Online Class Notes (Jesse) [30]

Vocabulary

borrow – take
lend – give

we need to downsize / there needs to be some layoffs – fire some people

demotion < > promotion

some IT people get sucked – screwed – f*cked

it snowballs / knock on effect – it gets worse and worse and goes out of control

complacent – careless and not paying enough attention and changing
eg. I don’t want to be complacent

lollipop lady – a woman who helps kids cross the road

side gig / back up plan / side hustle / something to fall back on 

materialistic
eg. my wife is not materialistic at all

Grammar

one of my friend – friends

did i talk to you the reason? – did I tell you the reason / did I talk to you about the reason?