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I an losing my touch

In Emily in Paris Emily says this when her marketing strategies start to fail in Rome.
But you can use this phrase in any professional or personal context

It simply means you are no longer as good at doing something as you used to be.

In business:
When a salesperson misses three major deals in a row

In medicine:
When a seasoned doctor struggles with a basic procedure

In language:
When you suddenly forget a common word

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If you want to use tv series like Emily in Paris to accelerate your personal and professional growth, turn them into studying.

-Notice the vocab
-study how characters network, disagree politely

in Paris

The biggest listening lie
is thinking that you need to understand everything.

When learning a language, people often get frustrated because they don’t catch every word, they can’t clearly hear where a phrase starts or finishes, their brain gets stuck on one unknown word

But the truth is: you do not need to understand everything to understand the meaning.

Think about conversations in your native language.
Sometimes you don’t hear properly because of noise.
Sometimes you ask people to repeat things.
Sometimes you miss words completely.

And you probably don’t panic because of it.

Listening in a foreign language works the same way.
Your brain is already doing a huge amount of work:
recognising sounds, stress, linking, intonation, context, meaning…

So if you are making the effort you are already improving.

Keep listening.
Keep exposing yourself to the language.

Understanding comes little by little

The way people speak, react, joke, avoid directness, build conversations - books explain culture in such a subtle way.

Not every book works for language learning. But some quietly improve your English while making you feel part of another world.
This one definitely does 💛

Why are airports always so huge? 😅✈️

I caught myself turning the thought
“Why do we have to walk such long distances to the gates?”

into

“Let’s consider it a workout.”

Since I work online and spend so much time in front of the computer, I try to build movement into my day:
•taking the stairs instead of the elevator,
•walking instead of short public transport rides,
• and simply moving more whenever I can.

So walking kilometres in airports is not a pain for me anymore - just another workout in the schedule 🩷

Not my finest moment

Watching TV shows = collecting real-life phrases 🎬✨

Here’s one you’ll actually use:

Not my finest moment.
→ not my best moment
→ that didn’t go so well
→ it could’ve been better

A soft, natural way to admit something didn’t go perfectly without being too harsh on yourself.

Use it:
•after a presentation
•after a difficult conversation
•after an exam
•after a joke that… didn’t land

Save this one -you’ll need it 😉