Online Class Notes (Jesse) [15]

Grammar

take a blood test – get a blood test

the day I got the jab

reach them out – reach out to them 

Vocabulary

thermometer – temperature measurement tool

paracetamol / ibuprofen – headache medicine

nauseated / nauseous – feeling sick

synchronized swimming – ballet in the pool

commentator – the person who makes comments over a game / sport

let me give you an alternate (beginner / simplified) pose 

hardwired – sth that has basically become part of the main unit
eg. social skills are usually hardwired into people

innate – born with it / created with it
ingrained – sth so well practiced that it becomes part of you

synchronicity has become ingrained

yoga teachers noticing and being aware of student’s posture at all times becomes ingrained after a while

otherwise it’s too sweet / everything else is too sweet / other than that it would be too sweet

i’m on the fence = i’m yet to make a decision
i’m in limbo = in a middle world, waiting for nothing (like in prison)

evolve (v) evolution (n)
eg. the virus evolves really quickly by multiplying and mutating 

dormant – sleeping / not active
eg. COVID lays dormant for 2 weeks before becoming active

asymptomatic – no symptoms shown
eg. I have covid but i’m asymptomatic

conspiracy theories
eg. he’s spreading conspiracies / conspiracy theories

we live 1 street apart / they live 1 street away from me

love at first sight (first time meeting you fall in love immediately) / head over heels (totally in love)
eg. it wasn’t love at first sight, but I do love her
eg2. I’m head over heels (in love with her)

takes precedence over sth

Pronunciation

pfizer – FAI zer

moderna – mod DER na 

corpse – kor psss