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EFL teacher with over four years' experience having worked in Russia, Brazil and China. Graduated with a degree in French, Spanish and Russian. Will offer my services as an English teacher on here at some point but for now just trying to make sure I don't forget all the Chinese I learnt in Chengdu!
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    1. It's not a verb form. It's simply an example of an infinitive + an object pronoun which is what you can do in Spanish. In this case it's hablar + os -----> "hablaros" as the speaker is talking to a group of people: "...que vosotros....." 2. "Descubierto" means "discovered." Then you need to see the next phrase as a whole phrase i.e. "hace relativamente poco" which I think is referring to the fact that the "discovery" was made a short time ago. 3. "That I am sure" although you may also see "estoy seguro" 4. Correct, yeah
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    I suppose it could be both but I'd say you'd assume it was a doctor talking to a patient. There are words like grade/score/mark/percentage that could make it more specific to a test that a student might do and I think a teacher would probably use the past tense in that context.
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    October 17, 2016
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    Q1: Those questions are just fine and that's what we'd say. Q2: I'd need more context but we give something away when we don't want something like old clothes maybe or it could be some kind of offer/promotion where things are being offered to people for free Q3: "I'm just going to put in....." We can use "get" i.e. "I need to get some gas" but we wouldn't really use it if we're already at the gas station. Q4: "Are you terrified of heights?" But your suggested answers don't really make sense to me.
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    October 17, 2016
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    Transport plane

    Could you correct me, please?

    Firstly, travelling by plane has many advantages. There aren´t any stressful traffic jams, flight attendants are always friendly and planes are fast and comfortable. A plane ticket/Plane tickets can also/Furthermore, a plane ticket/plane tickets can be purchased by telephone or on the internet.
    In spite of many advantages, air transport has a number of disadvantages. For instance,  tickets are too expensive, planes have the reputation of being dangerous and flights are controlled by weather conditions.
    Despite these disadvantages, I prefer travelling by car because it is cheap and I can drive by myself.


    Good little argument but just be careful with your countable nouns when you're making general statements i.e. no need for "the"/use the plural form. I also don't think you need to introduce an argument with a colon. 

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    October 11, 2016
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    Just to offer something and specifically a correction for your first sentence then bear in mind that French works differently from English in that particular structure as the present simple would be used in French: 

    Je ne parle pas français depuis longtemps.   vs  Je n'ai parlé pas en Francais pendant une longue fois. 


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    October 9, 2016
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    I'm European but Brazil just holds more of an appeal to me as a destination so I wanted to go there to learn my Portugese. That said, I probably would've chosen to go to Brazil regardless of what language they speak there. I do prefer the sound and flow of Brazilian Portuguese though. European Portuguese doesn't sound as nice to my ear. It sounds a bit harsh and can even sound like a Slavic language at times. 

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    October 6, 2016
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    Nothing really wrong with this to be honest. "However, the theatre and opera predominate in that place" doesn't sound that natural but I dot  have the orignal text.



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    Could you correct me, please?

    Bellas Artes promises dance, music, visual arts, architecture and literature. The palace contains a large theatre, a museum of popular arts, a concert hall and galleries for paintings, sculptures and photography. However, the theatre and opera predominate in that place. If you are able to see a performance, you will be rewarded with a chance to enjoy the interior decoration and enormous murals.
    Finally, a trip to that place is awesome so take your time to enjoy everything Bellas Artes has to offer.
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    October 4, 2016
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    But like Catalan, Tibetan is a language and not a dialect. I haven't got a definition on me but languages and dialects aren't the same. There might be a crossover but they're not the same. Thinking about China, Tibetan and Uighur, for example, are languages whereas say, Sichuanhua is a dialect.
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    September 30, 2016
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