Online Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

take advantage of sbd/sth – to exploit somebody/a situation

let it slide/let it go – to choose to not take action

too much on your plate – to have too much to deal with

ex. I’d hate to be solely responsible for arranging large social events as there’d be too much on my plate.

Grammar

one of our partner -> one of our partners 

one from a group, so plural

ex. One of the children

ex. One of my colleagues

ex. One of the girls

We went dinner and we invited some guests and they are professors.

We went for dinner and we invited some guests who are professors.

After the dinner, they are very drunk, after dinner.

After the dinner, they were very drunk/wasted.

I don’t have the signal.

I didn’t get the sign/I didn’t see any signs of…

I feel she wasn’t treated like a gentleman.

I feel she wasn’t treated properly/appropriately.

It seems like you do not have choice to say no.

It seems like you do not have the choice to say no/cannot say no.

8 of them are drank alcohol.

8 of them drank (alcohol).

I think their daughter are the same age with me.

I think their daughters are the same age as me

And pretend that it’s not intention.

And pretend that it’s not intentional/deliberate.  

If you want to have a regular resign procedure, you have to wait for one month.

If you want to have a regular resignation process, you have to wait for one month.