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My name is Keyra. I have a BA in Linguistics, specializing in TESL, as well as training as a life coach. I can help you to improve your English in a friendly and efficient manner. I can also help you prepare for interviews or for life abroad by including elements of culture into the lessons. As a student, I am most interested in improving Spanish and Korean.
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    'Scrounge for' is desperately trying to get. So here it means they don't normally have much money, that they are normally so broke that they can hardly afford to buy French fries.
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    April 11, 2013
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    Challenges here are issues/difficulties which must be dealt with or overcome.
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    April 11, 2013
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    Both are similar as you've recognized and both are nouns. I believe the difference is in their application. Diligence may be considered more about an attitude, the fact that someone considers all the details to leave nothing out of their work, to be as complete and proper as possible. Effort is usually something we can see, more behavioural; the time someone puts into something, the calls they make and research they do, and the conferring with others maybe, in order to get something done and done well.
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    April 8, 2013
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    til is just the shortened form of until, sometimes written as 'til to show that. It is not often used in writing, though maybe it poetic writing. You'll hear in more in common speech; again, not likely in formal speaking.
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    April 8, 2013
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    Both are correct depending on what you are suggesting about the amount of water/sweat. A mop is used to wash the floor or clean up large spills of liquid thus if someone is mopping the sweat from their face, they must be sweating profusely. If they are wiping the sweat from their face, they aren't necessarily dripping with it; there could be just a little.
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    April 5, 2013
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    What is the difference between 'different' and ;difference'? Different is an adjective, "She has a very different character from me." "Their reaction was much different than I expected it to be." Difference is a noun. "There is no clear difference between them; I can't tell them apart just by looking at them." "The difference in pay between men and women in companies is unfair."
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    April 2, 2013
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    Yes, you can begin a sentence with 'then'. It is often used when speaking about things that happen in sequence or something that logically follows something else. "I rented a car. Then I drove all the way to Italy from France." "You should take swimming lessons. Then you would feel safer playing in the ocean waves."
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    April 2, 2013
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    Evening is considered to be the transition period between afternoon and night. Where people draw the line can be different, but many consider afternoon to be until 6 pm, evening to be from 6 to 8 or 9 pm and night to be 9 pm or after.
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    April 2, 2013
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    It basically means, 'occasionally.' It means that whatever it is is doesn't happen often and isn't necessarily planned. "I love brownies, but I only eat them every once in a while." "We broke up two months ago but still live in the same neighborhood, so every once in a while, I still see him."
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    April 2, 2013
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    If can be used in place of 'can' in any tense. It is more formal in speaking and more eloquent in writing. He couldn't figure it out. = He wasn't able to figure it out. He couldn't catch a flight fast enough to make it here. = He wasn't able to catch a flight... I can't swim. = I'm not able to swim. I can't go because I'm not well. = I'm not able to go because I'm sick. I can't meet you this weekend. = I won't be able to meet you.. I can't graduate if I don't pass this class. = I won't be able to graduate if...
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    March 27, 2013
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