How to use "make efforts" and "give efforts" to do something? I accidentally realize that in English we use both "make efforts" and "give efforts". Are both correct? What is the difference and how to use them? Thanks a lot.

When we are going to lose something This is my entry for learning. I want to practice some new phrases I have learnt recently. Please correct the grammar. Thanks for your help. When you are going to lose something which is around you for a long time, how do you feel? It’s time that we realize how much you need it. It’s time we know how worth it is. (Is there any word stronger than “know”?) (Đó là lúc ta nhận thấy nó giá trị thế nào?) It’s time we regret that we didn’t try our best. Is that true? Or we just fear breaking a habit, afraid of changing or we are self-fish. Sometimes we have a feeling that we take it for granted and now it’s gone, we can’t accept it.

What is the difference between "be about to" and "be going to"? Both of them are talking about something with absolute certainty, whether they are interchangeable or not? Thanks for your help in advance.

Which one is correct: "call him back" and "call back to him"? 1. If both of them are correct, what is the difference between them? 2. Which one sounds more comfortable? Appreciate all comments and answers. Thanks in advance

We would say "Couple of" something or just "couple"? We would say: couple of something or just couple. For example: 1. He will off for a couple of days. 2. Drop me a couple lines. If both are right, when do we use "of" and when we don't use it? Thanks in advance

Back to the site It's been a long time since I wrote an entry on this site. I had an ordinary Tet holiday (I bet that there were many Vietnamese write about Tet holiday here around the end of January to early of February). I was crazy busy at work after Tet. People here use to quit then catch (or get is better) a new job after Tet holiday when all benefit like 13th-month salary, Tet bonus, Li xi, etc were paid. That means companies have to find new candidates to hire to maintain the manpower. They have lots thing to do with new comers such as preparing uniform, delivering orientation, job skills and system of work framework training. A new year is a time people think about what they want to do and catch up with their targets. Maybe they want a new challenge or people who are staying their comfort zone for a long time will want to jump out of there. This year, I want to start following a thing that I wanted to do for years which I didn't keep it going for a long time. I'm on my way to start doing it. Maybe I won't be a good player but I know that I keep learning to be a good player. I also want to read more books than last year but I barely read any pages of the book which I bought two months ago. All I need is time. Talk to myself every day: I can do it.

Live well or just live The story started from one of my interests – listening to music. One day I read an entry was written by an English learner who was asking for a recommendation of English songs to practice listening. A user gave a link to lyrics training and I was interested in the site for the first time I tried it. I’ve been visiting the site twice or three times a week. One day when I was on the site looking for a song to practice listening, I found a song name “Photograph”. I hooked up with this song immediately and listened to it for a thousand times every day. That night I had to work from home until late and I tried to practice with an English partner who is from Span before going to sleep. I thought he also wanted to practice listening so I intended to find the music video of Photograph to send him. When I was searching on Youtube, I found the music video of the song and it was a trailer of “Me before you”. “Photograph” was the background music of the trailer. I had looked up the movie on the internet and decided to watch this movie. I wasn’t disappointed. Will was a contemptuous completely paralyzed by a motorcycle accident, who was a cynic successful banker. He was hopeless after suffering surgeries, pain, pneumonia every two month and lots of medicine. He missed his old self. He missed the young healthy man is cycling, swimming, surfing and challenging him with any dangerous sports. He can’t stand of his disability and his wishing to be his old self. He decided to be assisted suicide. The love of Lousia finally can’t change his mind although she heals his broken heart and makes him be in love one more time. I was very touched when Will was confessing that he still followed through with the euthanasia and asked Lousia for accompanying him. I love the way they made his imaginative death. It was like a green leave left a bough in an autumn wind. Lightly. That’s it. I don’t know I would say he was so strong or so weak but I know I will do exactly what he did If I was him. There are many meaningful messages given through the movie: - A man realizes that he was in love when she made him felt like a real man. - A man feels like a man when he makes his woman happy. - Childhood is long last forever in our memory. - “Loving can hurt” and “Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul”. - Two boring life can colorful each other. - Life is worth living. - Following your big dream. And the last one which I like the most is “Live well or just LIVE” Thanks for your all corrections