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Journal editor ​

Write a journal entry here, or paste one in. The editor puts a dotted line under English that a lesson's gap is about: the I think that hides a guess, the I heard that passes on a rumor, the thanks that doesn't say what it did for you. Open a dotted phrase to see the habit in one line, answer a question or two, and add the drop-in that fits. Or leave the English as it is: that is always a fine answer.

It marks cues from every lesson. Turn a lesson off above the editor until you have read it.

To add a drop-in with no English cue, type / and pick one: /sure, /know, /label, /thanks, /feel, /tone, and the rest. /feel builds a feeling word part by part: the need, met or unmet, the emotion locus (where the feeling sits), and the emotion motion (how it moves). Hover a drop-in you have written to see what it means; a word that is one letter away from a drop-in gets a grey dashed line and a suggestion. The panel beside the text counts the phrases still in plain English, as a mirror, not a score. Practice a lesson loads a lesson's practice sentences to try your drop-ins against the lesson's.

The editor is for writing to yourself. What you write stays in this browser and is never sent anywhere.

Hover a dotted phrase, or put the cursor on it and press Alt+Enter, to open its card. Alt+↓ and Alt+↑ move between marked phrases; Esc closes a card. Type / for a drop-in with no English cue (/sure, /can, /tone), and Tab to take a suggested drop-in.