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my Mandarin tutor is awesome. every session, he introduces ~25-35 new words and phrases, which builds my active vocabulary by ~20 words. I add them to my learning system, entering them into practice and consolidation - all managed by an algorithm that models my memory and manages my practice sessions. within my system, I can see my progress against the 2000 most frequent words and phrases (accounting for 90% of all everyday speech!). as I learn each word over the next few days, the pale dot turns bright as the concepts get lodged deeper into my memory and active recall improves. every week I climb 1-2% towards Mandarin fluency - and I know this for sure because every single aspect of my practice is meticulously tracked, in a fully automated way where AI does all of the work. the end result is incredibly satisfying:

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