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Feb 17, 2015
Grazie a te Ashley! Dimostri un appassionato impegno verso l'apprendimento della lingua e lezione dopo lezione vedo i tuoi progressi. Buon martedì
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Feb 8, 2015
Ashley sei molto brava e motivata. Grazie!
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    Something I wanted to buy

    When I was 11 years old I wanted to have a pair of rollerskates, but my parents couldn’t afford them. By the time I turned 16, I had saved some money. It was an enough amount to purchase them. I went to the store and chose the most beautiful ones. They were 40% off. I thought: “A day like this won’t come along again.” My parents didn’t want me to buy them, because I could get hurt, but in the end they agreed because I had gotten good grades at school. They helped me out with some money.


    is it correct? can I do it better? thanks!


    It's perfectly understandable English, but I added some more idiomatic phrases!

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    April 17, 2016
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    I have never heard "brothership" or "daughtership" as a native English speaker. "Brotherhood" is usually used figuratively, as in the phrase "the brotherhood of man." The suffixes -ship and -hood often mean the same thing, but they aren't used interchangeably; for example, it's parenthood, brotherhood, sisterhood, fatherhood, motherhood (the latter two describing the state of being a parent), but relationship.
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    April 17, 2016
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    Hi. "Precisely" and "exactly" can mean the same thing — they can be both literal and figurative, and affirmative, as in, "So that's how it really happened?" "Yes, exactly/precisely." "Accurately" describes the extent to which something has been done correctly. For example, "He described the scene accurately," but you would never use "accurately" to answer a question in the affirmative like you would "precisely" or "exactly."
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    April 17, 2016
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    It means that you are sick of it--that you're almost at the point where you can't stand it. It serves as a warning--"I've had just about enough of this" is essentially saying "this had better stop, or I'll be very angry."
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    February 28, 2015
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    You probably mean "blackguard," which is an old-fashioned way to say that someone is a villain, or a bad person. It's usually used only in fiction, especially by people like pirates.
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    February 21, 2015
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    To "bring up" means to raise, like raising a child. "Bringing Up Baby" is the name of a famous movie, and "Bringing Up Father" is probably a spoof on that.
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    February 21, 2015
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    February 21, 2015
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    Basically, you're right--as the memoirs appear during the narrative, each one shows the narrative through a different lens, giving a different perspective on the narrative (and, it seems, gives an alternative path for the narrative). A little more context would help, but I think you're on the right track!
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    February 1, 2015
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    Stare o essere Qual'è la differenza tra stare ed essere? Per esempio, è meglio dire "Stare con le persone mi fa stanca" o "Essere con le persone mi fa stanca?" Sembra che molte frase usano "stare" in italiano che usano "essere" in inglese; quindi, continuo a fare gli stessi errori. Grazie!
    January 30, 2015
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    I agree with the above. There is an onomatopoetic quality to them, though, which makes "shut" sound a bit more abrupt.
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    January 30, 2015
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