Mira stops two people, not the whole table. The rest keep talking. That is the difference between a conversation class and a lecture with chairs. If she pulls the whole room every time a tense slips, you stop being colleagues and start being a choir.

She leans in when a sentence is about to die, or when someone has spoken for three minutes and the other person has only nodded. She names the move: “Ask one thing back.” Then she sits out again. You will hear her chair.

Why we cap the table

Eight is too many. Six is the line. If you arrive and the chairs are full, we will not add a seventh “just for tonight.” Book another evening from contact.

What she will not do

She will not grade your personality. She will not match you with a date. This is an English course. Dating-course sites are a different business; we do not run them.

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