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A couple of sentences about my week. Hello! As I wrote before, I am posting these posts mostly to improve my skills in English. Nowadays my skills give me the ability to write simple stupid sentences about my previous weeks or so. I am still moving through my hand made a crash course which includes 4 different types of lessons life and online. Overall am spending not less than 3 hours per day studying English. Sometimes I have a headache because the amount of info is overloading. I do not how people start learning English from zero levels. I have had some knowledge since school and it very tough anyway. For the daily stuff: yesterday me and my girlfriend are watched “The Lighthouse” With Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. Omg maybe I am too dumb for this movie, but I’m absolutely don’t understand how this film achieved 7.7 on IMDB. This film had a quite high scoring at the Russian analog of this site (called Kinopisk). I would give this film not higher than 4. And only for Dafoe monologues. The more frightening for me is understanding that it is probably my own problem. Because if it won’t then ratings in Russia wouldn’t have been so high. Maybe I had liked this film if I would have known about the ways of the sea or something. Should I read some explanations to understand the hidden message of the main scenes? However, I liked the visual style of it. Also, I ran almost 32km by this week. For me, It’s some kind of getting back. The weather in my region is ugly. Snowfalls changing melting, dirt everywhere so I have to run through off-road and puddles… I still have an increased heart rate compared to training sessions 2 months ago. Usually, I run at 130bpm with a pace of 5:45min/km. But now I am unshapen and able to keep this speed at 150bpm. And I know it will take at least two mounts to get back my fit. And it’s lousy because I am determined to participate in some race couple of months later. That’s not all my doings this week but these two are the main I think. So let's stop here. Thank you for reading! Bye!:)

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A couple of sentences about my week.

Hello!

As I wrote before, I am posting these posts (writing/making these posts OR posting these texts) mostly to improve my skills in English. Nowadays, my skills give (level of proficiency/English gives) me the ability to write simple stupid sentences about my previous ([what has happened in] my life, over the past few) weeks or so.

I am still moving through my handmade self-made a crash course which includes 4 different types of lessons life and online. Overall I am spending not less than 3 hours per day (at least three hours a day) studying English. Sometimes I have (get) a headache because the amount of info is overloading (overwhelming). I do not know how people start learning English from zero levels (scratch). I have had some knowledge since school and (but) it is (still) very tough anyway.

Now for the daily stuff (Now for a bit about my day-to-day) : yesterday me and my girlfriend (and I) are watched “The Lighthouse” with Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe. OMG, maybe I am too dumb for this movie, but I’m absolutely lost/dumbfounded; I don’t understand how this film achieved 7.7 on IMDB. This film had a quite a high scoring (score/rating) at (on) the Russian analog(ue) of this site (called KinoPoisk). I would give this film not higher than 4 (no higher than a four/a four at best). And only for Dafoe's monologues.

The more frightening thing for me ([What is] more/most frightening to me) is understanding that it (this) is probably my own problem (issue/lack of taste). Because if it won’t isn't/it's not, (then) the ratings in Russia wouldn’t have been (be) so high. Maybe I had would have liked this film if I would have had known (knew) about the ways of the sea or something. Should I read some explanations to understand the hidden message of the main scenes (underlying message of the film)? However (In any event), I liked the visual style of it (cinematography).

Also, I ran almost 32km by this week. For me, It’s something kind of I'm getting back into (I'm just getting back into it). The weather in my region is ugly (where I live, is awful/terrible). Snowfalls changing melting, (Snow is turning to slush and there is) dirt everywhere so I have to run through off-road and through puddles… I still have an increased heart rate compared to training sessions 2 months ago.

Usually, I run at 130bpm with a pace of 5:45min/km. But now I am unshapen (out of shape) and only able to keep this speed (that pace) at 150bpm. And I know it will take at least two months to get back my fitness (in shape). And it’s lousy because I am determined to participate in some a race in a couple of months later.

That’s not all my doings this week but these two are the main I think. So let's stop here. Thank you for reading! Bye!:)

Well written, Egor!
  • I've underlined phrases and offered suggestions. Those in orange need changing in particular.
  • Lots of your expressions are very casual (informal) which is fine/good if that is what you are aiming for, but then, some sentences aren't casual at all. This is a problem, e.g. I am determined to participate in a race - I'm keen to run a marathon in the next couple of months
  • Spoken English - me and my.. is okay, in written English, it's poor grammar
  • Omg maybe I am too dumb for this movie - a very American English sounding phrase - not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing?
  • Haven't seen 'The Lighthouse', but I've heard mixed reviews, it's likely an acquired taste, i.e. not for everybody.
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Wow great work! Sounds like you are doing so much English! Keep going, I hope you are enjoying yourself :) What are your specific goals?

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