Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Pronunciation

catch up meeting – “meeet” 

Vocabulary

at the beginning – initially
eg. initially I did X job but then they promoted me to Y job

whether you can read people

upward mobility – getting promoted within a company
eg. upward mobility in this company is very slow / difficult

dreading < > looking forward to
eg. I’m dreading tomorrow’s meeting

mollycoddle (v) – to protect sb too much and make their life too comfortable and safe
eg. this kid was mollycoddled so they grew up without knowing responsibility

Grammar

it’s a traditional for my team – it’s a tradition

I seldomly do that – I seldom do that / I don’t do that very often / I don’t usually do that 

if something is not comfortable with them –  if they’re not comfortable with sth 

it’s not something always happy – it’s not something that / which always makes you happy

that’s the key points that we are looking to – that we are looking for

i can get to know more about themselves – I can get to know more about them / they can know more about themselves

nucleic acid test – COVID test