A friend of mine told me that she's been hard a time with her son. He started middle school this year. Since then, her son gets emotional easily and frowns and grumbles or cries when she says something even softly. She is not unfamiliar with that situation and said she doesn't know what to do. Since I've been there done that, I gave some advice to her. I mean I have a daughter 4 years older than him. I said to her that it's a very natural process for kids. Me, I didn't know how I dealt with my daughter during that time. I didn't understand how she acted and always pointed out what she was wrong, and we ended up having lots of arguments. Come to think of it, I should have kept a distance from her. I think it's a time when parents need a lot of patience and understanding. Could you please make my draft sound more natural? Thank you so much.

To "mooch" can also mean to move around lazily or without purpose eg 'It was such a rainy day so I decided to just mooch around in my apartment'

If it is a synergy meeting for innovators then it would be ' innovators' synergy meeting' with an apostrophe after the s in innovators to denote the plural form of the word.

Because there are two lenses, eyeglasses are always referred to in the plural. Your question should read: Is the noun...not Are the noun...

Something that is abstract is the opposite of something that is concrete or definite. So each person who views the paintings may see something different or interpret the paintings in a different way.

practicing being awake at night

In two days time I will be starting my new job. Another environment and period of adjustment, especially to my time schedule because I will be working night shift. This is the first time that I will be working night shift. I hope the adjustment is easy. Today I will practise not going to bed early. Then time that I will be working in my new job is the time when I am usually sleeping.

 

Two days from now I am about to start my new work. Another environment and adjustment. Especially to my time schedule because my new work schedule is night shift. This is my first time start working at night. I wish I can do that easily. Today I practice not to go on bed early. The time that I will work for my new job is the time that I am sleeping.

One day from my live

I get up at 11 o’clock. I put on my dressing-gown, go into bathroom and turn on the bath taps. I glad to see my husband at the kitchen. He goes to work, and I sit at the table and have our breakfast alone. I like to begin the day well, so my breakfast is always a good one. For breakfast I usually have omelette, salad and coffee.

After breakfast I study English with the teacher online. At the lesson I like to read, speak, translate, learn new words and expressions. Unfortunately, I can’t always speak correctly because I am not still good at grammar. But I will do my best and I hope in the near future I significantly improve my English.

After the lesson I do my homework for the next day, have dinner, wash up and go shopping. I buy foodstuffs for the family. Coming back I begin to clean the house and get the vegetables ready for supper. After dinner, I go to my Zumba class at the sport complex.‏

After I have done Zumba I feel very happy because I really enjoy it.‏ Then my husband comes to pick me up in our car and we go home together.‏ To finish the day, we go for a walk near the sea and then we go to sleep. It was a very good day.‏