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dibujo vs. ilustración
I came across these two words on the same page of a textbook. Is there any significant difference between them?
Observe el dibujo...
Escriba M o F en cada ilustración...
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What do you think of DNA testing?
Have you ever tried it? When I decided to look into it I was not looking for relatives, I just wanted to find out my ethnicity. So here are my results. I am 51.2% East European, 31.8% Baltic, 6.2% Finnish, 4.3% Central Asian, 2.9% Irish, Scottish and Welsh, 2.3% Eskimo and 1.3% South Asian. Well, I already knew I was European. I was expecting to have a little bit of something else, like Asian, but not Irish, Scottish and Welsh ;)
In addition, I have got a whole lot (> 5000) of distant (and few not so distant, at best, we share a common grandparent) relatives, most of which are from the US. I believe this is due to the fact that these companies (23andMe, AncestryDNA, FTDNA) are primarily focused on the North American market.
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Mi presentación
¡Hola!
Me llamo Vlad. Tengo 32 años. Soy de Rusia. Hace una semana empecé a aprender español. He aprendido algunas palabras y frases. Mis objetivos son aprobar el examen DELE A1 este año y entender lo que dijo el tipo gracioso.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A66ZL5I-rV0
¡Adiós!
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The city, meaning New York City or Manhattan
When you say 'the city', meaning New York City or Manhattan, do you pronounce 'the' as 'thuh' or 'thee'?
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What monolingual Spanish dictionaries do you use?
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What are some good Spanish textbooks or online courses for absolute beginners?
I am going to start learning Spanish from scratch. Would you recommend the Rosetta Stone Spanish Course?
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Nothing uses me to it
What does it mean? Does it have something to do with 'be used to'? The context is below.
'It is a sensation not experienced by many mortals,' said he, 'to be looking into a churchyard on a wild windy night, and to feel that I no more hold a place among the living than these dead do, and even to know that I lie buried somewhere else, as they lie buried here. *Nothing uses me to it.* A spirit that was once a man could hardly feel stranger or lonelier, going unrecognized among mankind, than I feel.
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Is it OK to speak without contractions (or with less use of them)?
How would it sound to you if someone spoke without the use of contractions?
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Informal Letter 6
Dear Charlie,
Of course, I remember you! How could I forget you? It’s been years since I last saw you. So, what are you up to these days? I hear you’re moving up in the world, working for the FBI now?
My life hasn’t been an exciting one, quite ordinary, actually. After graduating, I found out that everything was a great deal harder than I’d expected. I’d applied for several jobs, but hadn’t heard anything back. So I worked here and there doing odds jobs, trying to make a living and not really knowing what the future might hold, until finally settled down in a small town in California and decided to start a new career.
Do you have anything on for Saturday evening? I’m down in LA for work now. What about getting together somewhere?
Best wishes,
Vlad
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ask out vs. invite out
Do they differ in degree of formality? Does 'asking out' always imply having a date?
Finally he asked her out.
Finally he invited her out.
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