F2F Class Notes May 8th (Ben) [Xiao Qi]

RSVP = please reply = “répondez s’il vous plaît”

s’il vous plaît = “if it pleases you” = please (svp)

si = if

il = it

vous = you

plait = please

bite the dust = fail, die

call one’s bluff = to let someone know that they are bluffing

• I’m not afraid of you, I know your gun is empty. –> call someone’s bluff

ditch = throw away, get rid of

I have so much stuff at home, I need to ditch a lot.

My girlfriend ditched me.

lay off = stop bothering (somebody)

Lay off your sister for 5 minutes, will you?

limbo = the dark and lonely place between Heaven and Hell where non-Christians and unbaptized babies go when they die, a situation where you don’t know what to do next because you are in the dark

I’ve been in limbo for several years about my career.

blow (sthg) out of proportion = make something small become big, overreact, 小题大做

In nightclubs, many patrons (=customers) will try to compete and out-buy each other. It usually starts with cheap drinks but it sometimes blows out of proportion when they start spending thousands and thousands.