"Strain" could be a little bit negative- if you have a muscle strain, it is usually painful! To "stretch" your muscle is better.

To "immigrate" is to move to a country, usually permanently or for a long time. To "emigrate" is to leave a country, usually permanently or for a long time

It means "have got to do something"/ "must do something". For example "...gotta phone my mother" means "I have got to phone my mother". It is slang so it shouldn't really be used in written or formal English.

1. Without knowing what happened before she asked the question, it is impossible to say. Had he been using drugs before? 2."Correction appended" usually means a correction has been attached or added to the email, letter, article.

If somebody is "full of beans, it means they have a lot of energy.

I recommend my students to record themselves using their mobile phone (or other tools). They can record themselves answering questions, reading from an article or having a conversation. They can do this on their own or with a speaking partner and it helps them to get used to their own voice speaking English. This helps to remove the strangeness of hearing themselves speaking and should improve their self-confidence.

It is understandable but a better way to ask it would be: ''Hi____, would you like to have a chat one of these days?'' or "''Hi____, would you like to have a chat sometime?''