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I am a native English speaker, who was born and lives in the southern United States. I would like to communicate with native German speakers improve my conversational German. I believe my accent is somewhat neutral for a Southerner, though I can and do have more of a strong accent at times. I am a married, over-50 Christian man. I have a doctoral level education. I am interested in politics, reading, classical music, musical theater, among other things. Although I studied German language while in college, I never became fluent. I still consider myself a beginner and hope to improve my language proficiency.
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    The lowest hanging fruit are the easiest ones on the tree to pick. So they mean the "easiest to achieve". Up or down simply means "Yes" or "No" vote. You could imagine that the presiding office say "All those voting YES, please stand"
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    December 13, 2014
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    I agree. It seems that the author is not just providing facts in this nonfiction work, but is talking directly to the reader with a wink or a grin. That is something we often see among writer's of children's books, but it is out of place, IMO, in non-fiction.
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    December 8, 2014
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    Monica, you make some good points. It seems to be very common to state our age, gender, nationality in this situation. Are those the most imporant things about us? I would say "no". Certainly they are not the most important things about me. I would list other things, such as, being a husband and a father, my occupation, my political or religious beliefs, all of which are important.

     

    I have been surprised to find, as I have reconnected with (through social media) people that grew up  with me in the same commnunity, some that I have not seen in over 30 years, that many have very similar political, religious and social beliefs. This is not ALWAYS the case, but is generally true. It is not because when were "friends" growing up, or were in all the same classes at school, or even went to the same church. But it IS becuase we "came from" (as we say) the same town and had similar life experiences. So if someone grew up in the same town or area that I did, there is a good chance that they have very similar beliefs to what I have.

     

    But since this site is here help people with their language skills, then a general description of where someone comes from is helpful. If you want to have or avoid a particular dialect or accent, it is helpful to know what there person uses that you may be speaking with. 

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    December 5, 2014
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    SINCE the temperature WAS falling so rapidly, we couldn’t go on with the experiment.
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    December 5, 2014
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    What do you guys think about working in big cities like New York or Beijing?
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    December 5, 2014
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    I do not think that your friend is correct.
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    December 5, 2014
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    Yes, you are correct. Covered.
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    December 5, 2014
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    It is difficult to be sure based on this short passage, but Lev's bright light seems on mean the person/thing/idea that he looked to for guidance. If is said "Roosevelt's light", I think yes, it would mean his life or spirit left his body. I believe the "shirtsleeves" comment suggests a person or a nation, in this case, that has "taken off their coat" and went to work or prepared to work. You sometimes also hear the phrase "roll up your sleeves", which suggests the same; that is, getting ready for hard work.
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    December 5, 2014
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    In common American English, I think both 1 and 2 sound fine. Someone can possibly give a reason why #1 is not correct, but I do not know the reason. Also #2 sounds a more formal or stiff.
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    December 5, 2014
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    I want to tell my friend that the city I will be living in is 1 hr away by car from Toronto. << is correct So if someone askes you how long your city is from another city. Would you tell him this way? So if someone asks you how far your city is from another city... or So if someone asks you how long it takes to travel from another city to yours... Finally, I would simply tell him. I will be living 60 miles or about 1 hour away.
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    December 5, 2014
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