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Greetings! My name is Johnny, and I'm American. I found italki by following Benny the Irish Polyglot. I only have two goals in my life: becoming a polyglot and building my own home. I have a wonderful wife and two beautiful Korean Jindos. I live in South Korea, where I've been for the past 8 years, and I'll likely live here for a few more years. I studied French in high school and college, minored in Japanese, and now I'm learning Korean. I intend to become fluent in the 5 most influential languages in the country, but Korea is my current home, so I will do my best to learn it for as long as I live here.
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    'in past' is incorrect on its own. With the clause structure, 'past' is an adjective, which means it needs a noun to complete the clause: 'in past studies' or 'in past years', for example. 'in the past' is referring to something that happened before now. Generally speaking, 'the past' is not very recent, but it's a loose term that means different things to different people. As for 'find vs. find out', there's some overlap in meaning, but 'find out' refers to information that you discovered. 'find' is generally used for physical things, although you can say things like, "I find that carrots make me sick." In that case, 'find' has the meaning 'learned through experience'. Here are some examples: "I found my keys." (physical thing) "I found out that my brother stole my keys." (information) "I found my dog chewing on my shoes." (physical situation) "I found out that my dog likes to chew on my shoes." (information) And here's some overlap, although the meaning is slightly different: "I found that I like French movies." (learned through experience) "I found out that I like French movies." (surprising discovery)
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    April 16, 2019
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    Yes, but you have to know a little more about the student. You can say an "undergraduate" if the student doesn't have a Bachelor's degree yet, or a "graduate" if the student is studying for a Master's Degree. If the student is studying for a Doctorate, you could say "doctoral candidate" or "PhD candidate". Similarly, you could refer to the student by his/her year in university: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. This also applies to high schools (at least in American high schools), so it's not totally clear without knowing the situation.
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    April 16, 2019
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    Yes, they are all correct.
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    April 16, 2019
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    'that' refers to the movie 'An Officer and a Gentleman'. 'with' refers to the guy who went to the movie with the speaker.
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    April 16, 2019
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    This is a really deep contraction. It's pretty common all over America to hear this in speaking, but especially heard in the Southern parts of America (where I'm from). Here's the breakdown: I am going to run on home. I'm gonna run on home. I'm a' run on home. Sometimes you'll see it written as: I'ma Ima There's really no spelling rule (that I know of) because it's extremely informal and improper English. You may also hear someone say, "I'm a gonna VERB" or "I'm gon VERB" which is just more bad English.
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    April 16, 2019
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    November 11, 2014
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    This may not be the answer you want to hear, but as a native speaker and an avid reader, I'll tell you a secret: I NEVER pay attention when writers begin to describe buildings. I tend to skip those paragraphs because I find they are almost always irrelevant to the story. But, to answer your question, 'interlaced panes' are typically windows that are made from smaller pieces of glass that are 'laced' together with some sort of substance that hardens to hold them in place. 'like your father's house' can mean, literally, like the windows in the person's father's house. However, it can also mean, "like common windows in houses".
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    November 10, 2014
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    This is the easiest way to remember it, even if some people have a different idea: 'a few' means '3'. So, if you can have '3' of something, then you can have 'a few' of them. In grammar terms, 'a few' is applied to countable nouns ONLY. So you CANNOT have 'a few time' or 'a few water'. 'a little', 'a little bit', and 'a bit' refer to things you can't count, like water or time. If you CANNOT have '3' of something, you CAN have 'a little' of it. So, here are some examples: I have a few apples. I have a little time. I want a bit of water. I want a few things from the store. Just for the record, "a few" is often used to mean any number of things, and people have very different ideas of what "a few" means, although we all agree that it means "not many". I was always taught that 'few' means '3'.
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    November 10, 2014
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    1. "You're up." likely comes from old stage performances where a person had to walk "up" the stairs to get onto the stage. So, it's short for, "You're up on stage next." I can't find any clear information about that, so I'm just guessing about the origin. In restaurants, people often say, "Order up." which means it is ready to be taken to the table. So, "The soup is up." would make sense in that situation. 2. Am I going to be fired? Are you going to fire me? (this one is correct) Do you want to fire me? Be careful about the order of the sentence: Subject + Verb + Object. 3. Where can I find the information for this blank? 4. Correct 5. I don't quite understand what you're asking in this question.
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    November 10, 2014
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    The difference is mostly in degree. We use 'harsh' and 'cruel' to talk mostly about two situations: 1. punishments 2. human interaction For punishments, 'harsh' means that the punishment is pretty severe for the crime. 'Cruel', however, is used for punishments that should NEVER happen to anyone because they are inhumane. For instance, under Hammurabi's Code, a thief would have his hand cut off. That's cruel. For interaction, it usually describes the way people talk to each other or treat each other. If an unattractive person asks you what you think about their appearance, you can respond in many different ways. Harsh: I don't find you attractive at all. That's very honest and blunt, and will probably hurt their feelings. However, it's only harsh because you were so clear. Cruel: Ugly people like you should not be allowed to have children. That's cruel because it is not only unnecessary, it's clearly said to severely hurt the person's feelings in a situation that does not justify that level. 'Cruel' implies that the cruel person is trying to cause as much pain as possible, usually just because they want to.
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    November 10, 2014
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