Helping a friend/ Giving advice

Helping a friend/ Giving advice

• be at a loss for + N: not knowing what to do or say. Ex: She is at a loss for words.

• offer (v) : to provide or give out something

• as arrogant as it might have sounded: a way of saying sorry for sounding arrogant. Ex: As arrogant as it might sound, I am really the best student in Thai Binh City.

• troubled (adj): having troubles or difficulties

• inability (n): not being able to do something

• fellow (adj): be in the same situation, or problems. Ex: As a fellow student, I offered to help.

• Give a straight answer: Answer directly

• Sacrifice (v) (n): give up something valuable for a better result. Ex: I sacrificed my time to finish my homework.

• in the long run: in the future

• To be perfectly honest: being honest to someone. Used at the beginning or at the end of a sentence

• whether or not: saying that it is not important which is true. Ex: Whether or not he cleaned the floor, we still need to clean it again.

• sincerely (adv): being honest

A (Sample): From what I could see, Tam was very troubled with her inability to decide on what she should do. As a friend, and a fellow university student, I gave her an advice on her situations and helped relieve her worries somewhat.

A (Sample): Rather than giving her a straight answer, though, I gave her some possible futures that could happen due to her decisions. Either she could choose subjects with low requirements to make her life easier at the moment, but sacrifice her potential in the long run. Or she could go for what she felt like doing, in order to give herself a chance to do what she loved, and thus accepting challenges. In the end, it was her choice.

Helping

• In a typical situation: Usually

• a certain task: a particular mission. Ex: I have a certain task that only I know.

• various (adj): many (when talking about types)

• contribute (v): to give/provide something together along with other people

• be limited by +N (V-ing): be restricted within a limit

• be willing: be happy to do something

• donate (v): give money or goods to help someone

• physical interaction: Ex: When you meet someone and talk/play/sleep... with them directly

• be scammed: be tricked into losing something (mostly with money). Ex: I was scammed 12 million Dongs by this company.

• essential (adj): necessary

• end up: to reach a situation/place/condition without planning. Ex: I ended up in this street my chance

• in one way or another: no matter what

• individual (n): a single person

• clueless (adj): know nothing about something

• minimal (adj): in the smallest amount

Giving advice

• on short notice: very quickly with no notice

• work with certainty: work with clear actions and results

• malice (n): the wish to harm someone

• be regulated (adj): be controlled

• misleading (adj): causing someone to believe that something is not true

• patient (adj): being able to wait

• aspect (n): a part of something

• give undivided attention: focus entirely on someone or something

• turn into: become

• impossible to make out: be unable to deal with something

• benefit (n): advantage

• flaw (n): a mistake or problem that makes something not perfect

• sort through: put thing in order or in correct places

• a dozen of: 12 of something (amount). Ex: a dozen of eggs= 12 eggs