VIP Class Notes (Olivia)

ache v – pain n – hurt v

my head hurts / I have a headache / there is a pain in my head.

my knee is painful / my knee hurts /

my body hurts so badly during COVID/ My body aches a lot during COVID

backache, headache,

fatigue n- extreme tiredness – there is no energy left in me, Don’t drive when fatigue, fatigued

dizziness n – dizzy adj, I feel very dizzy right now, the dizziness was the worst part of getting COVID

antibody – vaccines

fading away – phase out

Any PR crisis at the time will eventually phase out / fade away

lump n, there is a lump on her neck.

there is a lump on your chest, please have it checked closely.

less/ bed/ bet/ e

last/ bad/ bat/ ae

cut slack – cut me some slack,

slacking v, – Jennie is slacking on stage,  – don’t give 100% / don’t deliver on purpose.

sack v, – get rid of – many employees were sacked during the Great Depression.

sack/lay off  – many employees were laid off

sack – a sack of potatoes

oxygen – O2

snore v, – he snores so much, the tape didn’t stop him from snoring

tape – n – a tool you use to stick sth together,

mouth guard – retainer

quit – v – 2 of my colleagues recently quit their jobs.

diminish – my dream diminishes as I lost all my money

inflation – inflation is an important sign to monitor a country’s economy.

real estate – industry of houses/building/apartment, bubbles, real estate industry created a lot of economic bubbles.

consumption downgrade –

pay in instalment – last instalment / end payment

down payment – deposit