Laura
Italian
Sep 10, 2026
Daryl è molto simpatico e socievole: se la cava molto bene con l'italiano e abbiamo trattato temi diversi. Ha uno sviluppato senso degli humor e ci siamo divertiti. Un'ottima conversazione!
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I am a teacher in an international school in Switzerland where I teach History and Philosophy.
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Simona Di Profio
Italian
Aug 20, 2026
Daryl è uno studente molto motivato e con un'ottima consapevolezza del proprio metodo di studio, maturata anche attraverso l'esperienza con altre lingue. Sa esattamente quali strategie sono più efficaci per il suo apprendimento. Quando uno studente arriva con idee così chiare, per me è estremamente positivo! Si esprime inoltre con coraggio: va dritto al contenuto e prova a dire cose articolate invece di rifugiarsi nelle frasi facili, ed è proprio così che la lingua cresce in fretta.
Grazie per la lezione di oggi!
Simona
Italian
Aug 18, 2026
Ottima conversazione con Daryl. È una persona molto cortese e piena di aneddoti interessanti da condividere, il tutto con un grande bagaglio lessicale.
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Please. Let me know if I'm using these words correctly.
Squander: To spend foolishly.
My friend Lucy squandered a lot of money buying dresses which she is not going to use.
Flinch:
He flinched when the doctor touched his sholuder.
Scoop: (As verb. Remove with scoop)
Cyndi scooped the jam strawberry (strawberry jam) to her bread. (that would be a lot of jam (although in certain situations you could say it if you used a lot of jam) , but you would scoop out the ice cream -- a scoop is normally bigger than, for example, a spoonful.)
Scoop (Exclusive news)
The new when Leonardo Di Caprio won the Oscar was a scoop the past year.
Taunt
Taunting a kid for his physical appearence is a kind of bulling (bullying)
Brim
The cup of wine was full to the brim. (this is correct)
The brim of that jar is broken. (maybe technically correct, but normally we would say the rim of the glass is broken (even if it is full to the brim).
Nether Regions
In the Divine Comedy, Dante Alihieri describes the nether regions of the Hell.
Thans for your corrections.0 votedMarch 19, 20171wish someone corrected my essay (:
The given bar charts are about Britain British graduate and postgraduate students who did not have full-time work. These charts illustrate what they did after graduating in 2008. More explanation and details are given in the following paragraphs.
In general, the most of both undergraduate and graduate students tended to continue their studies. The least number of both participated in voluntary work.
From the first chart, it can be clearly seen that 29665 persons wanted to continue their studies, 17735 took a part-time work and slightly fewer than it were unemployed. Also 3500 students selected a voluntary work. (volunteer work??)
From the second chart it can be resulted seen that 2725 persons continued their studies and a marginally fewer than this preferred a part-time job. Whereas1625 students were unemployed and 345 selected voluntary work.(I have only corrected errors, not made suggestions regarding writing style or flow)
0 votedMarch 19, 20171Winning the Nobel Prize is not just about self-gratification
Winning the Nobel prize is not just about self-gratification. The winners of the Nobel Prize change the world. They bring new ideas, open up new horizons, and they do that for all of us; for humanity and to changeing our lifes lives for the better. They do "small" steps which lead to the a better future in which everyone will have equal rights and will be able, for example, to have access to modern medical treatments. Moreover, every year they show us that nothing is impossible, nothing can stop the progress and that together we can do more. In conclusion, we can say that the winners of the prize encourage everyone to go forward, stand up for their rights and ideas and believe in themselves.good work
0 votedMarch 16, 20161Cyber abduction
In modern society, the an enormous number of people take advantage of computers. Accordingly, most of them utilize the Internet to search for a range of information and to communicate with other people. However, there are disadvantages on to using it, for instance fraud. An article shows a new fraud and how it is conducted. (The article "xxxxxx" explains a new type of fraud and how it is conducted)
The scam is called "cyber kidnapper" in the article. This is a type of computer virus which can lock the infectious infected computers and smartphones. And then, it shows on the display a (it displays a message) massage message that if you want to unlock your device, you have to pay a ransom. Unfortunately, the ransoms are not quit (too expensive or so expensive) expensive, at approximately $50, so some victims pay it for their data(in order to retrieve their data rather than rescuing their devices??) rather than devices. Regrettably, even if you pay it(the ransom) according as an instruction from this virus, it's more likely that most of data has been already corrupted.
One of the effective measures is that don't open (not to open) suspicious emails. Such viruses can lurk in attachments on those emails.Good job, the sentences in parenthesis are suggestions where the wording would be more clear with my suggestions, but are not necessarily grammatically incorrect.
0 votedMarch 4, 20161The advantages and disadvantages of living in the country
You stay alone without anyone close to you, it is needed to (this is awkard -- perhaps (one needs to) take the car all the time and there aren't many shops nearby. This is the most unpleasant side of country life but a lot of people say that the beneficts benefits of living in the country outweigh the drawbacks.
One justification often given for those who prefer living in the country rather than in the city is that they live quietly. They don't use to get stressed because the environment inspires peace. It is so nice being in nature surrounded by trees and lovely views! Advocates (of this lifestyle) would claim that the country is less polluted than the contaminated city. You are able to breathe fresh air. (With) Regards to food, if you grow up your own vegetables and other foodstuffs, you will have a healthy diet and even a better life.
