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大家好。 I am a 46 year old and reside in Australia on the west coast in the capital city of Perth. I work in IT as a mining applications support engineer for a service provider contracted to the largest mining company in the world. I started learning Chinese nearly 3 years ago when I met my then Chinese girlfriend. Her English was pretty good, but her family couldn't speak a word. So my drive was to learn so I could converse with them. The relationship didn't work out, but I have been hooked on the language ever since. I now have a Chinese girlfriend that lives in China and speaks little to no English. I really want to improve my speaking skills and would like to chat with mainland speakers from the Shenzhen region if possible. Of course from anywhere is fine.
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    Hi, 1st is the more correct of the two. Be careful though as this can be confused to mean that some documents are excellent on your side, rather than unfinished or incomplete. If you want to make sure there is no confusion then change the sentence slightly if there is no context around the statement. "Some documents are still outstanding on your side"
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    August 5, 2013
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    I know this answer is a little late, but I can't help myself, haha. "notoriously knobbly legs" is a reference to skinny person. Typically skinny legs have less flesh on them so the bones are more visible. So skinny people are notorious or well known for their knobbly legs. "by all female connoisseurs" in this context, is referring to the opinions of people (in this case more than likely men) that William's legs, in comparison to a beautiful woman's legs were pointedly condemned. A female connoisseur is a person that has an appreciation of the finer subtleties of a woman, much as a wine connoisseur has of wine. "were magnificent shanks when it came to passage and bearing" refers back to the knobbly legs. The meaning here is his legs were strong and reliable and could take him many miles. Hope this gives some more meaning and not confuse you :)
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    July 30, 2013
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    Have a nice day!

    We hadve a family day! I was am so excited!B because we go to had a barbecue! Although the weather is was bad, but it didn't affect my mood! We have had a lot of food to eat! We have had chicken wings、beefves、fish、sweet corns and sweet potatoes！
    I felt quite satisfied after my big meal.And then we go to ride rode the bicycles around the park！It's was nice day!

     

    Coral, this was a really good effort - 太好了!!  Remember, in English we use past tense, which changes the way we say things.  We had something - past tense.  We are having something - current, like 我在.  And then there is we will have, future tense.

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    July 30, 2013
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    Hi Coral, I haven't seen Fast and Furious 6.  But I really enjoyed the first few.  I will have to go and see it.  If you are interested in talking with a native English speaker I can help if you like.  I am learning mandarin but I don't speak it very well.  I am here to improve my speaking skills.

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    July 30, 2013
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    July 29, 2013
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    July 29, 2013
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    Hi there, To retrieve something is go and get it. In a sentence, "I threw the ball and the dog will retrieve it for me". In other words, the dog will bring the ball back to me. To receive something is for someone to give it to you. So someone can send you something and when it arrives (for example a letter) you will receive it.
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    July 29, 2013
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    If someone were to say your statement to me "I wrote to your company asking them for a catalog". My understanding would be they want me to give them a catalog. If they were saying, "I wrote to your company inquiring about a catalog" then I would be asking them a question as to their meaning as this really does have two meanings. Firstly they could be asking about information contained in the catalog, or whether in fact we have a catalog. But you wouldn't use "inquiring them for a catalog".
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    July 29, 2013
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    Yes this sentence is grammatically correct.
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    July 29, 2013
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