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English study : New year's eve, New year's Day, the sweet spot between A and B, the sweet spot where S + V + O.

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1. New year's eve, New year's Day.

New Year's Eve ---> December 31

New Year's Day ---> January 1

 

My wife should work until 10 o'clock at night on New Year's Eve.

My mission would be to make him to go to bed before 10PM.

 

I hope you have a good year. --> This could sound like we won't meet next year. 

--> Have a good week! Have a good evening! 

I hope your year is good.

 

I can't believe it's the end of the year.

I hope we can get back to normal.

 

 

2. the sweet spot between ~, the sweet spot where~

 

(A is) the sweet spot between B and C. 

--> We need to find the sweet spot between their goals and ours.

 

....the sweet spot where S + V + O. 

--> We need to find the sweet spot where [both our customers and we]/[both of us] are happy.

 

 

Sentence Structure & Grammar.

catch a taxi 

 

During their stay  (During + N)

 

It was really fun.

 

very tiny/small people --> physically, they are small

very tiny/small group of people --> the group is small

 

evening ---> from dinner time to around when people go to bed 

 

Sorry for being late.

 

 

Vocabulary.

 

progressive dinner --> an event where you have each course of your dinner at a different place

catered meal --> when a catering company prepares a meal for an event

 

 

summarize (V)

summary (N)

---> When summarizing, ask yourself: If I leave a detail out of my summary, does my summary's meaning still completely match the meaning of the original text?

 

 

 

Stress & Pronunciation.

 

involved

 

present (V) --> (pree-ZENT)

present (N/ADJ) --> (PREH-zint)

 

map of them (MAPuvthum)

 

ideas (i-DEAS)

 

hypotheses (hy-PAH-thuh-sees)

hypothesis

 

thesis (THEE-sis)

theses (THEE-seez)

 

closer to yours  (CLOSER-duhyerz)

 

 

 

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