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I went to France a few yeaars ago and studied, starting at zero, in a language school where I began to feel I was getting on well. I returned to the States with no one to speak the language with, and then a series of difficulties: my husband and I were in a car accident which he did not survive, and I have undergone five difficult surgeries. I would like to see what is possible in my elderly state. I have Parkinson's which means at some point I will begin to lose my abilities in language and coordination, but it would be a thrill to feel like I could speak French. I am upbeat and inquisitive, and I can laugh at myself.
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Christophe
French
Apr 8, 2021
It was a pleasure to have a conversation with you. I'm looking forward to meeting you again.
Nico Tortolero
French
Apr 29, 2020
What a refreshing moment that was. Harry struck me as a well-rounded character whose stories - all told in very decent French - were great to listen to. Looking forward to our next calls.
Antoine
French
Apr 22, 2020
J'ai beaucoup apprécié notre échange. Harry a une très bonne compréhension orale et se fait très bien comprendre. A très bientôt j'espère!
Yvan
French
Jan 17, 2020
Comme d'habitude, ce fut une super discussion!
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    I think they are all fine. As Jeremy says, you could omit "much" from "so much in love"—but using "much" creates a sense of speech, and using it while speaking can create a lingering on the delight (or the sarcasm) of the expression.
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    March 4, 2020
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    They are equivalent in one sense: a mere inquiry of concern. The first question, "Is your headache better?" can be answered positively even though the responder may still have a headache that is less severe. The second is inquiring if the headache is totally gone. You might use the second if suddenly you found the respondent playing tennis or listening to heavy metal music. If he/she is still lying down on the sofa with his/her eyes closed, you'd probably use the first.
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    March 4, 2020
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    I think most anglophones would recognize this as a shortened version of "Let's meet halfway between us." It's used a lot.
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    March 4, 2020
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    March 4, 2020
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    "I have to go up the hill every day." Leave the "to" out. This sentence states a fact, that there is no other way to get to your house. "I have to climb up the hill every day." Again, leave the "to" out. This sentence makes it clear that the speaker finds it hard to go up the hill every day.
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    November 13, 2018
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    Generally you would lead with "bound to be," as in "My little boy is bound to be a bit cranky today. He has a toothache." 

    Some examples:

    It's bound to rain today. I left my umbrella at home!

    It's bound to be a good movie. It's got Julia Roberts in it. 

    It's bound to be tedious. Any letter written by Aunt Sophie is incredibly boring. 


    You can say them the other way round ("I left my umbrella at home so it's bound to rain.") but it won't always sound natural to an English speaker. Also, "my little son" is completely correct grammatically, but English speakers would rarely use it. They would instead say "my little boy" for a young son. And we say toothache instead of tooth pain. You can say "got" as in "he has got a…" but generally you would leave the "got" out. 

    Hope this helps!


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    November 13, 2018
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  • Corrected

    Journal 3 (7)

    From now on, never to get lazy again, the ratio of daily household chores needs to lean (tilt) to one side, my wife's side.  I must make a habit of making food, at the very least, one proper meal a day to ease my wife's burden. To be honest, even if I do so, I’m afraid my main task would be more focused on doing the dishes. For sure, I’ll make a big change in this cycle.


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    September 25, 2018
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    Running today

    Today I joined a running event held by Run Wild, which was a lot of fun. I was eagerly looking for a sports society or club since I came here; however after some days I felt I must choose an indoor activity as my daily routine. The weather in the UK always changes rapidly. Nobody knows what is the weather like will be a second later. I have given up watching the weather forecast or anything like that, because many times the raining stops as soon as I open my umbrella. Oh, I’m off topic and I should get  back to the topic: running. By the way, the weather is really nice today although it’s a little bit cold. I joined the group rated the second slowest because it’s the first time I have run such a long distance (the whole groups of students were split into several groups based on speed). In the running process, we ran beside some bars and a few drunk people cheered for us and encouraged us to run more quickly. What an amazing thing! People were drunk at 7pm!

    It was about 7pm. that people had been drunk in. (I'm not sure what you meant here so I guessed. 

    These corrections are mostly grammar, but I've made a few style changes that make it sound more natural.

    Your English is quite good.

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    September 25, 2018
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  • Answered
    They are nearly equivalent and the differences would be hard even for a native speaker to discern because they are not sentences you would normally hear in English. What you might hear: The manager was supposed to have a meeting then. [At that point in time] The manager was supposed to be having a meeting then. [As opposed to doing something else] These distinctions are very subtle and not necessarily useful. An even more natural English phrasing would be: That's when the manager was supposed to have the meeting. or That's when the manager ought to have had the meeting.
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    July 16, 2016
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    It is excellent English and quite natural already! I would put "and" before "amphibians."
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    June 3, 2013
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