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The further from centre, the more strongly this hobby leans that way. Your quiz answers are scored against exactly these fifteen.
Building vocabulary, grammar and listening until you can follow real speech and hold a conversation.
TonightTime to first win
10 minutesA session
Mostly indoorsWhere
Step 1: Pick one language and one main course.
Is it you?
What you need
4 thingsThe honest floor, taking the cheapest option in each$21
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The path
17 questsASetting up3 things to sort, in any order$8
BThen the quests
- Pick one language and learn to say hello and thank you
- Complete fourteen days on an app without missing one
- Recall fifty words cold, without the prompt
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