It's when I hear an expression for the first time. I've seen it and read it before. But now I've heard it, in real life, and I got it.
Today, it happened in the few brief seconds while turning onto the sidewalk, leaving my apartment. A lady yelled down the street, "Ça fait un bail!"
"It's been ages!" is what she said to her friend, a French expression that isn't literally translated.
Sometimes it's really the little things that make me happy. And since learning a language can be so difficult and discouraging, I'll take as many little moments and expressions as I can get.
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