1. Your text — corrected while preserving your version Today I finished watching the third season of the TV show Lioness. Not bad in general, but there were some moments that seemed wrong to me. First, Oleksandra Balakin, a Russian-Ukrainian double agent, offered the CIA some information about Alexei Yurimov, who was described as Putin’s…
Conversation 20 (19/09/2026) C1 conversational version In the latest season of Reacher, unlike in earlier seasons, his enemies are really well trained, so the fights feel less predictable. In the finale, Reacher is badly wounded, but he manages to throw one of the Indonesian women out of a window. Afterward, he staggers outside, collapses in…
I’m running late. — I’m going to be late. I can’t make it. — I can’t come or attend. Something came up. — Something unexpected happened and changed my plans. Keep me posted. — Keep me informed about what happens. Can you keep an eye on it? — Can you watch/check it for me? Let’s…
“Could you make me a list of useful social scripts and repair phrases?” Greetings and brief encounters Hey, how’s it going? — Pretty good. How about you? How are you doing? — Good, thanks. You? Good to see you. — You too. How have you been? — Pretty good. Busy, but good. Have a good…
Practical advice based on some YouTube videos and ChatGPT 1. Choose something you can actually enjoy and understand. For comfortable extensive reading, ~95–98% lexical coverage (known vocabulary) is a better target. At 80%, one word in five is unknown—that is usually no longer comfortable extensive reading. 2. Read primarily for the story, not for vocabulary…
Video 1 — The “1-2-3” conversation method The basic structure is: 1 — Statement2 — Yes/no question3 — Open question For example: I find philosophy fascinating.Do you find philosophy fascinating?Why do you find philosophy fascinating? What is genuinely valuable The most valuable thing is not the numbering. It is the idea of creating a small…
How to Think Better by Writing Practical Advice: How to Think Better by Writing (Based on The Art of Thinking on Paper) 1. Think on paper, not in your head When stuck or confused, write your thoughts down instead of trying to “think harder.” Your brain can juggle only ~4 ideas at once; writing frees…
The idiom “in over my head” means taking on a situation that is too difficult, complex, or overwhelming for your current skill level or resources. He accepted the management position, but he was soon in over his head.Он согласился на руководящую должность, но вскоре понял, что не справляется. I thought I could repair the computer…
Here is a natural C1 conversational version: I used a short scene from the fourth episode of A Man on the Inside for mimicking practice. The scene comes roughly halfway through the episode. Charles tells Julie and her assistant about a woman at the retirement home whom he finds suspicious. The woman had told Charles…
1. Мне удобно в пять ✅ Five works for me / Five is good for me (comfortable = physical comfort — chair, shoes, bed — not used for time/schedule) 2. Я забыл телефон дома ✅ I left my phone at home (forget = something forgotten “in your head”; leave = physically left somewhere) 3. Я…