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Challenges Finally one year later since I determined to find a job in other country, I'm here, in USA. I thought that it will be easier but it wasn't. First to find an apartment is difficult, this is my third week and I don't have a place yet, but I'm sure that next week I will sign in a community. The other problem is that when you came here, your english is "business language", and of course phrasal verbs, idioms, slang it's a big problem, some times I can't understand what people is saying. And you definitely need to learn how to spend your money, how much do you have to spend in meal, clothing, etc, because sometimes you can buy the same product but for less price just changing the store. And something else is the culture, here everything is different, I'm in Raleigh NC and people is very nice, everybody want's to help. Well today was a bad day, I hope tomorrow will be a better day I have a headache, I was trying to practice my english at sharedtalk.com but it seems that the website is down. I need to practice my conversational english!!!

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Challenges

Finally one year later since I determined (we would probably say decided here as it is more common) to find a job in other country, I'm here, in the USA. I thought that it would be easier but it wasn't. Firstly, finding an apartment is difficult, this is my third week and I don't have a place yet, but I'm sure that next week I will move into a community. The other problem is that when you come here, your English is "business language", and of course phrasal verbs, idioms, slang are a big problem, sometimes I can't understand what people are saying. And you definitely need to learn how to spend your money, how much do you have to spend on meals, clothing, etc, because sometimes you can buy the same product but for less price just changing the store. And something else is the culture, everything is different here, I'm in Raleigh NC and people are very nice, everybody wants to help. Well today was a bad day, I hope tomorrow will be a better day I have a headache, I was trying to practice my English at sharedtalk.com but it seems that the website is down. I need to practice my conversational English!!!

 

Sounds like an exciting time for you, Nadia! The best of luck to you in the USA and I hope you settle in and adjust quickly. If you need some more practice with a native speaker (I'm from the UK) then I can help out, just ask! :) I'm also good with slang, idioms etc.

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Challenges

Finally, one year since I determined to find a job in another country and I'm here in USA. I thought that it will be easier, but it wasn't.

First, to find an apartment is difficult. This is my third week and I don't have a place yet, but I'm sure that next week I will sign in a community.

The other problem is that when you come here, your English is "business language," so of course phrasal verbs, idioms, slang... it's a big problem.  Sometimes I can't understand what people are saying.  

Also, you definitely need to learn how to spend your money.  How much do you have to spend on meals, clothing, etc., because sometimes you can buy the same product for less by just changing stores.

Something else is the culture. Here everything is different.  I'm in Raleigh NC and people are very nice, everybody want's to help.

Well, today was a bad day. I hope tomorrow will be a better day. I have a headache. I was trying to practice my English at sharedtalk.com, but it seems that the website is down. I need to practice my conversational English!!!

 

(I just thought it would be better to break your thoughts down into paragraphs.  I also corrected some of your punctuation and in a few places the tense of your verbs [i.e. "people are" instead of "people is"].  Otherwise this was pretty good.  Try not to start too many of your sentences with a conjunction though.  This is the first time I've corrected someone's Notebook so I have no idea if I'm doing it right.  My apologies if I am not.)

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Challenges

Finally, one year later since after I determined decided to find a job in other country, I'm here, in the USA. I thought that it will would be easier but it wasn't. First, to find finding an apartment is difficult, this is my third week and I don't have a place yet, but I'm sure that next week I will find somewhere to live sign in a community. The other problem is that when you come here, your english is "business language", and of course people use phrasal verbs, idioms, slang etc. which is a big problem for me, as sometimes I can't understand what people are is saying. And you definitely need to learn how to spend your money, how much do you have to spend in on meals, clothing, etc, because sometimes you can buy the same product but for less money price just by changing the store. And something else is the culture, here everything is different, I'm in Raleigh NC and the people are is very nice, everybody wants to help. Well, today was a bad day, I hope tomorrow will be a better day. I have a headache. I was trying to practice my English at sharedtalk.com but it seems that the website is down. I need to practice my conversational English!!!

 

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Good luck, I'm sure you'll be fine. You can learn the new idioms and phrases quickly now you are there. It seems you are already very fluent. :)

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