Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

front desk (n): a desk near the entrance to a hotel, office building, etc. where people go when they arrive and where they can get information, etc.:
Visitors must register at the front desk.

probation (n): a period of time at the start of a new job when you are watched and tested to see if you are suitable for the job
（雇员的）试用期
a period of probation
试用期

social (adj): Social people like to meet and spend time with other people.
好交际的；善于社交的；合群的
I’m shy, but my brother’s very social.
我是个害羞的人，但是我弟弟非常喜欢与人交往。

shit-faced (adj): extremely drunk
烂醉的
He went out last night and got shit-faced.

C-section (n): a caesarean (= an operation in which a woman’s uterus is cut open to allow a baby to be born)
部腹产手术
Doctors had to perform an emergency C-section.
医生不得不紧急施行部腹产手术。
The baby was born by C-section.
这个婴儿是通过剖腹产手术出生的。

Please come in for a trial day

To sign a contract

She was born in 1950.
她生于1950年。

I’m turning 37 this October

Pronunciation

annual-/ˈæn.ju.əl/
iodine-/ˈaɪ.ə.daɪn/