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I was interested in English since grade 5 as I wanted to read original books, not translated ones. In 1984 I graduated from Fizteh (MPTU is a renowned Russian University analogous to MIT). Our languages department was rather big and very professional. However we mostly studied topics related to physics and other sciences. Then I took private lessons and our teacher concentrated on giving us idioms. Later I translated technical texts from English. I encountered a real language school when I had immigrated to Canada in 1992. There I worked for many years in a big IT company. My area of expertise was property and casualty insurance. I worked as a programmer-analyst and then as a business-analyst. I had 2 lengthy business trips - one in Bristol, England and another one in Stockholm, Sweden. I admire people who are learning Russian - I assume that it is not the easiest language on Earth. If you are one of them please feel free to contact me - informally or via booking a lesson. In both languages though we can touch any subject you are interested in. My hobbies are - reading, movies, home renovations, web-programming. I have my own site of live webcams. I have immigrated twice - first to Canada and then back to Russia almost 20 years later. This gave me quite an experience in adaption to living in a foreign country. I will gladly share this with you! I offer lessons via the Skype. When you schedule a lesson please be on time as I always do. Please also give me at least 12 hours notice if you need to cancel or reschedule the lesson. If you don't see a suitable slot in my calendar - feel free to contact me and I will try to adjust my schedule to find a time for you. Looking forward to our one-on-one conversations! I also offer free 15 minutes sessions. Feel free to contact me to arrange one for you.
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    grammatically speaking yes, almost I'd say - For the past few days the traffic has been quite slow. Meaning - it was heavy.
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    Some information about myself

    Hello everyone! My name is Damir and I am 20 years old. I live in one of the biggest countries in the world... KAZAKHSTAN. I am a student, and after University I will be a programmer.. In my free time I liked talking with foreign languages people because it gives me a lot of experience.. Hope that i can find here many many friends from all around  the world...

     

    You should always use capital I, not i.

     

    Good try!

    If you want to practice your speaking, please feel free to book a trial session with me!

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    Can't be more true!!

    But we still are trying to learn other languages... and I am sure not just to kill the precious time.

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    March 6, 2014
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    Aren't we all here exactly for that purpose? To learn new languages and to help each other?

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    March 6, 2014
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    It's ok, Anika! Nothing to be sad about))

    We are unique after all, aren't we?

    And here are a couple of proverbs about drunk people:

    Что у трезвого на уме, то у пьяного на языке. – Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals.

    Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men. - There is no Russian analogue as far as I know.

     

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    I suspect this is a purely Russian "feature", alas...

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    Depends on what do you mean by "to think like an English one"...

    If you just refer to how to become fluent in English or master English and approach the level of a native speaker then I see no other way but to live for some (long) time in an English speaking country. For me the criterion is when you THINK in English and not in your native tongue.

    Honestly I can't think of any other meaning of your question (but please do elaborate on this if you don't mind). We inherit a mentality of a country we are born in. We can also aquire parts of a mentality of another country if we live there long enough. But can we completely immerse in another country's culture, habits, way of life, way of doing things? I'd say - if we come there as kids then yes, if as adults - very unlikely.

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    Around $0.80-$1 in the Moscow region, not sure about other parts of Russia. J. Ríos, would you please convert gallons to liters for metric thinking guys? I would do it but I keep forgetting what is the US gallon. Is it 3.78 liter?
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    I think it means that something makes someone confused, not being adequate. He (Kevin) is not himself because of the situation. e.g. - Falling in love can mess with your head.
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    March 4, 2014
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