F2F Class Notes 15th April (Tony)

Vocabulary

disrespectful

it slipped my mind – temporarily forgot

eg: Sorry, I forgot, it must have slipped my mind.

cutthroat adj. – willing to do anything to succeed or win

eg: Finance is a cutthroat industry, people that work on wall street can be ruthless.

ruthless – having no pity : cruel or merciless

eg: He’s a ruthless competitor.

be catfished – to be tricked by a fraud online

eg: He was being catfished by a Canadian woman pretending to be a model.

aspire V. – to try to be or work to become sth.

eg: He’s an aspiring NBA player, he has been playing basketball all his life.

leapfrog – to skip over one stage

eg: We should invest in new technology so we can leapfrog the previous level without having to invest in it.

Essay: How much should we invest in new and unproven technologies?

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