Online Class Notes (Jesse) [7]

Grammar

i had a lot of knee injuries / I frequently injured my knee

it’s pain a lot – I had a lot of pain 

pain = money
I have a lot of pain
He has pain in his leg

hurt = think
My leg hurts / I’m hurting 

painful = boring
It’s painful when I turn my head

Vocabulary

pro-China – support and love China, biased towards China
eg. He’s really pro china

anti-America – to be against it

propaganda – brainswashing news
eg. there’s a lot of propaganda online

contradictory – to say the opposite
eg. Jesse often says things which are contradictory to my beliefs

controversial (adj) / controversy (n)
a controversial treatment which happened in the 1800 century

magnetism (n) / magnetic (adj)

diagnosed 
eg. i was diagnosed with it

convention – big meeting / official meeting
commission = official investigation

ambiguous – not clear, not specific
eg. that’s a bit ambiguous, can you say it more clearly?

I can share that to you – I can share that with you 

dimly lit room – a room with lighting which is dim

dim < > bright – lighting
dull < > bright / light – clarity of something like color or personality

their science wasn’t good enough / developed enough to prove it / advanced enough

placebo – “plah see bo”
the placebo effect
the dr gave me a placebo (a sugar pill or sth without any active ingredient)

Pronunciation

disgrace – “dis grayyysss”

he was labeled a fraud / charlatan – “shar let ten” 

fred
fly

hypnotism – “hip neh tism”
hypnotise – “hip neh tiezz”
hypnosis – “hip no sis”

short of = scarce

release tension and open it up / decompress it 

agile (flexible + mobile) / mobile / mobility (n)
eg. it will make your joints more agile and increase mobility

suffering in lower back – suffering from lower back pain / who have pain originating in their level back / those who are suffering from / those who have tightness in the lower back

highly suggested / recommended 

initiate movement from your core
eg. rather than moving from your X you should initiate the movement from your core

controlled movement rather than slumping into the pose

equal the alignment of your top shoulder / come into line with your top shoulder / bring it into line with your top shoulder  / align your lower shoulder with your upper shoulder (bottom with top)