Online Class Notes (Jesse)

1. thank them for their past 6 months help
2. spend more time to get a better result. – will give cases
3. first “face to face” meeting with Fiona.

Vocabulary

I have an 8 month old baby / he is 8 months old

I have adapted to my situation

adapt / adopt 

i accompany with my son a lot – I spend time with my son

accompany – to protect / stop them from lonely / help them do sth
eg. I accompany my son to the park

spend time with – just be with sb
eg. I spend time with my son, playing at home every day.
eg. I spend time on my makeup = I need to complete it / it’s a job / work

multitasking – do more than 1 thing at the same time
eg. I’m not very good at multitasking

prioritise – to decide which things are the most important / urgent
eg. I need to learn to prioritise my work and life

Legal have kindly drawn up one slide which is highlighting the main areas of opportunity that have been seen in November.

ahead – coming up / in the coming weeks (in the future)
eg. In the 2 weeks ahead, we will be having many meetings
eg2. In the coming 2 weeks / in the 2 weeks coming up we will…

prior to – before
eg. Prior to this class, I took my baby out to play with other kids
eg. I took my baby out, prior to this class.

in advance – before sth to prepare
eg. I always review in advance

I’m off
I’m out
I’m up
I’m on
I’m into it
I’m down 

Grammar

during – feels like sth is happening the whole time for a period
in – sth is happening in a period 
eg. during class, you will speak English a lot / in class you will speak …
at – 5PM / 10 AM / noon / midday / midnight / night
on – days / weekends / christmas day / CNY day / on leave / on holidays
from 10 to 12PM – range
eg. I will be available from around 5PM onwards / and after
eg2. I should be free from 5 onwards.

during the daily life / in my daily life

he doesn’t have the deeply bonding with the baby – he doesn’t have an emotional bond / deep bond with the baby

reply their emails – reply to their emails

some like the compliance emails – some emails like / something like compliance emails

how to say – how can I say / how do you say? 

Pronunciation

colleagues – col leegz
colleges – col lijez

cooker – a machine / device that helps you cook
eg. I have a rice cooker

cook / chef – people who cook
eg. my mum is a good cook
eg2. I talked to the chef and I told him the food was great!

have been doing – started in the past, still going
have done – finished up to now
did – specific time in the past

I had a travel – I have a travel experience / I had a trip / I have traveled 

I’m really into sushi / I’m a big fan of sushi