Aubrey Carter

That's such a great skill to practice.

Right.

And this will not flag you as like a language learner or a lower level learner because native speakers do this.

I did this just the other day when I couldn't think of the name of a show.

And I was like, it's the one with Tom Cruise where he and I had to sort of describe the whole thing because I couldn't think of the name of that.

We do this a lot.

Exactly.

So we're going to give you a couple of phrases to do this.

So first of all, if it's a noun, if it's like a thing you could describe, you could say, it's the thing you use to, and then just describe that, right?

Yes.

And then like mine, if it is a show or a book or a podcast, it's the one where and then name an actor, describe the plot, right?

And let the other person jump in and help you remember the name of it.

Exactly.

In fact, if you do that, right, if you're sesquipedalian, we've talked about that, using these big words that no one knows, that might kill the connection.

Whereas this collaborative approach, it keeps you in the conversation.

It gives you the confidence to jump in and participate instead of silently observing.

We don't need that pressure.

Set the bar low.

I set the bar low for myself.

There you go.