Sentence examples for lesson fall from inspiring English sources

Ask a teacher with real expertise in performance to give you a private critique of how you appear to your audience, highlight the nuances of your performance and show you which parts of the lesson fall flat.

Neither they nor I panicked when an occasional lesson fell flat.

Jordi Cruyff remembered Zalazar, and mentioned him in post-match interviews, but the history lesson fell on deaf ears: the story was that a good-looking English kid had done what Pelé could not, and no bloody Albacete midfielder with a foot like a traction engine was going to get in the way of that.

How, after almost 10 months on the job, could she still fall behind schedule on any given day and let carefully planned lessons fall apart?

Early in the movie, Chappie's creator tries valiantly to teach the robot the difference between right and wrong, but even the most basic lessons fall flat; the robot understands that killing people is wrong, but is seduced by a rather less savory character into believing that merely cutting people — to "help them go to sleep" — is acceptable.

Some days, my lessons fall flat, and I realize that I need to start from scratch -- even after 29 years.

This Belgian novel only nods toward plot; the hero takes driving lessons, falls in love, goes on a desultory journey and grapples with mechanistic modern reality.

"There was a single lesson: things fall apart.

Suddenly, with no experience or expertise needed, anyone could climb off a couch, take a 30-minute lesson and fall out of a plane while attached to an instructor.

Another consequence of the real, live nature of the transaction is its unpredictability; Urquhart warns that occasionally even the most carefully prepared lesson can fall flat "if the class is in an off-the-wall mood".

Lesson learned: Fall on the face.