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My Mandarin is at the most beginner level. I am studying abroad at 香港科技大学。I am taking a Mandarin class here, despite Cantonese being the spoken language, because I think it will prove to be more useful in the long run. I can't say much in Mandarin yet, but I'm eager to learn more of the language. I want to continue studying it when I return home. Hopefully we can help each other!
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    1st one makes sense. 2nd one isn't correct. Get rid of the "in" ("You're speaking like you're not interested".) or add whatever noun you are trying to refer to after "in".
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    November 7, 2012
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    If you are given <insert amount of time> notice, you were informed about it that amount of time before it was occurring. So yes, in that sentence, it means you will often receive the invitation within a couple hours of the parties start time. Example: "I gave my boss two-weeks notice that I was quitting." - You informed your boss you were quitting 2 weeks ahead of time. "Young people often invite their friends with one or two hours." This second sentence does not make any sense to me. Provide more context to see the author's intent?
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    November 5, 2012
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    It's just a metaphor, likening the dog's furry back to a brown wash-rag.
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    November 5, 2012
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    We arrived at 8 o'clock at night.
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    November 4, 2012
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    To get something out of someone, but you are expecting it will be a struggle.
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    November 4, 2012
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    1.) Yes, Welch is a place in West Virginia. "dedicated" does not mean "to make a speech to" but it may involve making a speech. ;) "dedicated" here probably means "to show to the public for the first time". So it was probably an opening ceremony. A speech was probably made, but "dedicated" does not mean "to make a speech". 3.) He probably made a speech, but he might have talked to them. I can't tell from this text, but we can make some assumptions. If you talk to an audience, you're making a speech. "The American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages" is a trade organization, made up of many members. So it would be reasonable to conclude that it likely it was a speech. 4.) Hm, efficacy means "capacity to produce an effect", not so much to do with efficiency. You can have efficacy without being efficient. 5.) I don't think it has to do with him being powerless, just of lower status. They didn't consult him because they didn't consider it to be important. 6.) "while he was addressing the bottlers" is referring to the previously mentioned event "...spoke to the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages", so yes.
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    November 4, 2012
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    The preposition is actually ok. The ordering seems awkward, but I don't think it's wrong, technically.
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    November 4, 2012
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    It's ok, but it sounds sarcastic when you pair "thanks" with something bad like that.
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    November 4, 2012
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    "Hope you have a good week" works fine. "Have a good start of the week?" sounds un-natural and awkward.
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    November 4, 2012
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    The same meaning.
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    November 4, 2012
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