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Striderise to fame in stride.

–verb (used without object)

1.

to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.

2.

to take a long step: to stride across a puddle.

To hit one's stride,

a. to achieve a regular or steady pace or course.

b. to reach the point or level at which one functions most competently and consistently: The quarterback didn't hit his stride until the second half of the game.

To take it in your stride,
to deal with calmly; cope with successfully: She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride.

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Confident
— adj
1. having or showing confidence or certainty; sure: confident of success
2. sure of oneself; bold
3. presumptuous; excessively bold



Quote:
The woman was confident as she spoke to her colleagues in English.

Origin / Ursprung:
from Latin 'confīdens' trusting, having self-confidence, from 'confīdere' to have complete trust in.

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Bound
–verb (used without object)
1. to move by leaps; leap; jump; spring.
–noun
2. a leap onward or upward; jump.
3. a rebound; bounce.



Quote:
The horse bounded through the field.

Origin / Ursprung:
'bond' a leap, 'bondir' to leap

Vorschlag

Ich empfehle Englisch in Eimsbüttel. Ich brauchte Englisch für meine Arbeit zu verbessern, und es hat mir sehr geholfen. Wendy's Lektionen sind gut strukturiert, sondern auch Spaß. Ich freue mich immer auf meine nächste Lektion.

- H. Gartner, Hamburg