VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

i flew to japan with my girlfriend last friday night and we landed (at) around 10pm. the immigration queue was incredibly long and it took / with it taking us an hour to get out.

get out = remove yourself from here
go out = go outside

Grammar

i haven’t met her for a year and a half – I hadn’t met her for a year and a half 

we had to go to bed earlier because we had to wake up early.

when we arrived at / in the town

we waited / were waiting for my sisters friend

Vocabulary

skateboarding – like snowboarding but with wheels and not on snow

i played snowboarding – I went snowboarding 

slippery (adj) / slip (v)

covered in sweat / really sweaty

taboo – sth that isn’t spoken about opening in society
eg. talking about sexuality 50 years ago was taboo

in the 50s

the other day – a day recently

marching band

put me to shame / show me up 
eg. my sisters friends were totally pro so they showed me a up

slope
eg. we went to the slopes to ski

it was sunshining – it was very sunny / there was a lot of sunshine 

get the hang of it – to finally get comfortable doing sth
eg. It took me about 2 hours to get the hang of it

chairlift

swinging
eg. we didn’t put the handle bar down and it was swinging, which was terrifying

scary (adj) / scared (feeling)

terrified / petrified = very scared

steep
eg. the pro slope is steeper than the beginner one