Online Class Notes (Sam) [4]

Vocabulary

I am too busy ____ (doing) for ____(cant do)
eg. I am too busy working for lunch

airplane company
airline

economic company
budget company

it was very hurry
it was very rushed

i felt like those 2 years really flew by = go quickly

look forward to < > dread / dreading
eg. i’m really dreading the event

dread (noun) = an extremely dark horrible (dreadful) feeling

fall behind < > surge ahead

history in the making = a very important transition period
eg. this event is history in the making

Grammar

i am busy for the shanghai trip
with

it was 3 times more expensive than < > it was 1/3 of the original price / it was 1/3 as expensive as the original