2020-09-15 BWH group 2

housekeeping = generally organizing everything and sharing basic important information, often at the beginning or the end of a meeting primarily about something else
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We will more or less go through the textbook, but anything else you want to cover, just let me know.
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ungrateful = Not feeling grateful or thankful for something someone has done for you.
thankless = Not (immediately) rewarding; no one thanks you or appreciates you for doing the thankless thing.

“Ungrateful” and “thankful” are opposites.
“Thankless” is not really related to “thankful”.

trusting = you easily trust other people
trusted = you are trusted by other people
trustworthy = you can (safely) be trusted by other people
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suggestions / tips / recommendations / hints
advice

A would-be [something] is someone who intends or would like to be [something], and who really has some potential.
	would-be entrepreneurs
	would-be actor

If someone is a wannabe, it suggests that they failed or will likely fail.

reality check = a correction (often harsh) of a misunderstanding

Authors and speakers imply things.
Readers and listeners infer things.
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Do you think the speaker is appropriately negative, too negative, or not negative enough about the realities of starting a business?

What about his tone toward the people who email him?
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If a verb doesn’t naturally have a direction, we can use “toward” to give it a direction. (In many cases like this, “to” doesn’t really make sense.)

If a verb describes some kind of movement (which has a direction), then “to” usually means the movement arrived at the destination, and “toward” only means it moves some distance in that direction.
	He ran to the car. = He arrived at the car.
	He ran toward the car. = He ran in the direction of the car, but didn’t arrive (yet).
		(In this case, the car may not even be the goal, it’s just a reference for the direction.)
	He ran for the car. = He ran toward the car with the goal of reaching it, but he hasn’t arrived yet.
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When describing purpose:
	to + verb
	for + noun
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He read the book to his sister. = He read the book and his sister listened.
	(In a way, we can say she is “receiving” the action of reading. She is included in the action.)
He read the book for his sister. = He read the book and this (somehow) benefitted his sister.

We cook food or buy gifts for people, because they’re not included in the acts of cooking or buying.
We tell or send or give things to people, because these acts always include a “receiver”.
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(no homework)