From a search to the real thing

One example, start to finish: you have to call in sick to a kitchen job in Boston, in English.

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  1. Search in your own language

    Type the word you would use at home. It finds the situations that need it, from the easy call to the hard one, and the word itself, ready for your notebook.

  2. Practise the conversation

    A scripted run-through, no AI needed. Hear Vinnie, read the lines, pick an answer and say it out loud for a pronunciation score. Tap any word to look it up, or write what you want to say in your own language and get it in English.

    Practise the conversation

    Vinnie — Kettle & Cod, Boston
    VinnieKitchen, Vinnie speaking. What's going on?

    You

    Hi Vinnie, it's me. I'm sorry, I'm sick and I can't come in today.

    Practice this phraseMore ways to say it (2)Say something else

  3. Have it live

    When the lines feel easy, call Vinnie for real. The AI conversation does not follow the script. From B1 up it opens out: nobody can cover your shift, or the call is one you never planned for.

    Vinnie — Kettle & Cod, Boston

    Now try it for real. The live conversation won't follow this script exactly, and that's the point.

    I'm ready for the real one
    1. A2 The sick call
    2. B1 Nobody can cover
    3. C1 The harder call
  4. Then make the real call

    The point is the conversation you have afterwards, in your own life. Your notebook keeps the words and phrases, and the next situation is one search away.

    Notebook · Saved from this call

    • sick
    • I'm sorry, I'm sick and I can't come in today.
    • How long will you be out?
    • Who covers your station?

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Before you begin

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