Ethan laughed half a second too late at a work dinner in Amsterdam, and a woman across the table gave him the small, kind smile you give someone who is trying. He said almost nothing for the next four hours, and on the tram home he realised he had just convinced ten people that he was a quiet man. He isn't. This episode is about the fear nobody names: not the fear of making a mistake, but the fear of being met as somebody smaller than you actually are. Why silence is never neutral, why simple words are what expertise sounds like, and four moves to be met properly while your English catches up — plus fifteen sentences you can use in your first conversation tomorrow.
THE 15 PHRASES IN THIS EPISODE
- "Nothing clever yet, but I'm here."
- "I'm following, I just don't have a sentence yet."
- "Can I say the obvious thing first?"
- "Small point, then I'll hand it back."
- "My English is slower than I am."
- "The idea is sharper than my English right now."
- "Give me a sentence or two to warm up."
- "I'm simplifying the words, not the idea."
- "I'll be exact instead of clever."
- "I'll take it in order, that's easier to follow."
- "Ask me for the detail, I have that part."
- "I don't have the joke, but I have the story."
- "You can watch me build this one."
- ...and 2 more, all said out loud in the episode.
Every one is said slowly, repeated more than once, and then used in a real situation, so you can say it out loud with us instead of only recognizing it.
The Fluency Plateau is for people who already understand English but freeze when it is time to speak. Each episode takes one exact moment where you get stuck and hands you the phrases that get you past it.
SPEAKING CHALLENGE
What did a room once decide about you that wasn't true? Say your answer out loud before you write it.
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