Online Class Notes (Jesse)

I’m trying to change my very nature which is to naturally be warm with others 
I need to learn to keep people at arms length

giving advice: make it longer and say more things about how it’s your opinion / perspective
eg. from my perspective, I feel like it would be a good idea if you changed it to…

Grammar

badest thing they made to me – the worst thing they’ve done to me / they did to me 

that’s scared – scary 

you remind me a story – you reminded me of a story

i was one of his peer reviewer – reviewers

list down what you have done – to list what you have done

it wasn’t an official apologise – apology 

it wasn’t positive as I expected – it wasn’t as positive as..

take a vaccine – to get vaccinated 

in certain areas

throw / threw / thrown 

that’s disrespectful behaviour

on the process – in the process 

Vocabulary

make him aware of it / let him know it / raise it with him 

turn on his laptop / power up his laptop

we had an agreement before – beforehand 

headspace – mindset / way of thinking / mood
eg. I’m not in the right headspace for this meeting

try to use the right kind of language to reach that middle ground

she wasn’t giving me her full attention / she didn’t give me her full attention 

enhance / further / build on my learning / continue to push myself towards greater learning / towards greater things

put it on the table for discussion
bring it up for discussion

they have a really rigid approach

they keep people at arms length / it’s hard for them to warm to other people / they’re a bit distant

that isn’t a responsible thing to do

disruption 
eg. starting a new job and then leaving soon after can cause disruption

they don’t have your best interests in mind 

Pronunciation

written – “ri ten”

ridden (short i) / ride (long I)

Hey Nat, nice to meet you, and thanks so much for your kind help. Please feel free to move it around if the time doesn’t fit in (into) your schedule. Really looking forward to our chat, warmest regards.