F2F Class Notes _15th Jun (Harmony)

June 15, 2016Demo StudentEve

Homework: watch the movie “the big short”

Reading:

kilter (kill – ter): good condition/order.

off kilter/out of kilter: unbalanced/ not in good condition/ disorder.

Eg. The air conditioner is out of kilter.

Cheapness of borrowing = the low interest rates

Odds: probability that sth will occur/ is more likely to occur than sth else.

Eg. Betting/gambling/ investing/weather

Eg. The odds are that it will rain today.

Eg. Odds are that blah blah team will lose in tomorrows game.

“in record high”:the highest it’s ever been.

Eg. The temperature is reaching a record high this weekend.

Record low: the lowest it’s ever been.

Eg. My weight is reaching a record low.

allegations: accusations/ to accuse someone without proof. To start a rumour.

Eg. There are allegations that Bill Clinton cheated on his wife.

“cut ties”: to end the relationship.

Falsified: to make false/ to lie

Eg. There were rumours/accusations that they lied about borrowers income.

Peddled/peddle/ peddling: to sell small goods from location to location. (kind of pushy)

Eg.

Peddler: a nicer way to say homeless person. (the people selling flowers in the metro station.)

Borne: to bring forth/ to produce.

Tone: a sound.

Tone of voice: the way you say something (angry/happy/ excited)

Racist tones: it sounds kind of racist.

All the same = whether it’s Chinese people or not, the problem exists.

Demolish/Demolished/demolishing: torn down/knocked down.

Eg. If you want to build on that piece of land, you will have to demolish the pre-existing structure.