Those who object to live in the countryside often argue that it is quite isolated, especially from main services such as banks, big supermarkets and hospitals. In case of heart attack or other serious illness you would take longer to get to the medical centre. Another objection is that it is more difficult to find a good job. Most people live by field (farming??) and animals.
Taking everything into account, there are both advantages and disadvantages in to living in the countryside. In the end it is up to the individual to decide whether (this is the best way to live, or the best mode of life) is the best way to pass live by. There is no doubt in my mind that if I had to choose where to live, I would say the town. It isn't neither(is neither) a village nor a city. So, it isn't a polluted or a crowded area and there aren't as many traffic jams as in the city. Moreover, it isn't doesn't lack of supermarkets and facilities. I will would definitely love to live in a town. It offers many advantages!Nice job, I have put my suggested changes in yellow.
0 votedFebruary 25, 20161Planning the weekend
Next Friday I am going out for dinner with some friends. After this, I am going to the cinema with my sister to watch the last latest film of Leonardo Di Caprio. On Saturday morning I am going to take my dogs for a walk. Then I am going bowling. I have never bowled played bowling. It will be my first time playing bowling. On Sunday morning I am going running with a friend of mine. In the afternoon I want to take a break.Nice job!!
0 votedFebruary 18, 20161Satisfaction
Satisfaction has(plays) a major role in our lives. If we feel satisfied, we feel happy. The question is(remains), is being successful the only way we can feel satisfied and therefore happy? If we go over these concepts, we will see all these concepts depends on the way we think.
Being successful is different for different people based on the way they think. For example, you may want to be a great singer, so you can feel successful if you become a singer, while it's completely different for me. I mean I do not want to be a singer, so not only wouldn't I feel successful if I were a singer, but I also felt disappointed because what I want is completely different from being a singer, so spending a big amount of time on singing, for me, is a waste of time. In addition, I may want to be a singer and I don't feel satisfied again, while I am a singer. If I wanted to be one of the best singers of the world, but I was a simple singer , I was would be completely far from my goal, therefore I wouldn't feel successful again. As you can see, the way that we think about things plays a major role in the way we feel .
You may feel happy, while no one considers you as a successful person. For instance, you may want to spend lots of time with your family, go to mountains and travel around the world. You are not going to do anything specific, while you feel happy. People may think of you as a person who is wasting his time, however, you are feeling great. Therefore, the way you think is the main reason for the way you feel. Indeed, most of time the society we live in tells us when we should feel happy. People in a certain society think in certain ways, therefore they think of success in their those certain ways. For example, several days ago I was watching the Nnews. Some tribes of in African people had a competition in which the winner was someone who had the biggest stomach. It was strange for me. After some searching on the internet I understood that they appreciate having a big stomach and it's a sign of being healthy for them. Conversely, for me and many people around the world having a big stomach is a kind of embarrassing. Indeed, in different societies having a big stomach has different meaning . In spite of this, all we feel this way is because of all we think this way. Our societies only make us to think in certain ways .Grammatically this is very good, just a few minor corrections. At this point all you really need to work on is the flow and development of your ideas, in essence, you need to develop a "style" and a "voice" in your English writing, your grammar and your syntax are very good.
0 votedFebruary 10, 20163A motivational coach
I was on at a great workshop yesterday. It was a meeting with the (a coach or my coach works better) motivational coach. In Poland it's very popular now. Especially now (that Generation-Y has grown up) when have been grown up the generation "Y". This was a very interesting and important workshop for me. She told us how we should planning our schedules. Each person has own a rhythm within a day. Some of us like to work and study in morning, others in the afternoon or in the evening. I know also(I also know) people who love to work at night. And, we should use this a natural rhythm because in the part of day when we feel the best our mind works the best. In At the same time we can't forget about sharing our new knowledge becuase(because) thanks to it we can active activate other parts of the brain. She (the antecedent of this pronoun is too far removed to use it effectively, therefore you should repeat the original noun here) The trainer said the best thing: that the human brain was as a stubborn, lazy baby who didn't want to work and (but) the brain would do what we would teach taught him. We teach the brain something when we create a good habit. A habit is a behavior which we don't think, for example, when we close the door when we go out. I heard a theory that human needs 21 day to build a habit. On the one side hand it is so easy do something in the same way by for 21 days but on the other hand who wants to do it. But, this is a small key to success.
Nice job, most of the corrections I made had more to do with style and common usage as they had to do with actually fixing grammatical mistakes or spelling errors.0 votedJanuary 30, 20161Just a story
He abandoned his love because he wanted a better life for himself (your entry works, but is awkward) life that is better for him. He was heading to New York to find another place where he can could build something new. A couple of hours later he stoped at an old motel. While he was putting his stuff into a (the) room, a good memory came up from into his mind. This was a very old (memory) one but he felt like it had happened during the last 2 weeks. They Together, we went to on a cruise by on a massive ship to a small island just she and I together. It was a nice holiday and I almost allowed to myself to relax and enjoy this beautiful trip but due to my bad behaviore behavior I screwed up the whole trip. This memory was bugging me at all night. I couldn't sleep. I had been thinking about my past. What am I supposed to do now? I have left everything behind me, the only person who I loved so much, and who I still love.
These dark thoughts dragged me down to my most scariest dream: that I will be alone. I quickly quit these thoughts and I drove back to my home. I dug out the true (truth or true love??) of my life(and now I know that) I want to be with her.
In the last sentence it is unclear if you mean you "dug out the truth of my life" or "dug out the true love of my life."0 votedJanuary 30, 20166
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