1,000 words.
A wider world.
Build your everyday vocabulary.
One connection at a time.
At the café
01 / YOUR EVERYDAY FOUNDATION
Start with the words
you’ll keep meeting.
A language has thousands of words. Start with a useful core: 1,000 common word forms, selected by frequency.
People. Places. Actions. The little words that connect them. A foundation you can keep building on.
02 / BORROW A SPY’S MINDSET
Learn for a mission.
Make it your own.
The CIA describes its language training as mission-focused. The idea to borrow? Learn with something to do in mind.
Your mission can be wonderfully ordinary. Order a coffee. Find your way. Get to know someone.
Order something good.want · coffee · please
01Find your own way.where · here · left
02Meet someone new.I · you · like
03A clear purpose gives your words somewhere to go.
03 / THE CONSTELLATION METHOD
A word is a start.
A connection goes further.
Eat connects to hungry, rice, water — and the friend across the table. Small groups turn a word list into something you can explore.
Follow a topic, or let the full 1,000 mix things up. Meet one word at a time.
04 / KEEP THE WORDS WITH YOU
Meet. Recall. Repeat.
- 01 / MEET
Hear it. Make a connection.
A word, its meaning and a voice. Nothing long to memorise before you move on.
- 02 / RECALL
Try before you turn.
Bring the meaning to mind. Then reveal it and tell the app how it went.
- 03 / RETURN
Let the timing do its job.
Tricky words return sooner. Familiar ones get more space.
05 / YOUR 1,000. YOUR RHYTHM.
Quick learner?
Keep the words coming.
Choose how often new words join your practice. More discovery when you want it, with room to recall what you’ve already met.
No daily stop sign. Move the slider and try the rhythm.
About 6–7 new words per 10 cards.
Set your own pace in the app. Reviews stay in the mix.
Next stop: a real conversation.06 / TAKE IT INTO THE WORLD
1,000 little beginnings.
Make something of them.
Words give you a foundation. Conversations give you practice. Order, ask, listen, try again.
I built Phil Fluent to learn while travelling. I hope it helps you feel a little more at home somewhere new. — Phil
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