VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

“moving mountains”: exhausting all possible ways

“seal the deal”: finish negotiation

introverted: inward

outspoken: <>soft-spoken

perfectionist: someone who strives for perfection

“not in your job description”

status quo: 现状; 原来的状况

open/public confrontation

backstab (v): 陷害

let it slide: I know it’s wrong, but I’ll let it slide.

object (v): 反对; 不同意; 不赞成; 提出…作为反对的理由; 抗辩说
ie. S didn’t object to that decision.

She wants to keep it up.
She didn’t want to let it go/resolve the conflict.

You need to let them to feel your heart.
… that you’re sincere/you genuinely care.

effect any kind of change in the company/project…

A and B are not on the same page.

In my late time…
In the later part of my time at Sephora..

call a 5-minute meeting.

I never ask others to lunch.

He is always helping me from the beginning.
He has been supportive of me from the very beginning.

First of all, I think the peers are so bad.
… I think my peers are not good enough. / as capable. 

complain is complain, but I will do that. <– specific thing
complaining aside, I still do what he asks of me./still follow his directions.

every time when they think out a new solution
every time when they think of/propose/have a new solution, I shoot it down.

“brings out” – This color brings out your eyes.

She knows me before. -> now she doesn’t
She knows me from before.

She told A that Astrid is finding a job.
She told A that Astrid is looking for a job.

We won’t make you disappointed.

I talked to my line manager that ….-> spoke to …about, talked to ..about, had a convo with.. about…
I told my line manager that ….

Actually, I can learn something… I admit.

They found a new way.
They found a way around that.

As I talked to you about last time.
As I told you last time…

The road for brand is wider than project.
There is a bigger future/more prospects working for brand than for project.

If they sell them on their own/by themselves

In middle July，when HR was looking for/trying to find a replacement for my position …