btw-vvbd-nqc (2026-04-01 18:30 GMT+1) – Transcript
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Fireflies.ai Notetaker Maria c, Kai Freudenthal, Maria catarina's Notetaker, Maria Correag, Voilà Recorder
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Kai Freudenthal: Good morning.
Kai Freudenthal: How's everything going today?
Maria Correag: Hello, Mark.
Maria Correag: Good morning.
Maria Correag: I'm fine, thank My know it's been a long morning already. That is exactly…
Kai Freudenthal: I can imagine is a good word in English we'd say busy or…
Kai Freudenthal: if you want to sound more idiomatic swamped like I'm swamped with Not bad.
Maria Correag: how I feel.
Maria Correag: How's your week going?
Kai Freudenthal: But tell me, how is the new project going?
Maria Correag: It's going Actually, wait.
Kai Freudenthal: False friend actually means.
Maria Correag: Or currently I want to say
Kai Freudenthal: If you want to say, you should use currently or…
Kai Freudenthal: even nowadays.
Maria Correag: Right. Right.
Maria Correag: So currently we are in the discovery phase but we have a problem as usual.
Maria Correag: They never give us enough time.
Kai Freudenthal: Tell me about it.
Kai Freudenthal: Clients are the same everywhere.
Kai Freudenthal: It's always the same thing. And how is your team handling it?
Maria Correag: We are trying to montama.
Maria Correag: Yesterday I chief myong with the developers. I pretended to explain the new features but it was difficult because they are very technical.
Kai Freudenthal: Wait, pretended.
Kai Freudenthal: If you pretend tried or…
Maria Correag: No.
Maria Correag: every time. I meant intended or maybe tried.
Kai Freudenthal: intended works much better. I pretended to explain Yes,…
Maria Correag: I intended to explain the features, but the internet connection was it kept dropping. Is that a word?
Kai Freudenthal: the connection kept dropping or it was unstable. It's frustrating, especially in the middle of a demo.
Maria Correag: Exactly. I was sharing my screen.
Maria Correag: Silence. I was talking alone for 2 minutes.
Maria Correag: It was so embarrassing.
Kai Freudenthal: It happens to the best of us.
Kai Freudenthal: And did you manage to finish the presentation after the connection came back?
Maria Correag: No, I didn't finish it. Wait, I didn't finish.
Kai Freudenthal: Spot on. You got it. I didn't finish.
Maria Correag: I finished it this morning though. I also asked to my boss for a holiday in August..
Kai Freudenthal: Almost perfect. But remember, we don't say asked to my boss. We just say I asked my boss. Verb ask.
Maria Correag: I asked my boss for a holiday. I really need to How do you say that?
Maria Correag: Stop thinking about computer screens.
Kai Freudenthal: We say to disconnect or…
Kai Freudenthal: to unplug like a cable.
Maria Correag: I love that.
Maria Correag: I need to upload our in August is great, but it's so crowded, isn't it?
Kai Freudenthal: That's true. that sounds like heaven.
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Maria Correag: A very quiet village near Sagris. There are no tourists there, only locals. Every year I stayed there for 10 days. No emails, no. It's true.
Kai Freudenthal: I need to find a place like that, too. In the summer is getting too crazy. Fore. Exactly.
Maria Correag: Even in my neighborhood, it's annoying. Anyway, Mark, I had a doubt regarding our last meeting.  Carry guarding regarding the meeting.
Kai Freudenthal: Is just a bit more formal regarding the meeting.
Maria Correag: I always use the same words, good, bad, happy, problem.
Kai Freudenthal: Don't be so hard on yourself. Your vocabulary is growing.  The fact that you're coach switching shows you're thinking in the language.
Maria Correag: I hope so. Sometimes I feel frustr I have all these complex ideas in Portuguese. I sound like a child.
Kai Freudenthal: I feel the same when I try to speak Portuguese at the finances. We just have to keep practicing. Let's try a small exercise to boost your confidence.
Kai Freudenthal: Tell me three things you managed to do this week. Managed Yes.
Maria Correag: Okay, let me see.
Maria Correag: First, I managed to finish the report on time even with the internet problems. Second, I managed How do you say convincer? Is it convince?
Kai Freudenthal: To convince. Very good.
Maria Correag: I managed to convince my colleague to help me with the database.
Maria Correag: He's very busy. So, it was a victory. And third, I managed to three times this week.
Kai Freudenthal: Nice. That's a real achievement.
Kai Freudenthal: Going to the gym is the hardest part.
Maria Correag: I prefer in the morning,…
Maria Correag: especially with this cold weather. I would want to stay on the sofa with a blanket.
Kai Freudenthal: is laziness.
Kai Freudenthal: But when you feel like that, we usually say, "I'm feeling lazy." Or more naturally, "I can't be "I can't be bothered to go to the gym.
Maria Correag: I can't be bothered. I like that expression.
Maria Correag: Sorry, I can't be bothered.
Kai Freudenthal: Careful with that.
Kai Freudenthal: It might start a fight. You mentioned you feel limited.
Maria Correag: Phrasal verbs.
Maria Correag: Get across. Follow up. No, maybe he go over the details,…
Kai Freudenthal: Go over follow up breakdown.
Kai Freudenthal: Let's go over the details. Let's go over Let's review Let's break down the budget.
Maria Correag: follow up with the client
Maria Correag: and break down the tasks.
Kai Freudenthal: Perfect. For next time, I want you to look at these three Fore.
Maria Correag: Yes, I will do it. Thank you,…
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Kai Freudenthal: Don't let the Great session today. Your pronunciation is much clearer, especially the th sounds.
Maria Correag: You next Thursday then.
Kai Freudenthal: Same time works for me.
Kai Freudenthal: If anything changes, just send me a message in WhatsApp. Have a nice weekend.
Maria Correag: You too,…
Maria Correag: Have a good one. Bye-bye.
Kai Freudenthal: Bye-bye. Take care.
Meeting ended after 00:12:43 👋
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