I am preparing for TOFEL Test I am preparing for test of English as a Foreign Language for a half of month. I am not good at English before .So it's hard and painful to me . I wish I can get an ide

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I am preparing for TOFEL Test I am preparing for test of English as a Foreign Language for a half of month. I am not good at English before .So it's hard and painful to me . I wish I can get an ideal score, and go to my dream university. Come on!

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I am preparing for the TOFEL Test

I am preparing for the test of English as a Foreign Language for in a half of a month. (or, it's almost more common to say, "in two weeks")
I am was not good at English before, so it's hard and painful to and difficult for me .
I wish hope I can get an ideal score, and go to my dream university.
Come on!

In regards to 'half a month', this is fine, but anything less than one month, it's more common to use 'weeks'. Anything beyond a month, you can say 'a month and a half', 'two and a half months', 'five and a half months', but not 'five months and a half'. We only use that for 'a month and a half.'

Also, you can say 'painful' in regards to your English, as usually 'painful' is used for 'pain'. In regards to learning, it's more common to use words like 'hard', 'tough', 'difficult', 'challenging'.

Let me know if you have any other questions about my corrections.

I am preparing for TOFEL Test

I am preparing for a test of English as a Foreign Language for a half of a month.
I was not good at English before .So it's hard and painful for me .
I wish to get an ideal score, and go to my dream university.
Come on!

Thank you, Andrew. I will think about it!

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