Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

poach: 挖
ie. He was poached by La Mer from our company.

scarce: 稀有
ie. Employees like Fran are very scarce in the company.

item: for lists
ie. item C, D E..

observe: guancha
ie. Based on my careful observations, …

Grammar

easy vs at ease
ie. She is easy vs. She is at ease.

caught in the middle – something messy
caught unprepared/empty handed
I caught Fran lying/going through my phone.

dangerous waters

tread carefully/ walking on eggshells

clear <> clarity

I’m falling in office politics.
I’m caught in the middle of office politics.
I don’t want to be caught in the middle of your argument.

In front of us, they are peaceful. What’s at the back I don’t know.
In front of us/Up front/On the surface, they are in agreement with each other/at peace.  But behind us/under the table, I don’t know.

I leverage the internal works and when I communicate with the clients, I’ll do it myself.
I will delegate some/most of the internal work to my intern and when I communicate with the clients, I’ll do it myself.

immune system goes down, so bacteria/virus got to me, so I got pimples again.

What I can do is to delay the reply time.
I can only reply a little slower.

But I have to reply.
But I can’t just ignore him.