If you could become an expert at any work or study skill overnight, what would you choose and why?

A natural way to answer

I think I'd choose to master a second language overnight. It would open doors for my career and let me connect with so many more people. Learning one slowly takes years, so skipping straight to fluency would be a dream.

Key phrases to use

• freeze up — to suddenly become unable to speak or act because of fear or nerves“I always freeze up when I have to present to the whole team.”
• open doors — to create new opportunities“A degree like that can really open doors for you.”
• taking it all in — fully understanding and absorbing information“There was so much in the lecture that I struggled with taking it all in.”
• stay on top of — to keep something under control by dealing with it regularly“It's hard to stay on top of my emails some weeks.”