Emotions & feelings

in the moment

fully focused on now

If you are in the moment, you are paying full attention to what is happening now.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Were you nervous before the performance?

A little, but once it started, I was completely in the moment.

Play the conversation

I try to stay in the moment instead of worrying about the next presentation.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I was at the moment during the concert.

Say: I was in the moment during the concert.

“In the moment” means fully focused on the present; “at the moment” usually means “now” in general.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

stay in the moment; be fully in the moment

Your turn: say it out loud

I try to stay in the moment instead of worrying about the next presentation.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

in the moment

fully focused on now

“I try to stay in the moment instead of worrying about the next presentation.”

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