EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 15 MIN
Day 27 · Don't Be Too Polite
from TingMate · host longcheng Ni
A slow English story about cutting through the politeness to actually help someone. 10 simple sentences. Word by word.📝 Today's sentencesAfter work, I walked over to the coffee shop on the corner. She was already there.I spotted her right away. The only one with her laptop closed, just staring at the door.She apologized like five times before I even sat down. "Sorry to take up your time," she kept saying.Look, I had to cut her off. If we kept being this polite, we'd waste the whole night.So I asked her straight up. Which companies. How many interviews. Where she was stuck.Then I pulled up my own resume on my laptop. I mean, walked her through the whole thing, showed her what to highlight.We mapped out a four-step plan. Fix the resume. Keep applying to big companies.At least three LeetCode problems a day. And hey, listen to my podcast too. That's how you prepare behavioral questions in English.Honestly, once I got direct, she relaxed too. We focused on the real pain points together.Walking out. Turns out, meeting someone from online isn't as scary as I imagined.🔑 Vocabulary• spot /spɒt/• take up your time /teɪk ʌp jʊər taɪm/• cut her off /kʌt hɜːr ɔːf/• straight up /streɪt ʌp/• walk through /wɔːk θruː/• highlight /ˈhaɪlaɪt/• map out /mæp aʊt/• pain point /peɪn pɔɪnt/• stuck /stʌk/• Turns out /tɜːrnz aʊt/• resume /ˈrezʊmeɪ/• behavioral questions /bɪˈheɪvjərəl ˈkwestʃənz/🎧 New episode every weekdaySubscribe so you don't miss the next sentence.
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A slow English story about cutting through the politeness to actually help someone. 10 simple sentences. Word by word.📝 Today's sentencesAfter work, I walked over to the coffee shop on the corner. She was already there.I spotted her right away. The only one with her laptop closed, just staring at the door.She apologized like five times before I even sat down. "Sorry to take up your time," she kept saying.Look, I had to cut her off. If we kept being this polite, we'd waste the whole night.So I asked her straight up. Which companies. How many interviews. Where she was stuck.Then I pulled up my own resume on my laptop. I mean, walked her through the whole thing, showed her what to highlight.We mapped out a four-step plan. Fix the resume. Keep applying to big companies.At least three LeetCode problems a day. And hey, listen to my podcast too. That's how you prepare behavioral questions in English.Honestly, once I got direct, she relaxed too. We focused on the real pain points together.Walking out. Turns out, meeting someone from online isn't as scary as I imagined.🔑 Vocabulary• spot /spɒt/• take up your time /teɪk ʌp jʊər taɪm/• cut her off /kʌt hɜːr ɔːf/• straight up /streɪt ʌp/• walk through /wɔːk θruː/• highlight /ˈhaɪlaɪt/• map out /mæp aʊt/• pain point /peɪn pɔɪnt/• stuck /stʌk/• Turns out /tɜːrnz aʊt/• resume /ˈrezʊmeɪ/• behavioral questions /bɪˈheɪvjərəl ˈkwestʃənz/🎧 New episode every weekdaySubscribe so you don't miss the next sentence.
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