Online Class Notes (Ally)

Elena’s hotel diary

Vocabulary

static: the zzzzzzzzzzz sound in the phone when you have a bad connection

unkempt: unwashed, messy, not tidy, not pretty

inconclusive: no conclusion

uniform: the same

relocate: move (longer distance maybe)

asymptomatic: no symptom (adj)

safe haven: protected area

Grammar

I’m not, but I might as well be – actually not, but almost like

we are waiting to leave but on monday, we did the pcr test..
we were supposed to leave next monday, but …  (supposed to do A, but B happened, so now…)

my husband’s result is …
my husband’s result is inconclusive/abnormal /neither positive nor negative

we need to wait for company to have some other work for my husband
we need to wait for his company to assign him somewhere/assign some work for him

this is the first time we are …
this is the first time we relocated 

why you’re in another country …
I don’t know why, under this situation, you would continue to live in another country when your family is somewhere else

In urgent times/emergencies, if you can’t to buy one ticket to …
In urgent times/emergencies, you need to go back to your home right away.