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I found pointing to be an excellent way of speaking spanish.


In that case you could probably learn Italian in no time!

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I can usually tell within a few days to a couple of weeks at most who will make it and who won't


I had a trainee give me this look once while I was explaining some basic thing to her. About a second later I gave up on her and faked it for another week until she was fired. Sometimes you can just tell. That was one of them.