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I am a native English speaker from Australia wishing to learn French. I have always wanted to be fluent in a second language. I would love to live in a French-speaking country for a year and work as well. My profession is in healthcare, so I'd love to be able to communicate medical informaiton in French also. My level of English is at a post-graduate standard but I am not an English teacher by profession, however I am confident I can take your English up to a highly formal level if desired. I also know a lot of Australian slang if that is of interest to you. I am looking for native French-speakers that would like to learn English in a language exchange with me via email, Skype, etc. I am also learning Australian sign language (AUSLAN) and my boyfriend is deaf and a native Auslan speaker. If that interests you, do let me know. So far, I know some basics. Once I have become comfortable with French I'd love to expand and learn multiple languages. I am looking forward to making new foreign friends here. Merçi et au revoir
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    I/we apologise, but we do not offer discounts.
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    October 21, 2013
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    Beware that some people may take offence to "Oh my God" if they are particularly religious or in certain culturally/societal contexts. If you want to use the expression yourself, it is safer to use "Oh dear".
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    October 21, 2013
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    I think it would depend on whether this is your first contact with this person or not. If so: "My name is xxxxx and I am <contacting you in regards to>......" If not: "This is xxxxx. <We met at the funciton last week>....."
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    October 21, 2013
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    To have an "air" about something means to posses a certain quality. Go-to-hell basically means, I don't care about you/it. I would say it comes from not caring about whether one ends up in heaven or hell in the afterlife, and perhaps even how quickly they get there! In the context of the passage you have provided, it seems that: People that wore the beige coats didn't care if they got their coats stained as they were supposedly so rich they could afford to buy a new coat. Having a light-coloured coat therefore became a sort of social status symbol. The "black number" is the black coat. "Number" is often used to describe an outfit or piece of clothing. They have used the black coat as an example of what less-weathly people would wear = a prole sign, or sign of class.
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    October 21, 2013
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    Interesting. All three endings are slightly coloquial. Locally, in Australia, I'm not sure "in a trice" would be understood, but the meaning would be able to be derived from the rest of the sentence. Funnily, I would say: "I don't have a magic wand so I can't fix things "just like that"" with some sort of hand gesture like a click of my fingers. Formally, I would say "I do not have a magic wand so I cannot fix things instantaneously"
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    October 21, 2013
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    Agreed. All are fine. "Will you button up my dress" is slightly more specific. Kepp in mind, the opposite would be "Will you unbutton my dress"
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    October 21, 2013
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