Decisions in the moment, the new James Bond, and a surprise for you

Hi there,

I hope you’ve had a great week.

Welcome back to The English Breakfast—the newsletter for Italian professionals who want to feel more confident using English at work.

Let’s get straight to it. Grab a cup of coffee, and let’s go! ☕️ 

What would you say?

Have you ever had this moment? Someone drops their bag and you jump in: “Te lo prendo io!” Or the phone rings and you say: “Rispondo io!”

In English, we’ve got a simple, natural way to handle these quick, in-the-moment decisions.

Watch this week’s mini lesson to find out more.

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We often use will when we decide in the moment, not when we’ve already planned something. Check out these situations:

• When you decide right now:

  “Oh, you look cold. I’ll close the window.”

• When you offer to do something:

  “Don’t worry, I’ll send the file.”

• When something unexpected happens and you react:

  “The Wi-Fi’s down? I’ll restart the router.”

Common mistake!
If it’s already arranged or scheduled, don’t use will — use going to or the present continuous.

• ❌ I’ll meet John tomorrow at 10.

• ✅ I’m meeting John tomorrow at 10.

Quiz time 🎲 

Can you match the appropriate response to these 8 situations? Of course they all use will for decisions in the moment. Go on, I bet you can get them all right…

➡️ Click here to do the quiz ⬅️ 

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“Bezos…Jeff Bezos”

Did you hear the news a few months ago? Amazon has grabbed the rights to James Bond. That could mean more movies, spin-off series… maybe even a Bond theme park.

The big question: will 007 get a thrilling new life, or are we about to see “Jeff Bezos as Bond” — packaged in a brown box and delivered by 6pm the same day?

Read the full story below and complete the task.

Your task: 

1. 📖 Read the article quickly to understand the general topic.

2. 📝 Then, pick out 5 useful expressions you could see yourself using in your own work context.

3. 🎧️ Listen to the audio to check your pronunciation.

4. 📧 Reply to this email and let me know what you’ve learnt.

All right, that’s it for today’s edition. What did you think? Reply to this email and let me know 📧 

Have a great week and I hope to see you in the Understand Real English course soon.

Dan

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