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I'm from the US. I like to learn things, read, draw, play video games, and lots of other things. I'm learning a language because I love languages and being able to talk with people from different cultures about what their life is like! I'm looking for people to talk to that can help me practice their languages and share stories about their lives.
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    "Better off" is a phrase in English that uses off very differently than what it would mean on its own. To be "well off" means to be rich or from a wealthy family. So "better off" is often a comparison between the money you had in the past and now, or the money you have in comparison to someone else. But it can also mean that you're in a better situation other ways, too. Like if you break up with someone who was not a good partner you can be "better off without them". The phrase also has an opposite - "worse off" - meaning you're in a worse situation than you were previously.
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    May 30, 2017
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    I'm not sure the actual grammatical reason, but "devoted" is almost always followed by "to" in a sentence. 99% of the time you will use "devoted to" + ___ing. Maybe 1% of the time you will use "devoted in" instead, but it's pretty uncommon.
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    April 21, 2017
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    I love music.

    My favourite thing during my leisure time is listening to music. Also, I love singing, as well. Saying "also" and "as well" is repetitive because here they mean the same thing. 
    I love hip hop best. And Macklemore is my current favourite artist. I like his uplifting lyrics and flow so much. And I can listen to his songs all day long.
    But there is one thing that makes me a bit unhappy and lonely. There are no friends or people around me that like him or even hip hop music. I can't communicate with anyone.

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    July 5, 2016
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    I need  to learn more! I was removed from a pre-intermediate class... I have a lot of difficulties with English grammar. Because of that, I will repeat another semester in an English course. Someone know what to do for practicing grammar ? I was very sad about this.


    Like Michael said: read, write, study, listen, speak. Be consistent. Keep working and ask for help when you need it and you'll get there.

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    July 5, 2016
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    "Don't punk out on me" usually means that someone is going to renege or back out on what they agreed to do because they're scared. A scenario might be two friends going to a haunted house. One says something like, "come on. Let's go," and the second person might show some sign of being scared or like they're going to run away and the first person says, "don't punk out on me." Another phrase that's similar would be to "chicken out."
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    June 17, 2015
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    I use "lernu.net" for the basics and then supplement the vocabulary with courses on memrise and a book that I got from my local library called "beginner's Esperanto" that is kind of old, but really useful.
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    May 31, 2015
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    The future

    The best carrer career is medicine because the [you can say "the doctors" but "the" is a definite article that refers to SPECIFICS. Since you're refering to doctors in general, I'd leave it out] doctors are importants for the [see previous note.] elderly people. The jobs with other carrer careers are very difficult because many people have the same degree. I am pesimistic about the future. I think that people in south Europe have studied a lot, but they work in differents jobs that than OR than what they had studied at university.
    My example is typical. I was studing studying a lot for becoming a teacher, but there are many teachers without a job [without A job or without jobS -either are correct]. I studied more with for a master's [degree], but I am working in nursery school, with which is lucky because I worked in the a summer camp and the boss prefered refered me for a position at her nursery school. I have oposition in public education, but also I have languages for the future. I hope that my hours studing studying will be very good [good isn't wrong, but it'd be better to use a word that is more descriptive like "helpful" or "useful"].

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    May 31, 2015
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    It refers to the previous sentence where he was talking about "dismissing you from your government post." "That's what happens now" in this passage means that if he chooses "not to deny the associations" he will be dismissed from his government post right at that moment.
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    May 29, 2015
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    "Precarious" can mean uncertain, risky, insecure, and dependent on chance. A "precarious business" can imply that the job is dangerous, but I think here it's referring more to the fact that the job has a lot of aspects that are hard to balance. He's talking about getting information and using that information while also protecting the people that supply the information. He has a lot of things to juggle and coordinate that could come crashing down at any moment and destroy the whole business.
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    May 29, 2015
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    To "make your point" means that you convey your meaning or you succeed in getting someone else to see your point of view. To make a difficult point could refer to making a point that is difficult to understand or defend against. In this passage, I think "difficult" could be describing how the man speaking felt about the point. As in, he found it difficult to deal with or to understand.
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    May 29, 2015
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