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I am perfectly willing to help anyone with their English regardless of their ability to exchange with me a language I would like to learn. Contact me if you need help and I am willing to give it provided it is within the realms of my abilities. Also if you do speak Mandarin, kindly contact me if you are willing to teach it to me. I understand conversational Mandarin but have little to no ability in speaking it.
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  • Answered
    Nearly no difference at all, in fact alright is suspected to be an incorrect contraction of all right that has just been absorbed into modern usage. Most of the time they can be used interchangeably where alright is used in conversation and informal writing.
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    June 5, 2015
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    Practice is the best way.

     

    You can try reading a book and then recording yourself to play back.

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    June 2, 2015
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    That's probably not true since I have met people from China on italki with Skype.

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    June 2, 2015
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    Get Skype?

     

    It's free and not very resource intensive. You can even get it on your smartphone if you have one.

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    June 2, 2015
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    Go to the language partner tab and search for someone who speaks English and would like to learn Chinese. Message the person and exchange Skype contacts. Talk to that person for practise. 

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    June 2, 2015
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    I come from a multi cultura background so there's no standard.

     

    I'm particular to pastries and the typical English breakfast myself. Most of my family would rather go for soup noodles.

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    June 2, 2015
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    In the middle of Bioshock 2 but the original Bioshock was better.

     

    Only ever player Persona 4 but really enjoyed it. Wish it was less of a dating simulator though.

     

    Big fan of Final Fantasy and older Japanese RPGs.

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    June 2, 2015
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  • Answered
    You should also know "belly up" is used to refer to someone/something dying usually in aquatic situations. It refers to how when fish die, they flop over "belly up" and float to the top.
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    June 2, 2015
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    It means that the information should have been used as the basis for political decisions a long time before now. Also interchangeable with "past due". e.g "This information is absolutely essential and past it's due as the basis for political decisions."
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    June 2, 2015
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    "by accident" usually denotes a mistake or something negative. e.g "I spilled a bottle of beer by accident." "by chance" usually used for something positive. e.g "I found a dollar bill by chance on the road." You can use "by chance" and "come across" nearly interchangeably when referring to people. e.g "By chance I met Jeff in the mart yesterday" or "I came across Jeff in the mart yesterday". However it becomes odd when you use "come across" when referring to certain objects, e.g don't use "I come across a dollar on the road".
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    June 2, 2015
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