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Frankly speaking, I had some strange feeling. As if I was NERVOUS before my speech. But why? Why had I got this feeling? I don’t know. But I didn’t want to make a blooper in front of Andrew anyway.

So, I needed to prepare my speech in advance. Was it possible to learn it all by heart..? I didn’t think so. There must’ve been another way to impress the teacher.

I started rehearsing my speech. It turned out long enough. I hoped he’d like it. The first thing I had to bear in mind is the keep-smiling art. The second thing was to keep my head while speaking.

I hope there’s a piece of advice on how to pull oneself together at night. Wait, I also had to look well. Otherwise, he wouldn’t look at me.

So, I’d been rehearsing until it was time to go to bed. To be honest, I’d done only Andrew’s subject today. So what? I had some time to get ready for the other ones as well.

«So, who’s going to speak first?» he asked.

«Me!» I shouted out.

«Hmm… Why so impatiently, Ella?»

«I’ve just been preparing for your subject…»

«What, for the whole night?» he interrupted me.

«Absolutely not!»

«Then, why’re you so confident? Did you know that people behave like this only if they’ve been studying all night?»

«I didn’t.»

I didn’t want bad blood to appear between us. And I hoped it wouldn’t.

«Ella, you’re quite quick on the uptake!»

«Thank you!»

«It’s not a compliment, you know!» he laughed.

«What’s it, then?» I asked.

«It’s nothing! Just nothing! By the way, do you know any synonyms for the word «nothing’?»

We all were taken aback. What synonyms? For what word..?

«No one knows a single synonym,» I said.

«Oh, and why? Aren’t you the students of New York University?» he asked, pretending to be bewildered and raising his eyebrows.

«There’s an expression. I hope you know at least that,» he turned to the blackboard and wrote the following: