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Hi, I live in New Zealand, am a native English speaker, and I have learnt some Mandarin. I have a few people to talk to already, but would particularly like to chat to people that are adventurous, and like the outdoors. A big issue is time. We are 4-5 hours ahead of China, so it's difficult to chat if you can only talk after work.
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    Interesting - thanks. And of course there are Chinese loanwords / phrases in English too. Some corrections for you: A dozen beers What other loanwords do you find...
    February 25, 2021
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    The 'tallying' image links are broken...
    February 11, 2021
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    I don't understand your question, sorry, and the grammar isn't right. A sentence can consist of several clauses. Did you mean 'What clauses are in this sentence?". Or are you referring to some type of clause?
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    August 2, 2020
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    English grammar is descriptive, not prescriptive, and as English is rather irregular, it can certainly be confusing. Firstly - " I have to go see the doctor." isn't general English. To me, that's rather American sounding. I would always say "I have to go to see the doctor" or "I have to go and see the doctor." Secondly, are you sure it's "Here's a..."? that sounds rather odd. Are you sure it's not "There's a...". And thirdly, "I go to swim every day." isn't completely incorrect. It's certainly less odd than "Here's a... pool". If you made it "I go there to swim every day." it is perfect. It's just that the gerund form is more common in that case.
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    August 2, 2020
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    Julie answered the question pretty well in her comment, certainly with respect to precision. In terms of gentleness, to me, it could perhaps suggest that the animation is smooth, and not jerky, or perhaps that the colours are not garish. I think Julie was also quite right that it is very open to interpretation - I think the phrase is meant to give a general idea, rather than meaning anything specific.
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    August 2, 2020
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    What do you think they would use as an alternative?
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    June 12, 2020
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    The difference between them do and doing is that 'doing' has a continuous sense, and therefore suggests a longer time period. You might use that for a process where doing that thing took a longer time. In this sense, because 'going out' isn't usually a long process, they are pretty much the same meaning, and 'go' would probably be used for simplicity. Please note that 'sb' is a dictionary-only abbreviation. Native English speakers don't use it in real language.
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    June 12, 2020
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    Neither, really. It means "working", in a technical sense. "Don't use the old recorder, it isn't operative". Something is either operative or not, whereas things can have different degrees of efficiency or effectiveness. It's not a commonly used word, as it is mostly used in technical language. It can also be a noun, meaning a person that does a certain job.
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    June 12, 2020
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    In this context, it usually means something like "I performed badly", and also usually refers to a contest or fight. In simple terms, "I can not believe that I was so badly beaten". To me, "come off it" has more of a "stop being dishonest" meaning. It is suggesting that you don't believe what the person is saying.
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    June 12, 2020
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    "The pressure difference" is correct, and is the normal phrase to use. "the differential pressure" is sort-of correct, but sounds odd, as it is using a technical phrase in a non-technical context. "altitude difference" is also not quite right, because the cabin pressurisation compensates for the altitude ;)
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    June 12, 2020
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