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Practice #2 Every morning I can’t help noticing the similarities between the cup of coffee I am drinking and G: dark, strong, and earthy. He always fails to appear dandy and foppish; most of the time he is ill-covered, poorly upholstered, yet his sturdy build and handsome complexion make clothes unnecessary for him. Back then, he was about to file for bankruptcy because of his extravagant spending habit. Luckily, one of his courtesans, in a moment of aberration, bailed him out of his debt, and the rest is history. ​

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What a fun little paragraph!  This is definitely high-level English, but there's some misuse of vocabulary.

We have a common joke in some English-speaking countries:  "I like my (something) the way I like my coffee: (adjective)."  That is, "I like my men the way I like my coffee: dark, strong, and earthy."

Second, the phrase "moment of weakness" doesn't really work well with other negative words in place of "weakness".  Better to just use "weakness".

Third, "upholster" is only for furniture.  Is G a sofa?

Fourth, "back then,"... back when?  I'm going to leave it in in the correction, because I assume there's something before this.

Practice #2

Every morning I like G the way I like my coffee: dark, strong, and earthy. He always tries, and always fails to appear dandy and foppish; most of the time he is ill-covered, poorly dressed, yet his sturdy build and handsome complexion make clothes unnecessary for him. Back then, he was about to file for bankruptcy because of his extravagant spending habit. Luckily, one of his courtesans, in a moment of weakness, bailed him out of his debt, and the rest is history.
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