before:
Chatting with new friend, she showed a word: deffo
deffo: definitely; certainly. --> informal expression
eg. "Tyler is by far the best—he should deffo win" --- "Deffo am so excited to see you both on Friday~"
1. Legal Brief
🧡 Tips for overcoming apathy during pandemic
apathy: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
extension: fatigue ---> review 20200518
🧡 Feds ask SCOTUS to deny petition over border wall waivers
petition: n. a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause. 请愿书
waiver: n. --> review 20200519
2. Produce Industry SmartBrief
🧡 Growers grapple with a glut of seed potatoes
grapple: v. When you wrestle with something — literally or figuratively — you grapple with it, or try to overcome it.
in this sentense, it means to struggle with something.
intersting definition helps to remember this word: If you think about how awkward it would be to harvest grapes, with the individual grapes ready to scatter everywhere, it makes sense that grapple eventually evolved to include a verb form used to describe struggling with something unruly. You might grapple with a budget shortfall, grapple for answers, grapple with a wrestling opponent, or grapple with a new technology.
a glut of: too much of something.
eg. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its price.
🧡 Layoff Roundup: Manufacturer permanently cuts chunk of workforce, hotels lay off hundreds
layoff: ---> review 20200518 遣散
roundup: a systematic gathering together of people or things. 回顾
3. SmartBrief on Small Business
🧡 N.Y. announces sales tax reprieve extension for small businesses
reprieve: v. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
🧡 Position your agency as an "indispensable resource"
indispensable: adj. absolutely necessary.
4. ILHA SmartBrief [International Luxury Hotel Association]
🧡 Travel industry's summer dreams ripped at the seams
rip: v. tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone.
seam: 缝
ripped at the seams 有梦想破碎了的意思
🧡 Hotel marketing yearns for more than inspiration
yearn: have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
🧡 Hotel sales take hiatus as "never seen" before
hiatus: a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process. 中断
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