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Well hello there, I'm just a normal Canadian who speaks English. I'd love to find someone to swap Japanese with. I've only been at it a short while and very focused on reading and writing, so now I need more help speaking! I'm very patient and ready to help you with your English.
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    When you use "thought" it makes it seem like something has made you change your opinion at this point in time. If you said: "I always knew you were an excellent student." Then you are saying it is a fact that they were (in the past) and are (in the present) an excellent student. By changing thought to knew you are stating a fact rather than questioning it suddenly.
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    December 26, 2013
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    You can use A or D, depending on exactly what you're trying to say; "My uncle came to see us all the way from Singapore." Means he lives in Singapore and he came to see you. "My uncle came to see us on the way from Singapore." Means he was on his way home from Singapore but he stopped to see you before going home.
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    December 26, 2013
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    The red and green are just two different types of salsa or sauce. It would look something like this. http://tinyurl.com/lzu3wcw
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    December 26, 2013
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    One of every four persons is the obese in Turkey. "One out of every four people in Turkey are obese." or "In Turkey, one in four people are obese." One of every three retirees continues working in Turkey. (I'm not entirely certain because retiring would be not working. I'll give you a different example from the first to say it anyway) "One third of Turkish retirees continue to work."
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    December 26, 2013
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    To is directive, the way you're using it is heading towards the doing of something. It's correct but to fill in the rest of the sentence. "I'm looking forward to doing that." (That being whatever 'something' it is you're looking forward to doing.) "I'm looking forward to answering more questions."
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    December 26, 2013
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    These aren't idioms, they're fragment sentences. You need a definite article in these cases: "within the past 10 years" "For the last ten years"
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    December 26, 2013
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    "Couldn't ask for more" is in the present. Since Bill is currently happy he can't ask for more. "Couldn't have asked for more" is in the past tense. Your career has already been terrific since it start until now, so you couldn't have asked for more.
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    December 25, 2013
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    The use of "as young as he is" is to point out that whatever has happened or is generally wouldn't happen to someone of that age. In this case it's having his life ruined. For another example: "As young as he is, he is very wise." to say it another way would be "He is very wise for his age."
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    December 25, 2013
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    An idiom is a phrase that isn't supposed to be taken in the literal sense of what you're actually saying. Collocations are placements of words that sound nice or are better together than other synonyms you could have used. "I'm all thumbs." - Idiom "Ladies and gentleman." - Collocation
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    December 25, 2013
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    It is just to state that it is more than you can actually handle. Another idiom for this is "In over your head." If, Evel Knivel said he was going to jump his motorcycle over 100 buses, but only made it across 70 after going off the ramp. Then he had bit off more than he could chew. He bit off 100 buses, but he only chewed 70 of them... not literally.
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    December 25, 2013
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