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Hi everybody! My name is Andrei. I am from Belarus (that is in Eastern Europe) and we speak 99% Russian here. I am a software developer and I use English in my daily work. But it isn't the only reason why I learn English. I like English, that is the main reason! I like writing/chatting as well as speaking in English. I also love watching youtube videos in English. I am here to find English-speaking friends who would thoroughly correct all my mistakes and explain things. Because I want to make my English just perfect! I would also love to help somebody in learning Russian. My Russian is very good, sometimes I even correct my Russian-speaking friends, haha =) I also know a little German. I like it too, and I don't learn it only due to lack of need and time. Maybe next after making perfect in English =) I am interested in fundamental and popular sciences (cosmos/physics/math/biology/chemistry), IT, free software, artificial intelligence, robotics, FPS games and science fiction. I am a "friendly vegetarian/vegan", which means I don't impose veganism to strangers =) Besides, I am also concerned about mass weapon equipment threats, global ecology and healthy lifestyle. I like many styles of music, from instrumental and ambient to IDM and industrial metal. Two elder blood brothers of mine perform music using several different music instruments, as well as produce and sell some instruments too. I like to spend my free time with my lovely wife. We go to cinemas and restaurants, walk outside, invite guests and so on.
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    I just wonder where do you find these tricky sentences? =)
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    July 13, 2015
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    Great answers, thank you both!
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    July 13, 2015
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    Рассчитываться = to pay back "Дай мне 5 баксов, я с тобой расчитаюсь в понедельник" = "Give me 5 bucks, I'll pay you back on Monday" equivalent: "Дай мне 5 баксов, я их тебе верну в понедельник" = "Give me 5 bucks, I'll return them on Monday" Рассчитываться = мстить = to revenge. This is a bit metaphoric, revenge is called a pay back. Рассчитываться - платить по счетам, оплатить услугу или товар = to pay the bills, to pay for a service or a purchase. The root "счит" here derives from the noun "счёт" (bill). I would say, this is the main meaning of this word today. It sounds neutral and official, whereas the "pay back" or "revenge" meanings sound a bit more colloquial. "Официантка принесла счёт и я расчитался" = "The waitress brought the bill and I payed it" == also: "Официантка принесла счёт и я его оплатил". "Я расчитался с таксистом" = "I payed the taxi driver". Раcсчитываться = military order, count a line of people. Here the root "счит" derives from the noun "счёт" that means "counting" or "accounting". "Шеренга, на первый-второй рассчитайся!" = "Line, split by 1st and 2nd". "Шеренга, по порядку номеров рассчитайся!" = "Line, count!"
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    July 13, 2015
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    1. Продвинутая философия (advanced). Сложный раздел философии (a complex branch). Запутанная, мудрёная философия (complicated). If it is about a course, I'd say "У меня продвинутый курс философии", OR "у меня углубленный курс философии", OR "у меня расширенный (extended) курс философии". It is is about a difficult branch/topic that you're learning today, I'd say "я учу сложную тему по философии", OR "я сейчас прохожу сложный раздел философии". 2. "... в то время как на самом деле я имею в виду..." "... но на самом деле я хочу сказать, что ..." "Я обычно говорю что это простой тест, но подразумеваю что на самом деле он сложный". "Хотеть сказать" is a useful and pretty common phrase, it means "to mean something": "Я хочу сказать, это хороший вопрос!" = "I mean, this is a good question!" "Что ты хочешь сказать?" = "What do you mean?" == also equal to: "Что ты имеешь в виду?".
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    July 13, 2015
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    Baby vs child vs kid What are the differences between these 3 words? It appears like "baby" is a newborn to 2-3 years old or so, but not always. A "child" seems the same to me, but "children" sounds more general, perhaps from newborns to teenagers. And "kids" sounds even more general, like "Dirol kids" =) Besides, I noticed that "baby" refers to someone's own baby, whereas "kids" means minors in general, but I may be wrong. I also saw a father calling his kids saying exactly "kids!". Would you please clarify where I am correct or wrong, and what other differences I don't know about?
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    Thank you all!
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    July 10, 2015
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    Narrow vs thin, wide vs thick. What is the difference between narrow and thin? What is the difference between wide and thick? Is it that narrow and wide are used when about inside of an object (narrow corridor, wide road) and thin/thick are about the outside (thin film, thin paper, thick walls). Is this assumption correct, and are there any other differences? As far as I know, thin and thick may refer to a person, may not they?
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    Adopting children is a great idea.

    Like I said in a comment to another question of yours, adopting solves 3 problems:

    1 - You can give a family to orphan kids

    2 - You don't worry about the planet being over-crowded because of your descendants

    3 - You get a baby in your family without being pregnant

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    June 23, 2015
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    It depends on the couple of course.

    Some people want to have biological babies, others don't need them anxiously.

    There are couples who decide to stay child-free nowadays.
    Adopting children is a great idea too. Adopting solves 3 problems:

    1 - You can give a family to orphan kids

    2 - You don't worry about the planet being over-crowded because of your descendants

    3 - You get a baby in your family without being pregnant

     

    On the other hand, I heard that giving birth to a baby at least once is very important for women. Like it affects hormones or something, and it helps women to keep beauty and helth longer. I'm not a doctor and can't prove this statement though. And I also heard that women should better try to have a first baby by 30 years or so. I can't prove this statement either.

     

    I agree, this is very awkward when people around ask young married couples when they are going to have children. I hate it. It is not their business, we will have a baby when we decide to!

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    June 23, 2015
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    OK, why don't we see them all? Like I said, life origins can be spread far apart. An old school scientific assumption predicted roughly about 10 civilizations in our galaxy that are ready and willing to communicate. OK, our own radiowaves sphere has spread around the Earth for ~70-80 light years, since the times when home radio and TV started to gain popularity. And our galaxy is 100 thousand light years across. Our radio signals to the galaxy are like a pea to a gymnasium.

    And what if they don't use radiowaves? What if their technologies are much more developed? A few centuries ago the best way to communicate over far distance was a post pigeon. And today we have internet, mobile phones, satellite channels etc. What will we have after another couple of centuries? What if those aliens are so much developed that we can't neither understand, nor even notice them? Like you walk outside, and there's a rain-worm creeping on the ground. Do you establish a contact with this worm? Does it notice your appearence?

     

    Can advanced aliens be aggressive? I don't think so. I mean, animals can be aggressive as long as they are at a low evolutionary state. Like those dinosaurs, or even modern humans who still have wars and conflicts. And even we, humans, develop diplomacy and learn how to avoid conflicts today. But if you think of aliens who built spaceships and arrived to Earth, many light years away, you should accept that their society and technologies have solved all the food/energy/resources problems. Traveling light years in the space is a waaaay too big price for just tasting human flesh =)

    For those who is interested, I suggest the following topics as a further reading: Drake equation, Fermi paradox, SETI, and also this short video to begin with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZyVZBtP70

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    June 23, 2015
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