I could give you lots of synonyms from my generation, which you don't want to hear, because they're outdated. But I have six sons, your age or younger, and I could suggest two equivalent terms to "sweet!". Those would be "sick!" and "dope!". You could also try looking at "urban dictionary" for other suggestions, though I would caution you that a lot of the words found there might be too vulgar and even "too slangy" to consider. using. "Sick" is probably the best suggestion I have. Have fun! :)

Hi, "In American movie(s), all the heroes, at the beginning, they look like a 'bad guy'. (They have?) terrible things coming, (and later) they look like a hero. And finally, they all survived. (In) China, if you (had a movie with) heroes, all the hero(s) (would) die." To a native English speaker, he is quite understandable, and I think his English is impressive! However, I will now rewrite those sentences in more standard English, with more explanation, so that you can understand exactly the point he is trying to make when comparing the "optimism" of American movies with the "pessimism" of Chinese movies. <<In typical American movies, the main characters, at the beginning, look like failures, like "losers". Terrible things are always happening in their lives. But as the movie progresses, they do some good things, and by the end of the movie, they look like heroes. They look like people we can admire, like people we wouldwant to imitate. And the other point I would like to make, is that in American movies, the main characters always survive. They are still alive at the end of the movie. In China, if you had a movie with heroes, with likeable people who do good things, somewhere in the movie they would be killed. The heroes will not survive until the end of the movie, so when you leave the movie theater, you don't leave with such good, happy feelings as you do when you watch an American movie. Instead, you think to yourself, "Why would I want to be a hero myself? I'll just end up dead.>>

Hi, there is absolutely no difference in meaning between these two sentences. Both are good.

Hi Viktor, It would help to know a little more of the context behind this statement, which might change the translation from "determine" to "learn" to "decide", but I would probably suggest these two options: 1. It was up to me to determine the truth for myself. 2. I had to decide the truth for myself.

Hi, I can only speak for the American expressions. These are all correct, except for the last one. Americans would say either "Elijah has already returned from London", or perhaps more commonly, "Elijah is already back from London."

Hi Jeongmi, Of course there are many ways to say this, but here's a suggestion for you: 1. "Could I get change for a fifty please? Five tens would be great, thank you." 2. "Excuse me, I gave you a ten, but you only gave me change for a five." And if they don't immediately apologize and give you the other five, then you could follow up with "I'm certain that I handed you a ten. Could you please give me the remaining five dollars in change? Thanks."