VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
march – to walk with a purpose (either army or to protest)
preface – to give an introduction to help understand of the following
posterity – people living in the future / the future
the white american population enslaved them – to make them become your slave
memorial / commemorateÂ
eg. the temple commemorates the fallen soldiers
congress (senate) / house of representativesÂ
civilians / civil – related to people of society
eg. this is a civil meeting – treat others like they’re human
eg2. I’m a civilian
turned into – one thing changes itself to become different
eg. a caterpillar turns into a butterfly
become – maybe the same as turn into / maybe one thing becomes sth else
eg. I will become a doctor in the future (I was a teacher and then I was a doctor)
carve – to cut sth to create sth within it (maybe art)
eg. I carved my name into the table with a knife
eg2. I carved a piece of chicken from the chicken
you are very bold – you’re confident / daring / strong
I make the word bold – make it more black
the no translator one – the one without subtitles / the untranslated oneÂ
overdubbed / dubbed – a tv show or movie with a voice actor
eg. I don’t like movies that are dubbed / overdubbed in Chinese
blazed – related to fire moving quickly / being really strong
eg. the virus blazed its way through WuHan
pave the way – create opportunity
eg. my education paved the way for my career
pave – to lay a road
eg. the government paved the roads so the old dirt roads turned into paved roads
road / street / avenue / way / lane – basically the same
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