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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 111. The proverb today is "Rome

  • wasn't built in a day. Okay. Let's take a look at the note. If someone says Rome

  • wasn't built in a day it means that important hard work takes

  • time and a great deal of effort and that if you want to do it right. It should not

  • be rushed. Okay. Let's continue. The earliest sighting was from a collection.

  • A collection of French proverbs called " Li Proverbe Au Vilain. " Maybe I hope I

  • pronounced that right. In 1190. Let's go on. Number one. Trying to turn around this

  • economy. All right. The first example here. Needs to be done in increments. You know, in

  • small amounts. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day. So

  • again you try to stress that you can't do it all at once. You can't be rushed. You

  • have to do it in small parts. To do this little thing first. Do that little thing

  • first. Do that little thing and then eventually you know, all these things

  • together will really make it start to turn around. Okay. Let's look at number

  • two. Learning a foreign language takes a lot of continuous effort and practice.

  • Don't worry. You are making progress. Rome wasn't built in a day. So this is another

  • way that we might use it. It's a perfect example. All right. Number three here.

  • Trying to turn around that company took time. That CEO took it from near

  • bankruptcy. So it almost went bankrupt. It almost went out of business and made it

  • into one of the most prosperous. You know one of the most successful in the

  • industry. It took him ten years to do it. So he didn't do it immediately. You know,

  • and took him a little while. But remember Rome wasn't built in a day. Okay this is

  • just the way we would use it. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear.

  • Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

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eventually

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  • After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
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practice

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industry

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