Subtle, like that feeling, or that shooting star of a thought when you explain something to someone, and they say something in reply that assures you they didn't understand you; at least not completely; but then you don't feel like going back and telling them...and who knows? they may even be aware of it themselves. This happens more when you speak in a language other than what you consider yours.
I remember when I had first come here, my cousins would ask me: "what percentage of these English films do you understand?!" It was a measure of some sort for how much I knew English. I remember the days when I said maybe 60%? Today, in the middle of a conversation with a professor, I thought to myself..well, 100%!!!
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