F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
proportions – the relationship that exists between the size, number, or amount of two things
eg: It is known that models should have good proportions, but some people don’t agree on what proportions they should have.
blow sth. out of proportion – to make sth. seem much bigger, more intense, or stronger than it it really is
eg: The expression, “Don’t cry over spilled milk” basically means don’t blow things out of proportion, because it is only some milk and a small spill, so it’s easy to clean up.
eg: Don’t make a big deal of it.
crackdown – a sudden enforcement of law.
a vice – a kind of addiction, something you can’t quit and usually harmful to you
eg: Gambling was his vice.
smuggling – to take sth illegally from one place to another
eg: Chu yi was busted smuggling fruit from Mexico to China.
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