VIP Class Notes (Jesse) from 53

atonement – film

firefly / dollhouse – tv shows

sabotaged – to deliberately alter / damage something to stop it from being used as it should be
eg. someone sabotaged the brakes on my car so when I tried to stop, I couldn’t.

inflict – to directly cause sth negative
eg. the punch inflicted a serious injury on the man’s eye

tomorrow = in the morrow 

stead / instead (in the stead of) = on sb’s behalf 
eg. I will go to the hospital in your stead

combatants – gladiator

catch up / to come up to speed on sth 
eg. i caught up with my friend from Beijing last night as she was visiting shanghai
eg2. let me get you up to speed on the latest project