how to say “heart to heart” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי לֹא מַצְלִיחַ לַעֲבוֹד The Hebrew word להצליח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-2.m4a” /] means to succeed. But its uses reach much farther, so that it effectively means to be able to or to get something done. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-לא-מצליח-3.m4a” /]אני לא מצליח לעבוד עם כל הרעש הזה! I’m not able to get any work done with all this noise!…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-1.m4a” /]תִּסְפּוֹרֶת While the Hebrew word for barber is ספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-2.m4a” /], the word for haircut is תספורת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-3.m4a” /]הוא מחפש מקום טוב לעשות תספורת. He’s looking for a good place to get (do) a haircut. This root, ס.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-4.m4a” /], is identical to that of the word book in appearance, but not…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכתב-1.m4a” /]לְכַתֵּב When we CC someone on an email, we copy them so that they too can see what we’ve sent. CC stands for carbon copy – quite an antiquated term, considering that email doesn’t use paper at all, let alone carbon paper. Modern Hebrew’s term for to CC, לכתב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכתב-1.m4a” /], draws from the…