A Bit of Luck. A Bit of Luck

Ok, imagine you are working hard, have a good preparation, and have a clear target. Ok, imagine you are working hard, have good preparation, and have a clear target.

Or: "Ok, imagine you are working hard and have good preparation and a clear target."

Ok, you are working hard, have a good preparation, andprepared well, and have a clear target. Ok, you are working hard, prepared well, and have a clear target.

Now I will talkell you a story about from the biography of Alphonse Mucha, which I read some years ago. Now I will tell you a story from the biography of Alphonse Mucha, which I read some years ago.

Now I will talkell you a story about the biography of Alphonse Mucha, which I read some years ago. Now I will tell you a story about the biography of Alphonse Mucha, which I read some years ago.

'Tell' because you're doing the action of talking, and present tense.

He was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, thatwho lived in a very modest waly in Paris. He was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, who lived modestly in Paris.

He was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, thatwho lived in a very modest waly in Paris. He was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, who lived modestly in Paris.

Very modest -> modestly It's like saying 'much more stronger' when you can just say 'stronger', as an example.

SoBut, conversely, his artistic life was not very good, conversely,so he was thinking to come backof returning to his homeland. But, conversely, his artistic life was not very good, so he was thinking of returning to his homeland.

I might write "his artistic success was limited" or "success as an artist was limited" instead of his "artistic life"

So his artistic life was not very good, conversely, he was thinking to comeof going back to his homeland. So his artistic life was not very good, conversely, he was thinking of going back to his homeland.

One day, all this picture changed. One day, all this changed.

One day, all this picture changed. One day, all this changed.

AtNear Christmas, on a 26the 26th of December day, he was working, printing a job for himself, in the publishing firm Lemercier. Near Christmas, on the 26th of December, he was working, printing a job for himself, in the publishing firm Lemercier.

This sentence is unclear if he was working for the firm as a printer or if he just happened to be there printing something for himself.

At Christmas, on a 26 December daythe 26th, he was working at his printing a job for himself, in the publishing firm Lemercier. At Christmas, on December the 26th, he was working at his printing job, in the publishing firm Lemercier.

That day, the famous theatre actress Sarah Bernhardt phoned to the firm boss because she need a new and urgenturgently needed a new advertising poster for the continuation of her theatre play "Gismonda". That day, the famous theatre actress Sarah Bernhardt phoned the firm boss because she urgently needed a new advertising poster for the continuation of her theatre play "Gismonda".

That day, the famous theatre actress Sarah Bernhardt phoned to the firm boss because she needed a new and urgent advertising poster for the continuation of her theatre play "Gismonda". That day, the famous theatre actress Sarah Bernhardt phoned to the firm boss because she needed a new and urgent advertising poster for the continuation of her theatre play "Gismonda".

But all the firms' illustrators of the firm were thwere on vacation. But all the firms' illustrators were on vacation.

But all the illustrators ofin the firm were there on vacation. But all the illustrators in the firm were on vacation.

The boss told Sarah that in that days, all staff they didn't workthe staff was not working that day. The boss told Sarah that the staff was not working that day.

Or, if you mean they will not be working before she needs the poster: "The boss told Sarah that the staff would not be working before she needed her poster."

The boss told Sarah that in thatose days, all staff they didn'twon't come in for work. The boss told Sarah that in those days, all staff won't come in for work.

In addition, she needed the new poster to be ready by 1 January 1st. In addition, she needed the new poster to be ready by January 1st.

In addition, she needed the new poster ready by 1 January 1st. In addition, she needed the new poster ready by January 1st.

How thatBecause the unique illustrator tMuchat was working these days in the print was Mucha, then, the boss and Sarah Bernhardt they go talkingalked with him forabout this urgent work. Because the unique illustrator Mucha was working these days, the boss and Sarah Bernhardt talked with him about this urgent work.

Or: "Because the unique illustrator Mucha was available, the boss and Sarah Bernhardt asked him to make the poster."

How unique was it that the unique illustrator that was working these days in the printfirm was Mucha, then the boss and Sarah Bernhardt they gn went to talking with him forabout this urgent work. How unique was it that the illustrator that was working these days in the firm was Mucha, the boss and Sarah Bernhardt then went to talk with him about this urgent work.