Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

sci-fi: science fiction

love-at-first-sight

genres: 类型 of novels/movies/music

collector’s edition: 收藏者的版本

tourist

roller coaster:  云霄飞车

wand：魔杖

go back on sb’s word: break a promise  违约 break the contract

fresh angle: 清新的角度

guilty: 内疚 有罪
ie. He is guilty of 1st degree murder.
ie. I feel guilty when I leave home without my dog.

numb: 麻木的

ordeal：大麻烦 long-term麻烦

sarcastic: 讽刺

laughing stock: 笑柄

sunk cost:  沉没成本

empty threat: 没有用的恐吓 虚张声势

keep a low profile: 保持低调 <> high-profile
ie. I have a high-profile client.

mandatory: 必须的 不是自发的 强制性

I have not read all novel yet
I have not read all of the novel yet/I didn’t finish it yet

the genre is not I focused on
the genre is not the key point/is not something/the most important thing I focus on

I have to look up the dictionary
I have to look up the words/look the words up in the dictionary

the payment (money only) will not be high
the cost is not high

It’s too long. It’s long time we live in the peaceful world./in peace.
It’s been too long .. 

C in China will be done asap.

I don’t know I don’t have 72 hour covid test my health code will become yellow
I don’t know whether my health code would become yellow, since/ if I don’t have 72 hour covid test

Pronunciation

supplement = sup+ple+ment