well-versed
Deeply skilled or knowledgeable in something.
Higher Education · Nov 2025An English discussion club · Tehran
Every Friday, one long table.
Deep, successful people sharing the lessons life has taught them. Once a week we sit under the same chandelier and trade what we’ve learned, the hard way and the happy way, in fluent English.
Oct23
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Session 69 · 1 of 8Swipe the photos
76
Fridays so far, and we still don’t run out of things to say.
68
Fridays on record, from Relationships to Forks in the Road.
4.68/5
average rating across 58 sessions rated by members.
44
regulars who have come to ten Fridays or more.
Our English is already good. We come for the lessons, the people, and the feeling of not growing alone.
Lessons, not small talk
Careers built, mistakes survived, books that changed us. Everyone brings something they’ve really lived, and someone always says something we think about all week.
So no one grows alone
Growth is easier with people who have been there: friends who listen, push back kindly, and remember what you said last time.
Fluent, and still curious
No drills, no band scores. We’re past learning English; we use it to think out loud with people who make us sharper.
A Friday at the table
It sounds a bit like this
Drawn from our photos: the terracotta wall of open books, the chandelier, the windows onto the trees, and tea in small glasses.
Find your way around
Pull up a chair
Photos & stories
Recent Fridays
The latest sessions, the gallery, and what people said on the way out.
Session logThe archive
Every topic and moderator since April 2025, searchable by season.
Who comesThe people
The coordinators and the regulars who keep the table full.
Warm-upsTopic Jar
Draw a question for a quiet moment or a future Friday.
A conversation on…
Recent Fridays
Gallery
Friday after Friday
Pinned to the wall: costumes, birthday hats, new cafés and the same long table. Tap a photo to see it bigger.
Overheard after Friday
What people said
I laughed a lot. Thank you for the chance to come together and talk with such really, really great people.
Hearing about people’s lists and learning new items to add to my own was really cool.
I could really relate to the topic and enjoyed the whole session. It was interesting how differently everyone interpreted the concept.
You did a great job this time, going with the flow and letting everyone express their opinions. You seemed even more comfortable and confident.
It was a really good session you pulled off.
I really enjoyed the topic; it was completely new to me.
I really enjoyed how you shared your own thoughts on the topic while moderating the discussion at the same time.
Thank-you notes
Left in the group chat, after Friday
Real notes members wrote to each other after our sessions.
Guys, it was a real discussion by real people. Thanks for sharing and being real.
The talk level was beyond things I thought about. Thanks Atabak for the really challenging questions.
I had the best time, you guys. Thanks for participating and all the positive energy.
It was so nice to join you, everyone. You decorated my Friday evening!
It was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. A special thank you to the moderators.
Today was amazing. I loved the discussion we had. 10/10
I am genuinely so lucky to have made such amazing friends. Love you all!
Thanks for the great session. Loved the heated arguments!
Thank you for a great session. I’ll be taking a leaf out of your book next time I try moderating.
Really, thanks to Pouria and Breeze for the amazing meeting. Best Yalda ever.
Greatest of first impressions. Thank y’all friendly people for having me.
I needed to hear different perspectives on building a utopia from educated friends, and I really enjoyed it today.
Thank you for this great community you made and maintained. I joined a year ago, about this time of year.
I get very energetic and hyped up after the meetings. It makes Friday evenings far from gloomy and blue.
Full session log
Every Friday, on record
What we talked about and who moderated, season by season since our first Friday in March 2025.
★ Fan favourite: rated 4.9 or higher by the people in the room. A few Fridays from the January 2026 blackout and our weeks on Bale aren’t in the records yet.
The people at the table
Friends who wait all week for Friday
CoordinatorBreeze
44 Fridays, moderated 7 of them.
CoordinatorPouria
31 Fridays, moderated 4 of them.
CoordinatorMo
34 Fridays, moderated 2. Coordinating with Breeze since summer 2026.
Leaderboard
Most Fridays at the table
Counted from the weekly sign-up lists in our Telegram group, including the coordinators and the moderator of each Friday.
Tap a name card to see that person’s Fridays. Terracotta cards belong to people who have moderated. We count by first name, so friends who share a name share a card. The empty chair at the head of the table is yours.
Topic Jar
Need a question to start with?
Draw one for a warm-up, for a quiet moment at the table, or as an idea for a future Friday.
What’s a belief you held strongly five years ago that you’ve since let go of?
Words from the table
New words, picked up on Fridays
Arash writes down the words and phrases he picks up at our sessions and shares them in the group. Here are some of them.
to dwindle
To shrink, little by little.
Higher Education · Nov 2025a bastion
A place or person that strongly defends a set of values.
Higher Education · Nov 2025infringement
Breaking a rule, or stepping on someone’s rights.
The Parliament · Feb 2026to siphon money
To quietly move money away, usually dishonestly.
The Parliament · Feb 2026to eradicate
To wipe something out completely.
The Parliament · Feb 2026a threshold
The point where something starts to happen.
The Parliament · Feb 2026infatuation
An intense, often short-lived passion for someone.
Trust, Love & Stalking · Feb 2026to water down a story
To tell it softer or tamer than it really was.
Trust, Love & Stalking · Feb 2026a leap of faith
Trusting something before you have proof.
Trust, Love & Stalking · Feb 2026a lost cause
Something that can no longer succeed or be saved.
Leadership · Jun 2026crucial
Decisive; the thing everything depends on.
Leadership · Jun 2026assertive
Confident and clear about what you want.
Leadership · Jun 2026agitated
Visibly troubled or nervous.
Leadership · Jun 2026to lay off
To let workers go because there isn’t enough work.
Leadership · Jun 2026
Pull up a chair
There’s always room for one more.
Really good at English, with amazing ideas to share? Then we’d love to meet you. Our Fridays move fast and go deep, so we ask everyone for a short voice introduction first. It lets us hear your English and what you’d bring to the table.
Record a voice message
Introduce yourself in English: who you are, what you do, and one idea or life lesson you’d love to talk about. Keep it natural, like you’re already at the table.
Send it on Telegram
Send the voice message to Pouria at @pjsofts.
We’ll get back to you
We listen, say hello, and let you know about the next Friday.