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I am looking to develop my Korean from a pre-intermediate level. I would like to carry on a conversation and be able to express my thoughts in the language. I enjoy helping motivated others with their English. I am an American EE PhD student. About a year ago, I paid a visit to Seoul for about a month. It was certainly an amazing experience. I hope to work there once I finish my grad work.
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    I'm reading Cat's Eye written by Margaret Atwood

    LIke most girls, I loved stories and still do. So when I decided to join the Book Club this term, I didn't expect to have a hard time reading a novel. Rather, my expectations grew bigger (larger) when I realized that this novel was one of the books which were was introduced in a TED video I really enjoyed. The speaker said that the writer of the novel was one of the authors favored by her grandfather who was a great reader. However, something's wrong with me? The first several chapters even made me yawn. Maybe it's because I have been away from novels for quite a long time. I have found that as I grow old, non-fiction books are more appealing to me. Or maybe it's because I have been so spoiled by easy-to-understand stories from dramas or speeches that my imagination, patience and ability to appreciate sophiscated ones have been degenerated horribly. My plan for this week is to read up to chpater 13 and Cordelia is till out of sight, even though the book suggests from the beginning that she would be the key element. So I felt I was being impatient at some point. Or maybe I am too used to speeches like TED talks, sermons, news, documentaries and the like, which are very direct in expressing what the messages they are trying to convey. Hopefully, I will get the hang of enjoying novels like this or, this novel will revive my ability to do so, if it has been hibernated inside me.

     

    Hang of enjoying novels? You don't necessarily get the hang of enjoying something. Hang of (verb) means that you are ready doing this (verb) but you haven't quite mastered or adapted to doing this (verb) yet. It is ussually skill related. You get the hang of reading... you can develop and improve your reading skills to adapt to reading this type of novel. Enjoyment is not really something you adapt to. I would suggest: use reading instead of enjoying. Or, if you want to use enjoyment, I would use: Hopefully, I will develop/acquire a taste or sense of enjoyment... for these novels. 

     

    Your grammer is pretty good. The flow is a little rough. I find myself getting lost in the points you are trying to make. Your points seem to hop around a bit. Overall, this is not bad.

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    September 8, 2013
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    There are actually quite a bit of sites. I use talktomeinkorean.com. Korean-flashcards.com is helpful too.
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    September 8, 2013
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    Wshing is a noun. Wash is a verb. Both sentences mean the same. To use the noun form, washing... the verb needed is "be".
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    August 23, 2013
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    Its ok but I would use... you don't often spend money. Often is better to use because you are implying the number of occurances of an action. If you to imply a qauntity on how much much money then say... You don't spend a lot of money.
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    August 8, 2013
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    Trash and garbage can mean the place where you put garage in your home/office/etc. You can say... put this in the garbage but you can't say... put this in the rubbish. Otherwise they mean all the same when you describe something as garbage, rubbish, or trash.
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    August 8, 2013
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    I normally use google translate to pronounce sentences in any language. I think it does fine for english.
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    August 8, 2013
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    I believe you are refering to the expression or interjection: "How on earth" and "what on earth". These have no special additive meaning to the sentence. They are typically followed with a main clause, like "How on earth did you do that?" or "what on earth are you doing?" They both can be simply said as, "How did you do that?" or "What are you doing?". It is used to show surprise, just like "Oh my goodness (god)."
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    July 9, 2013
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    Poems can be very complex and can have many different interpretations, thus many are meant to be convoluted. The following are my interpretations: I agree with your interpretation of the first line, however, I feel that it is not being asked but it is being demanded. If the author wanted the reader to interpret it that way I would think there would be something more explicitly said. Then again, may be not. Undone here means restless, anxious, or possible lost control of oneself or crazy.
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    July 9, 2013
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    beyond the tenses used here... raise is a physical vertical movement of a thing. grew up is an upward addition of a thing. Things that grow are humans, animals, trees, etc. They grow by adding mass over time. Adding mass is the addition. They don't raise, however, the height level raises because "level" itself is imaginary. Water level can be raised but can not be grown up. Also, grew up, is used to express how a child has developed towards an adult, both physically and mentally. This is beyond the context of the sentence though.
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    June 4, 2013
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    It is no wonder, by the rules of society, that some people who win competitions receive special benefits and other people who lose competitions get pushed around. By the rules of society, it is no wonder that some people who win competitions received special benefits and those who don't get pushed around. "get pushed around" means getting told what to do. Seen as an inferior or subordinate.
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    June 4, 2013
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