Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

living in a shoebox – living in a really small place that feels cramped
it’s cramped – there’s not enough space
I have a cramp – pain

hustle bustle – busy + loud + lots of action + lots of movement – “hussle bussle”
eg. people love the hustle bustle of city life
eg2. man i really want to get out of all this hustle bustle

the hip part – cool
eg. he’s super hip

“you can take a person out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of a person” – even if you leave the country, your personality is still linked to the country

mix and match – have a variety and combine things

the way they hold themselves – the way they walk / move / stand / hold things / body language

“pillow talk”

a feeling of weakness / it was demoralizing – sth that makes you feel weaker

emasculating / emasculated – makes you feel less of a man
eg. my wife getting a better job and salary than me was a little emasculating

to make a concerted effort – big / deliberate effort
eg. I made a concerted effort to use Chinese as often as possible

programmer / coder
eg. he’s a coder

Grammar

you’re getting annoying – annoyed 

listen something – listen to something 

living at san fransisco – living in SF

put some inputs – make some updates / make some changes / add input / input sth 

Pronunciation

stopped / booked – stopt / bookt 

changes – chayn jezz