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Hi, I am a born and bred Edinburgh boy with a passion for languages. I learned French at school many moons ago and have been learning Spanish for the last 6 years. I have been learning Italian since 2015 and I love it, simply put. I need the input of dedicated teachers to bring my level up.
I work in Glasgow as a film editor for television documentaries for people like the BBC and as for my character, I am patient and encouraging, but I am also often busy so my availability varies.
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- Isola dei Cani Isle of Dogs è un film di Wes Anderson che ho appena visto. Il film è molto interessante alle persone che sa bene il comportamento furbo del cane. È troppo lungo, certo, e il copione era complicatissimo. Si avesse capito tutto, complimenti! Ma generalmente le opere di Anderson mi trovano troppo “twee”, “affected”, “arch”, “overripe” e qualche volta “tiresome”..ma come si dice queste parole in italiano? A proposito devo dire che “Grand Budapest Hotel “ mi è piaciuto [emoji][emoji]♂️April 24, 201840
- L'Iliade in Scozia Due giorni fa sono andato con il mio amico al Teatro Lyceum in Edinburgo per vedere uno spettacolo di teatro. Era un adattamento della storia della guerra di Troia, scritto per Homer, il poeta greco antico. Questa adattamento era molto bene, potente e violento- perché la storia, come ha detto all'inizio dello spettacolo, è una storia di rabbia- principalmente quella di Achille, il guerriero greco invincibile. Ma certo non abbiamo visto la violenza sul palco, invece abbiamo sentito delle azione violente che stava succendo fuori del palco, come si fa nel teatro greco antico. Nonostante il uomo che ha recitato il ruolo di Achille era molto bene. Era arrabiato nel sua vendettaMay 13, 201670
Saturday evening
Good morning everyone
Cycling is my passion, in particular I like to go mountain biking
In the summertime I can start mountain-biking (MTB) from 6pm when I finish work until 8pm ....
Last Saturday evening I went mountain-biking with my friends. We went to Massa Marittima a great place for lovers of MTB. We did many km and I was very tired.
We had a lot of fun
Thanks0 votedApril 4, 20160- ...He start to study italian grammar among alongside Brunetto Latini ( then putted who was later placed by Dante in inferno in the sodomy circle) after he beginning Later he began to have new friends that who studied the style of Dolce Still Novo.
This same poet comes to add new manners yo methods and styles of writing about Love.
In fact Dante saw Love for a woman, like as a safety secure entry for the spirit for into heaven because woman is an angel.
He married Gemma Donati, from the family family donati knowed well-known in Florence like as the leader of the Black Guelphs. For Dante this wasn't good because he was favourable to the white Guelph faction. However Dante became a prior with political power and he started to do peace ambassery. work as a peace ambassador. One time he went to the Pope for to request a peace between spiritual and temporal powers but Pope Bonifacio VIII with a stratagem let had a strategy to keep Dante stay on in Rome while Carlo di Valois seiged put Florence under siege and to gift it to the black Guelph faction.
Then began Dante's exile and he went from court to court among mecenates(?) and wrote his best chef d'oeuvre masterpieces, such as Convivio, Rime, De vulgari eloquentia etc..0 votedMarch 7, 20160 Losing Isaiah - My Review
Losing Isaiah - My Review
I have just finished watching this movie (of course in the original English language). The story is about a young black junkie young woman who gives birth to a baby. The night she gave birth to the baby she badly needed a hit of crack, she didn’t know what she was doing so she threw the baby in the garbage and then got herself stoned. The next morning she tried to search for the baby, but he had already been taken to the hospital. Later, the baby is adopted by a well-off white family and the foster mother was among the first people to take care of the child when his life was in danger, since she worked in the hospital. After three years, the real mother claims the child back, taking the white foster mother to court. The movie poses an interesting racial issue, and we see during the trail the two lawyers (both of whom are Afro-American) of the opposite parties arguing about which family would be best for the child: a white affluent family or his real black nearly-broke mother? The black woman’s lawyer try tries to make a point about the need the child has to know his origins, and to be raised by “his people” (blacks). The ending is stirring and I think it is a very good movie, with the brilliant Jessica Lange as the foster mother. I found the movie quite easy to understand, even though the black mother spoke in a very bad English (I ain’t got no 300 dollars for tha' rent… just to give an example) and with a strong ebonic black accent. Although, as usual, I missed some words, that did not hinder my fully understanding about what was going on. I will look further into this issue, I’m very keen to know what the American law might really says, but I guess’ll guess it'll be a difficult task, since every states will surely have many different laws regarding this matter.0 votedMarch 7, 20162Monday
I woke up early this morning, I walked my dog, made breakfast and then I went to work.
It will be a busy day for me but I am ready.
Yesterday I and my girl and I went to viareggio, there was a carnival but it has been stop was stopped (or cancelled) for due to bad weather. It will be postponed to next week.
Please help me to correct this written
Thanks0 votedMarch 7, 20161

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