What should I choose?

 

I have a foreign friend who I met during the first half of the year. Last week, he told me that he liked me and wanted to be my boyfriend, because he had fallen in love with me. But I don't think we know each other well enough, and we live in two different countries. I can't go to his country and I don't know if he will stay here. We are from two dfferent cultures. i don't know how to choose what I should do?

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Wow, Summer, what an exciting opening to a story? Or is it more than just a story? I am intrigued...

 

Very Good English! Well Done. Max

Yeah, Kelly is brilliant - she keeps beating me to answer, I am so depressed (!) hehhee... I am on the verge of giving up chasing after her to answer! Hehehee... (And she's a lot prettier than this old billy goat of teacher, too! Hehehe.. Life is so unfair ;) But to answer a little bit more your question perhaps... I think you need to know WHY Kelly is right.... ie. the etymology of the word rather than just the meaning so it means something more? So flack actually means "anti-aircraft fire" so that is WHY it means "to be in trouble or receive strong critism." And "All bets are off" refers to the roulette wheel in a casino, when the croupier spins the wheel and gamblers cannot place any more bets, I think. Or maybe I just like stories too much! So now you can't bet on any other numbers, so you have to hope that the number the ball lands on is yours, which means, "that anything is now a possibility, or that anything can happen"... as the ball bounces with the wheel still spinning...do I win or do I lose, rfvlxz?

1 The proposal is a sticking point for those who work in the industry, too. A sticking point means a clause that is preventing whatever deal is on the table from moving forward or being completed. 2 Black caucus feels pinch on Syria. "Feels pinch" usually refers to austerity measures or an action finally taking effect ie. like literally feeling someone pinch you! So in this case it means the region of "The black caucas" is feeling the pain because of / from Syria. 3 Assad's wife has also been called out for wearing a high-tech calorie counter on her right wrist, while feeding hungry children. "Called out for" means "criticised for" - think of people calling out, as in naming and shaming them, and here the meaning of the headline is ironic because Assad's wife is presenting herself as caring for starving children while wearing a monitor to check how many calories she is consuming. 4 Under which circumstance, could I use the phrase " fair enough"? We use it all the time back home, I think my father used it for everything! It is a bit like "fugged-about-it" in that movie where Al Pacino explains how "Forget about it" can have multiple meanings for everthing in Brooklyn, New York - positive, negative, mixed, funny, serious.... Well, almost.. Fair enough can be used to mean: agreement, reluctant acceptance, justice, affirmation, confirmation. Perhaps not negatively, though. Fair enough? Great questions! Thank you. Max What do those phrases mean in the sentences? I'd appreciate it if you answer them.

Questions 1.what does apply mean? In this case it means to almost physically give, or touch, as when the priest physically touches the forehead of a dying man with his thumb making the sign of the cross. 2.what does To direct the taking of mean? In this case it means to ask someone else to do something, ie. make them swear on the bible that this is their real name for a legal document 3. impose means force someone to accept something ,right? No, in this case it means to do what is necessary and proper to do, it is a legal connotation of implementing / doing / giving / handing down justice 4.what does tender mean? Tender is like giving / trading / offering something. We usually use the word to mean money as in "legal tender" which means something that can be exchanged for something else of value. Also, here it more directly means, one can talk of "administering an estate" which is when a lawyer handles the distribution of a dead person's will. 5.what does whim mean? Without planning, on the spur of the moment, without forethought. But in this context, "administering their every whim" means that you are chasing after the person, doing everything they ask, like a butler, or subordinate. Don't you think italki administers this site well? (Answer 1 to 5 above?)

Clue: What do you normally call "a couple"? A nice couple? A lovely couple? Well, where I come from it usually means a girl and a boy, or a man and a wife - not a threesome!!! (Which means a sexual union of three!) As far as I know most "normal" couples would object to "a bit more" however generous Kelly is to suggest so! I tried once and I almost got it chopped off! We cannot say "a lovely few" for 2 people because it indeed implies more than two (!) Summary: Couple = 2. Few=Three-some! Or four-some! But then you got to ask how many is "some"? Hehehee....

This is just a wild guess but are you referring to the Jamie Cullen song, "I'm all over it": "I'm all over it now And I can't say how glad I am about that I'm all over it now Cause I worked and I cursed and I tried And I said I could change and I lied Well there's something still moves me inside" If this is the context, then it simply means he is over the relationship, the relationship is the "it", the object, but then when you hear him sing that last line... he got me doubting he really means it! hehehee....

Here "Craft" refers to "Arts and Crafts", which you are right is a kind of hobby, and you are right that it is practical, often with hands - decorative and handicraft ie. handmade. It is usually something practiced by lonely English housewifes - middle-aged or elderly - for example, flower arranging

Visiting Montañita beach :)

Last weekend I went to Montañita beach with some friends. It has been a long time since I travelled there and now Montañita looks so different. It is amazing.
And now I will give you some reasons why you should visit Montañita

- You can find hotels from $8.

-When you go to one part of the beach you can see many surfers and if you want to, you can take surf lessons... It is really cool.
Also you can have a massage and sleep in a bed....all on the sand...It is very relaxing

- What I like most about Montañita is that there are many people from differents countries like Argentina, Chile, the United States, etc....
I love it

-At night, if you are hungry, you can find food anywhere..... in front of you, left, right...haha....it is not a joke....really there is so much food....
As I traveled during the beach season, the atmosphere at night was really cool....
If you want to dance, there are discos everywhere and there are many wheelbarrows where you can enjoy any cocktail.
If I told you "It was raining strongly" maybe you'd tell me "OMG the party was ruined".....but NOT true....people didn't care. They enjoyed dancing in the rain too much.... It was the best of nights :D

Well...these little things make me want to return to Montañita