possible
programmer / coder
eg. he’s a coder
Grammar
you’re getting annoying – annoyed
listen something – listen to something
living at san fransisco – living in SF
put some inputs – make some updates / make some changes / add input / input sth
Pronunciation
stopped / booked – stopt / bookt
changes – chayn jezz
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