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I am an internationally-oriented English speaker and former English teacher, and I have a podcast for English learners called English in 10 Minutes (https://englishin10minutes.com). I grew up in Australia but I have been living and travelling overseas since 2001 and I have a neutral accent in English. I currently live in Rome and want to continue to improve in Italian.
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Fernanda Rodrigues
Portuguese
Jul 16, 2020
Tópicos da sessão: passeios organizados em Lisboa: a cidade manuelina, o Paço da Ribeira.
Fernanda Rodrigues
Portuguese
Jul 7, 2020
Tópicos da sessão: touradas em Portugal e Espanha; Barrancos.
Fernanda Rodrigues
Portuguese
Jun 30, 2020
Tópicos da sessão: o passeio a Braga e a Guimarães.
Fernanda Rodrigues
Portuguese
Jun 18, 2020
Tópicos da sessão: passeios de comboio e cruzeiros no Douro; Caminho de Santiago.
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  • Answered
    Unfortunately, it depends on the context. If you're talking about a specific admission/acceptance at a specified time, then it's the first one in both examples. If you're speaking more generally, without specifics, and the admission/acceptance has relevance in the present, then it's the second one. Perhaps it might be helpful to look at it this way to see the difference between the two: You admitted (yesterday) that you did that. You've admitted (at some point in the past) that you did that.
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    November 26, 2012
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  • Corrected

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Hi everyone!

    I am a French language student*. I am learning three languages at the same time:
    - English: I've been learning the Shakespeare's language for six years by now, but for the first three years, I wasn't enough studying enough, so my English stayed at a bad level. Now, I'm trying to reach a higher rank level, so I've got to do make some efforts and speak with native speakers.
    - German: it's the first language I've learned. My level is really bad because I've started to learn the thirthd language I'm going to talk about now...
    - Chinese: I fell in love with the Chinese language when I met my (Chinese) girlfriend back in 2009. I spend a lot of time learning Chinese but and although I think it's a little difficult, but slowly I'll become a good one at it!

    My native language is French, and I grew up in Northern France. I've got my "baccalauréat littéraire", which means I really care about my mother tongue.

    I enjoy reading books, surfing on the internet, making websites with HTML5 / CSS3 and of course I like learning languages, that's why I'm here!

    Thanks for reading! :)

     

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    * Technically this is correct, and I understand perfectly what you mean, but writing it this way makes it sound like you are learning French (as in, you are a student of the French language), not that you are French and are learning other languages. 'I am a language student from France' would be better.

     

    Again, the corrections are pretty minor. You write well in English :)

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    November 26, 2012
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  • Corrected

    I'm doing it! I can handle it! I'm not a lazy cow!

    I'm starting learning to learn English because it I need it for my scientific work and it is communication to communicate with people of from other countryies. Currently, I 'm don't speaking with foreigners! When they asked me something, I am silent.

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    November 26, 2012
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  • Corrected

    The last week

    Today's the beginning of the last week of my work experience. I 've begun began this experience three weeks ago and that it was all new to me then. I had never worked in for a company before. I think it's a good thing, because it shows how what the future will be like if I pursue my studyies, if I keep studying for a long time!

     

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    Great work, all the corrections are minor ones.

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    November 26, 2012
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    November 23, 2012
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  • Answered
    Firstly, if you are saying it in the negative, as in your headline, then it should be: "I don't think I want to..." rather than "I think I don't want to..." Secondly, there is nothing wrong with "think," it sounds very native. However, some alternatives are: "I find that I don't like going to the movies as much as I used to." "I feel as though I'm starting to enjoy my English class a bit more." "I reckon he's the best player in the world." (Though 'reckon' is quite Australian; I'm not sure other English speakers use it very much.)
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    November 20, 2012
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  • Answered
    Let's say you are writing about a potato farmer who has a lot of potatoes. He has loads of potatoes. He has heaps of potatoes. (Australians, especially, use heaps a lot.) He has ton(ne)s of potatoes. Those are the three I would use the most. Here are some more: He has a huge supply of potatoes. He has dozens/hundreds/thousands of potatoes. He has a bucketful of potatoes. (colloquial) He has a truckload of potatoes. (colloquial) He has a s***load of potatoes. (very colloquial) He has more potatoes than he knows what to do with.
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    November 20, 2012
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  • Answered
    Another usage is "for the sake of it," which means to do something that is not really necessary, just for the sake of doing it. For example, an editor may be editing an article and find that there is really nothing wrong with it, but they might make a few changes just for the sake of making changes, or just for the sake of it. This means that they feel as though they should make changes, because that's their job, even if in this example there was no need to make any changes.
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    November 20, 2012
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  • Posted
    L'Escalade (Genève) L'Escalade est le festival le plus célébré pendant tout l'année à Genève. L'Escalade est une commémoration de l'invasion de Duc de Savoie en 1602, et sa défaite aux mains genevoises au pied des murs de la veille ville. Le festival s'est appelée l'Escalade parce-que les genevois ont permis pas les agresseurs de monter les murs avec leurs échelles (le acte dont s'appeler l'escalade). Chaque Décembre, la Compagnie 1602 met en place des festivités et des récréations médiévales dans la vielle ville. La festival conclut avec un défilé dimanche soir qui commence au Parc des Bastions et finit à la cathédrale.
    November 20, 2012
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  • Corrected

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    I am learning English and I'm really a beginner!
    I travel to the USA and I want to understand one ;-) [What do you mean here? That you want to understand the people in the USA?] I do not need to write, just speak and understand just!

    My native language is French and I live in Brussels, Belgium.
    I enjoy the travels traveling.

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    November 19, 2012
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