F2F Class Notes 5th August (Jesse)

on june – in june 

embarrassing – gan ga (situation)
embarrassed – gan ga (feeling)
eg. i get embarrassed in embarrassing situations

How are you?
5: Great
4: Pretty good
3: Not too bad / Not bad / I’m alright
2: I’m ok
1: Not that great / not too good

suit – pr – soot (like “si le”)

makes a dress out of a suit
eg. she takes 2nd hand suits and makes dresses out of them

exhibition – ex i bi shen 

portfolio – port fol ee oh

her teacher thinks really highly of her work = thinks she’s good

she is gifted = naturally amazing at sth
she’s a natural at fashion design

she likes me (xi huan) / she is like me (similar)

she isn’t that person – that kind of person

“first one in and last one to leave” = super hard working

value (n) / valueable (adj)

we together to travel to NY – we go there together 

chicago – pr – shi car go 

exchange the feel about life – exchange our feelings about life

it’s not a popularity contest, as long as you grow up to become a good and intelligent person, then my job is done.

mature – pr – ma ture / ma chew er 

question (sth you ask) / problem (sth you fix)

it’s my weakness, nothing to do with her.

in her 5 years old – when she was 5 years old

you can’t talk sense into her

reflection – like a mirror

reaction – how you act in response to sth (decision / automatic)

reflex – what you do in response to sth (automatic)

you’re overthinking = you’re thinking too much