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Hi, I'm Alison, a secondary school English teacher in London. I am looking to learn a second language as a challenge - I think being a student myself will help me to be a better teacher for my own students, and I always found learning languages difficult at school. On italki I'm looking for a route into Spanish that will give me a functional understanding of the language.
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    In most contexts there is no difference. 'There was a brief pause' = 'There was a short pause' However, sometimes 'brief' means a shorter length of time than 'short'. 'She gave him a brief glance' is a bit different from 'She gave him a short look'.
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    July 4, 2015
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    The first part of your question relates to 'prepositions'. The meanings are subtle but different. A beautiful lady *in* (= located on/in) the world. A beautiful lady *of* (= comes from) the world. 'Person' would be grammatically correct, but sounds more general. We don't know what gender the person is.
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    July 4, 2015
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    ¿Por qué estás aprendiendo otro idioma? Estoy aprendiendo español porque sólo habol un idioma ahora, pero creo que es mejor hablar dos idiomas. Me voy de vacaciones a Barcelona, y cuando me voy de vacaciones que quiero ser capaz de hablar el idioma del pais. También... Yo trabajo como profesora, pero a veceses bueno para ser un estudiante.
    July 2, 2015
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    London is very expensive, but there are other places in the UK you could stay!

    I originally come from Manchester, which is an interesting city and much more affordable to live in.

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    July 2, 2015
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