Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

electric guitar – uses electricity
acoustic guitar – classical style – “ack koo stick”

intricate (tangible or intangible) – very careful, detailed, needs a lot of skill to do, maybe complex
eg. coffee art is often very intricate
eg2. it had a really intricate story

male lead (actor) / main male character (character)

you could tell / know – it’s obvious
eg. I can tell that Jesse is a bit sick!

impeccable – perfectly, really well planned / done
eg. it was really impeccably planned

momentous – memorable, big, important
eg. it was a momentous occasion

reframe sth – to say sth in a different way, reword sth from a different perspective

bring about change – to make huge change happen

give in – sounds like a battle / fight that you give up during
give up – just stopping because you can’t continue / don’t want to continue

improvisation (n) 
improvised (adj / v)
improvise (v)
improvising (v / vn)
eg. I’m really good at improvising so I like to improvise when I do presentations

it was for show = performative

all about sth = sth that summarizes you
eg. Jesse is all about grammar correction but John is all about vocabulary
eg2. in her career Yancy is all about being nice and caring to her team.

Grammar

his father just died in this scene – his father had just died in this scene

he carries with a gun – he was armed with a gun / he was carrying a gun 

all-encompassing – covers everything / requires full attention

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