Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

inexpensive – writing
cheap – speaking

before I knew it, the week was over

under the table / cash in hand / off the books
eg. she did some work under the table

sweep sth under the rug 

stay at home wife / housewife 

deadend job – a job that has no future
eg. she was working in a deadend job in Brazil so she wanted to leave

paralyse / cripple
eg. fear cripples people very often

aftermath – the chaotic result of sth

“Feel the fear and do it anyway”

bets / betting / sports bets

Grammar

we are 200 people there was 200 of us 

there are just 2 of us / it is just the 2 of us
how many people are there? there are just 2 of us / it’s just us 2

it’s not simple like that – it’s not that simple / it’s not as simple as that

at least more 2 years at least 2 more years 

1 year and a half 1 and a half years 

we’re a development country we’re a developing country / our country is in development

before back to brazilbefore going back to brazil / before I am back in brazil

Pronunciation

multi – mol tee

asked – askt

edit – EH dit