VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

threshold – upper limit
eg. if you take a lot of drugs your tolerance threshold will increase

nicotine – nik ka teen

instructions 

distill / extract – to take a lot of sth and make it strong but less
eg. Vodka is distilled from potatoes

warzone – an area where an active war is occurring
eg. the road is like a warzone

pedestrian – people walking on or near the road

awareness / sense
eg. some people in Shanghai don’t have the sense / awareness to know what the rules of the road are

took the wrong exit

backseat driver – you

pedal – the thing you push with your feet in the car to go and stop

accelerator (go) / brake (stop) / clutch (change gears)

Grammar

the people who was hurted – the people who were hurt