Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

the growth jumped / experienced a rapid increase 

it rose as a result of the banner ads
I think the performance was as a result of our hard work on this project.
I think yellow mountain became really famous in the world as a result of its varied scenery

it keeps becoming more and more smart by itself – it continues to become targeted / intelligent / efficient automatically / autonomously 

it was relatively enormous – it was enormous / it was relatively big 

after that / following that 

it was a pity – it was a shame / unfortunately / disappointingly / regretfully
eg. it was a bit of a shame that we missed out on that opportunity but we’ll be looking to take advantage of it in the coming season
eg2. it was slightly disappointing that we didn’t get a good result…

at the very last time – last minute
eg. it was a bit last minute so we need to be quicker next time / in the future

they cannot go on instagram –  they cannot access instagram (website / app / anything)

they are reasonably / considerably = relatively / quite
eg. this project was considerably more successful than last year

we may considering – it could be that we want to consider / it could be a good idea for us to consider preparing everything in advance next time  

this platform has many followers – this platform has many users 

they all in a new concept – they go all in on a new concept

Grammar

by Jan it is relatively small – by mid-Jan it was still relatively small but then….

they can give us a choice about our audience – they can give us a choice of audience / we can choose the audience

half year ago – half a year ago 

I will see you in half an hour / I will see you in half hour (slang)

how effective each channels help us promote – how effective each channel is at promoting our products / we can see the effectiveness of each channel’s promotion 

we do see her channels promote the largest number – her channel’s promotion achieved / received the highest number / we can see… 

not only the number was good – not only was the number good, but the performance was also.

the 2nd effective channel – the 2nd most effective channel / the 2nd channel in terms of effectiveness 

the instagram – Instagram

many fashion related information – a lot of fashion related information

it grows to has different function – it develops different functions / it grows to include different functions

wechat internally they tested a lot

due to this platform has more responsibility – due to this platform having more responsibility

I was late due to the weather = I was late due to me experiencing bad weather while I was on my way to work.

because + sentence
due to + noun