VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
ex-phone – old phone / previous phone
signal / reception – xin hao
eg. i had no reception so i couldn’t receive any phone calls
gadget – a technological tool / device
work out – jian shen
run out – mei you le
broken – sth that doesn’t work
eg. my phone was broken so I bought a new one
case – the outside part of sth to protect it
fluent – only used for speech / communicating in a language
eg. I am fluent in Chinese – I can speak smoothly and communicate easily
my phone wasn’t running well – working smoothly / well
eg. my phone wasn’t running well so I got a newer, faster one
it wasn’t fast enough / it was too slow
pocket-dial – to accidentally call someone on your phone
eg. I pocket-dialed my friends while I was out
leash – the long rope from a dog’s neck
eg. the leash was tied to the door handle
progression – the changing process / improvement
dumb it down – to make sth simpler
eg. I need to dumb it down so they can understand it
unpredictable < > predictable
eg. his behavior is very unpredictable
she was fired from doing admin work
palliative – care to make you comfortable without curing you
Grammar
on next Tuesday – next Tuesday
I have much work – too much / a lot of
Pronunciation
calm – “carm”
samsung – “sam sung”
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