BLAST FROM THE PAST: Finesse

This BLAST FROM THE PAST episode was published on Friday, May 1, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘finesse.’ Finesse is the ability to deal with a situation or person skillfully and at times dishonestly. Finesse is also the skill of a craftsperson. You can read along as you listen by clicking or copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Finesse Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz I also offer FREE 20-minute lessons twice a month for anyone. All you have to do is sign up to win. Look under Book a Private Lesson at ArtisanEnglish.jp for Saturday Free-For-Anyone https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SatFree4Any1and Sunday Free-For-Anyone  https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SunFree4Any1. Below are two terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Bend the truth: Bend the truth means to tell white lies which are not untrue, but not 100% truthful either. They exist in a grey zone between truth and lies. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BendTheTruth Use a sledgehammer to crack a nut: When someone uses a sledgehammer to crack a nut, they become overly enthusiastic, go overboard and use extreme methods to solve a problem. https://b.link/WednesdayUseSledgehammerCrackNut