Phillip Nguyen: Slang and Cultural Expressions

Approx. time	Expression	Explanation
0:35	President-Elect	person who has been elected President but has not yet formally taken office
0:40	Tet Offensive	major military campaign waged by North Vietnam against the South in 1968
0:52	orphaned	lost both parents
3:14	Hainan	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan
3:18	Macao (or Macau)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau
3:30	capsizing	tipping over in the water
4:08	typhoon	severe tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean
4:42	holding out	waiting, not deciding immediately, looking for a better option
5:20	scam	a trick or plan to fool people
	turned down	refused
	threatened me	told me to change my behavior or something bad would happen to me
	Bethany Christian Services	http://www.bethany.org
	World Vision	http://www.worldvision.org
	bounced around	went back and forth, without stability, like a rubber ball
7:01	lo and behold	when you look, you are surprised
7:08	do division in two digits	using arithmetic to divide a figure with two numbers, for example: 36 ÷ 12 = 3 (36 has two numbers and 12 has two numbers)
7:12	stereotyping	making a judgment about someone based on typical assumptions rather than on specific knowledge
7:30	perseverance	not giving up, continuing to try
7:37	foster family	family that takes a homeless child (or dependent adult) into its home
7:50	avid reader	someone who read enthusiastically
8:52	online auction	selling on the internet through a controlled system of bidding
9:40	lapel pin	decorative jewelry that pierces the front cloth flap of a jacket
10:21	under the rule of China	controlled by Chinese military and government
22:30	and whatnot	and other things
11:03	found Jesus	discovered the Christian religion and accepted it as a belief system
11:10	missionary	Christian who moves into new region to recruit new members into the religion
11:23	never looked back	kept going forward, didn’t stop to consider the past
11:38	touch base with your roots	re-connect with one’s past home or heritage