F2F Class Notes (Ben) [Xiao Qi]

Vocabulary

over one’s head = hard to understand, beyond one’s comprehension
This project is way over my head. Could you help me understand?
I’m in over my head on this project. Can you help?

keep something at bay = to keep control over it and prevent it from causing problems
Experts hope economic growth will keep inflation at bay.
The police kept the suspect at bay with a gun.

a pop = a piece a thing
Avocados cost 15 RMB a pop.

soup to nuts = from A to Z (from the entry to the dessert)

case the joint = look around a place (sometimes to figure out how to break in)
The old lady entered the shop and cased the joint before buying an item and leaving.
joint = cheap place, cheap restaurant
case = look around surreptitiously

a peep = a sound made by a bird or by someone
It was so silent you couldn’t hear a peep.