Sorry, can I just jump in here?

Sorry, can I just jump in here? Interrupting in English. It’s not rude. It’s a doorbell. The English ring it first. „Sorry, can I just jump in here?“ Nobody is actually sorry. It’s a polite noise that means „I am about to speak...

More vocabulary won’t fix this

More vocabulary won’t fix this You knew the word. You used it an hour ago, in the car, with nobody watching. Then someone asks you a question and the room goes quiet in that particular way. You reach for the word. It’s half a second late. Nobody notices....