VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Pronunciation

colleague – don’t pronounce the “ge” on the end.. just a soft “g”

individual – in di VID you al

Vocabulary

cut to the chase 

found / caught / realised / noticed 

why it happened – why it occurred / the reason for it happening like that 

interesting, i had a meeting – interestingly, I had a meeting 

always – at all times
eg. you need to pay attention at all times

retail customer sells product to the customer – retailer / customer – client / customer 

they should add up / they should match

expensive / costly / a high cost
eg. this is a really costly project

we dont want to / we would prefer to / it would be ideal / ideally if we could

cost money / increase costs / push our costs up even more

sugar coat – to make sth sound nice and positive when actually it’s not 
eg. don’t sugar coat it… tell it to me straight

Grammar

send to the US

30 pieces products – it is a 30 piece product 

He is a 30 year old man
He is 30 years old 

we do this for many years – we have been doing this for many years / we have done this for many years 

pay attention to