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Hello! I am Christopher. I live in the United States and work for a company called Engage Healthcare Solutions. I wrote the book "Marketing 911" and I love to travel. I also work as a consultant and want to travel the world so I would like to learn many languages. I love to text message so if you have Kik I am "kscrow" on there, please add me! I also have whatsapp.
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    The main difference between "it takes" and "it lasts" is WHO is doing the action. For example, if I was going to a concert, the musicians are the ones doing the action (performing music) so I would say "The concert lasts two hours". When we say "it takes", we are generally insinuating that we are involved somehow in the action. For example, "The flight to Manila from LAX takes 17 hours". Since I am actually on the flight and it is me doing the action (travelling) then it "takes" that amount of time. Here are some other examples. A cold usually lasts only a few days. A tank of gas usually lasts me about 500 miles. It takes me about two years to learn a foreign language. It takes a lot of effort to be a Doctor in the USA. In your second question... "Be long" means we have not been waiting for this person or event for a long time. "Much longer" indicates that we have already waited a long time and the person or event still has yet to show up or complete. The main difference is that one implies that we have not already been waiting where the other implies that we have been waiting some time. Hope that helps!
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    February 26, 2014
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    "A single" in this context means that the speaker cannot think of even ONE person who would wear something like that. In other words, the speaker is saying that NOBODY would wear something like that.
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    February 26, 2014
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    Going to is usually reserved for when we are going to a specific location or time. Going is usually referring to performing an activity. However, this also changes depending on how the verb is conjugated. Go is a kind of tricky word in English I think. Some examples are: I am going to the movies. I am going to watch a movie. I am going to the mall. I am going shopping at the mall. Please go to the store. I am going to the store. The dogs go to the bathroom outside. I have to go to the bathroom. I am going to the bathroom. Hope that helps a little.
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    January 3, 2014
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    because better and better off are not the same. if we used better here (with looked) it would mean that their appearance was not better than the poor people. Better off means that their circumstances are better so this sentence, when using better off, means that the buyers and sellers did not appear to be in any better circumstances than the poor beasts they were bargaining about. Hope that helps.
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    January 3, 2014
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    Her eyes look distant. A good explanation for this is when you are talking to someone and even though they are looking at you, it doesn't LOOK like they are looking at you. It almost looks like they are looking THROUGH you instead. There is something about the eyes that can tell us when someone is truly engaged with us or not and when we say someone's eyes look distant, we are saying that even though they are looking at us, they do not seem to really be connected or interested in what's going on. A visitor's pass is usually a small card on a clip or a piece of paper that somebody wears when visiting a secure location. The pass identifies others who work in the location that they are visiting and should not be in areas designated only for employees or people with permission to access those areas. Hope that helps
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    January 3, 2014
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    I think most non-native speakers of English would agree that prepositions are one of the hardest things to grasp in our language. Here you are using verbs and prepositions together which is where a lot of English learners get tripped up. I would suggest some verb+preposition exercises. They have some good ones at http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html. Show off is simply to publicly display and promote. It can be used both in the positive and negative. For example: That guy is such a show off! (neg) Tonight I am going to show off my new haircut. (pos). The phrase show off your eyes seems a little strange to me. I think in the US we would more commonly say "that dress really brings out your eyes" Hope that helps
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    January 3, 2014
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    The curtain call is the end. It is when, after a live theatrical performance, all the cast members come our and give a final bow to the audience. Figuratively this means that it is the end of whatever the subject of the story is.
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    January 3, 2014
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    The latter. When we something is as good as anything else we are saying that we think it is equal. More importantly this phrase indicates a lack of enthusiasm on the writer's part. You can tell this by him saying "If we have to have guidelines" and "this is as good as any". What the author is saying (without actually saying it) is that he doesn't feel there should be guidelines at all but if there has to be...then this one not a bad one.
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    January 3, 2014
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    To appreciate something is to be happy or glad for its existence. To admire something is to enjoy something in a person or thing that has some qualities that you hold in high regard. Let me try to explain. I appreciate that I have a job. I appreciate that I have good health. I appreciate that my car is still running after 120,000 miles :). I would not say I admire any of these things as I am happy simply only for their existence. I admire someone who is always honest. I admire intelligence in a person. I admire the size of the universe. Usually, admiration (or admiring something) means that you are looking upon its qualities as things that you value. Often we admire things that we wish we could be/have. So, I guess to appreciate the scenery would be to enjoy that it exists and be happy merely being present within it. To admire the scenery would indicate that we might gaze upon it longingly (with great desire to be in it all the time) The two can be very similar but at the same time...different. Hope that helps.
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    January 3, 2014
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    They are fairly interchangeable. We use enter into in legalese when we enter into an agreement or enter into a contract. Normally you don't see entered into many other places. We commonly use simple "enter" most other times. I entered the room. You will need to enter the hallway. She is going to enter the contest.
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    January 3, 2014
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