Online Class Notes (Jesse)

stand on your own two feet – financially secure / independent
get back on your feet – try to carry on after some failure

Grammar

that’s all about my job – those things are all related to my job / those are all my responsibilities

when i was graduate from high school – when I graduated from HS / had graduated 

on the open day of macquarie – during the open day of macquarie

there’s only 1 teacher come on stage – one of the teachers who came on stage was an accountant

by that time – at that time / during that time 

by now / by that time – before

he wasn’t study very good – he didn’t study very well

I am well (adj) = I feel healthy + happy
I am good (adj) = positive / happy / healthy
My English is good (adj) – positive
I speak English well (adv) – positive action / skill

he / she / it / name has / swims 
he had / swam – past
I / you / we / they have / swim  

when I was first study accounting – when I was first studying accounting

how to say – how do you say?
I don’t know how to say that word

Vocabulary

mortgage applicant

rip them off – try to make them pay more than they should

come to study a particular major
eg. each teacher was talking about a particular major (specific one)

no one reacted to his comment / to what he said / to his point 

snake oil salesman – sb who sells sth that is total bullshit but convinces people that it’s effective

anecdote – story that is trying to teach you sth / inform you about sth
eg. he told us a lot of anecdotes

expelled – to be kicked out of school

worked his way up in the company / industry

from rags to riches

Pronunciation

smile – smiieee yel 

sheep – eeyeee 
ship – i / it / in 
shape – ayyy 

analytics – ana LIT ticks 
analysis – an NAL li sis