A slow English story about a stranger sliding into your DMs for career advice. 9 simple sentences. Word by word.

📝 Today's sentences

Monday morning. A stranger DMed me out of the blue.

Turns out, she wanted to ask about my career switch. Switching into tech. Said she's been stuck for a while.

Truth is, I don't usually meet people from the internet. Makes me nervous.

But I get it. I've been there before. Working up the courage to reach out to other people for help isn't easy.

I mean, if I just turned her down, would she ever DM anyone again?

You know what? I even flipped a coin. Heads yes, tails no. It came up tails.

But I typed back anyway. "Tomorrow after work?" Yeah, I'm a little rebellious, I know.

Got her reply right away. Three exclamation marks. "Thanks!!!"

I put my phone down. I suddenly felt tomorrow getting closer.

🔑 Vocabulary

• DM /diː em/

• out of the blue /aʊt əv ðə bluː/

• career switch /kəˈrɪr swɪtʃ/

• I've been there /aɪv bɪn ðer/

• work up the courage /wɜːrk ʌp ðə ˈkʌrɪdʒ/

• reach out /riːtʃ aʊt/

• turn down /tɜːrn daʊn/

• rebellious /rɪˈbeljəs/

• Turns out /tɜːrnz aʊt/

• stuck /stʌk/

• Truth is /truːθ ɪz/

• stranger /ˈstreɪndʒər/

• nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/

• exclamation /ˌekskləˈmeɪʃn/

• flipped a coin /flɪpt ə kɔɪn/

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