Online Class Notes (Ally)

___ to verb

fav shoe brand

Vocabulary

non-invasive surgery

health nut: someone who’s very 养生

renovating： 装修

core: (苹果等的)果心，核儿; (物体的)中心部分; 最重要的部分; 核心; 要点; 精髓; 一小群人

strength training/weight lifting

intention: 打算; 计划; 意图; 目的 (adj) intended

meet halfway

the norm: 标准; 规范; 常态; 定额; 正常行为; 行为标准

stitching: 缝 刺绣 sewing: 缝纫; 缝制中的衣物
ie. He got 5 stitches on his leg.
ie. The stitching on the dress is beautiful.
ie. I need to stitch together my jeans.

petite: 纤弱的; 娇小的
ie. I’m too petite for their sample sizes.

petite sizes <> plus sizes
ie. She’s a plus size model.

signify: shows 表示; 说明; 预示; 表达，显示(感情、意愿等); 具有重要性; 要紧
ie. This signifies the degradation of society.

degradation: 堕落; 落魄，潦倒(的境况); 毁坏，恶化(过程

Last year, I didn’t have my breakfast for a half-year.
Last year, I didn’t have any breakfasts for a half-year.

First, I resumed my breakfast habits./started eating breakfast again.

the core doesn’t get enough training.

I don’t consider of it
I haven’t considered it.
I’m not considering it.
I don’t care about it.
It doesn’t matter to me.
It’s not under my consideration.

I think pilates is easy to sleep
I think pilates can help me sleep better/earlier

booked a time on Friday/made an appointment on Friday

they asked me my intended amount./my expectation.

I think they don’t to cut my intention
I think they didn’t/won’t cut my intended amount.

maybe consider to the norm…
maybe considering/comparing to the norm…

It’s a good networking opportunity.

they will have some problems cannot sell to the public
they (clothes)will have some problems and cannot be sold to the public

They use a lot of flower stitchings on their dresses.

you would wear them more regularly than yellow shoes.
you have more chances to wear them than wear yellow shoes.

It signifies that I’m an important member of this company.

I only did half of it, I will finish it.

At the end of last year, I was thinking to collaborate with MS.
At the end of last year, I was thinking about collaborations/wanted to collaborate/made plan to collaborate with MS.

we even don’t spent more time to learn something
we don’t even spent a lot of/too much time to learn something *

Anything you want to do you need to do a lot of research in advance
You need to do a lot of research in advance for the things you want.

Pronunciation

pilates – pul-la-tees