Some question about daily communication(Need you help！^ ^)

A few days ago, I chatted with a Canadian. When we finished/ended complete communication, he pointed out a questioned in my word choice. But I was really confuseding. Therefore, I ask for your assistance assistant.

He said when I was speaking, I always used a phrase "I guess you mean....". It made him feel be offended. They never use this expression method......

Actually, I just wanted to explain that I wasn't didn't sure what he said, and showed my own understanding of his words. I don't know what offend him till now.

Is he too tough? Or did Do I make a mistake in this phrase? Hope you give me some advice. > <

My answer:

That phrase might bother me too, but I probably wouldn't be offend. "I guess you mean..." sounds like you are correcting him. Or telling him what he thinks, or what he meant to say.

Try using a question instead "Did you say...?" or "Does that mean...?"

Hair Salon

I went to the hair salon 2 days ago .

A beautician dyed has my hair in a the nice color.

I like this color very much.

I like the hair salon .

Because a beautician styled has my hair nicely, like a magic.

What color did you choose? I like orange-red (like copper) myself.

Stand someone up

I was listening to a song called "Another Day" by Paul McCartney
And a phrase caught my attention
"Don't stand her up".  I didn't know what it means, so I did some searches - and I found that means to leave fail with someone waiting. Like a guy on in his first date, and he does not arrive appears .- He left let that girl waiting for him, alone in the restaurant. So that guy "stood stand her up"
Well... At least that's what I i understand, I hope it is right.

It is correct! It's often used for dating, as Elizabeth mentioned. However, I'd say it can be used for any meeting, but it's a very informal expression. I've definitely used the expression when talking about a "no show" that I was angry about. Might be a difference in UK and US usage.

Yes, it makes sense and I could hear an American saying it. I agree with Hannah's comment above. Depending on what kind of dialog you are writing, it might not be the first thing I'd say. It is a pretty strong endorsement, like what Hugh describes.

[ A Serbian friend of mine came to Kyoto79 ]

Would you mind correcting my essay? If you were me, how would
you go about writing it?
Which part should I describe with details? I hope my explanations are clear. I hope you can understand.

(Part-Five)

A mMy friend and I stopped by a nice atmosphere old Japanese cafe with an older atmosphere. The cafe is located near the exit of Kiyomizu temples sites. [Or, if the cafe is attached to the temple, you'd say: The cafe is located at the exit of the Kiyomizu temple.]

There were several red carpets and cushions laid on the stands. There were small folding type tables on the stands. The cafe waitress wore habitual traditional uniforms.

We were pretty thirsty. ThenSo, we ordered two green-teas on ice, flavored crunch rushed ice mixed with condensed milk. I knew that was good. [Not sure what you meant with "crunch rushed ice mixed". Or maybe shaved ice?]

We didn't talk while drinking dulling our eating these. It was amazing. He agreed with me that the drink had a good tastethese nice tastes. The cafe serves natural ice is because it is of soft and so impressive. [Not sure what natural ice is]

#1: She's never been a single mom. Note: At some point, she would have been single--so that doesn't make sense. But calling out that she's not a mother is a bit harsh/rude. #2: Can't think of a specific rule around it, but here's what would be natural choices: 2nd: "He left and went to play" Both are same and correct: "He finished eating and went to watch TV" x "He finished eating and went to watch TV" 1st: "He left me here to go read" 1st: "I want to come play" (You can say "I've come to play" or "He's come to play" if you want to emphasize or challenge the person you're talking to)

Sentences

When I was in at school, I hated studying to study neologisms.

In the age of Internet, have gone appearing made-up words appear all the in each time.

Entering into at Oxford University is very complex.

I also didn't know what neologism was

yellow = change

blue = OK, but this would be more natural

A woman who is currently much talked about a lot these days in Japan

The woman was born and raised in America, but her parents are Japanese. After she graduated from Brown and Harvard University, she worked as an intern in the office of the former President Clinton, and then or Interpol. ("or" would mean one or the other, and I'm assuming you meant that she worked for both)

Furthermore, she passed an employment tests of CIA and FBI. (Do you know that the CIA's employment test takes two years because they do an employees' background check?) The FBI gives prospective employees a lie detector test again right before they enter the FBI. She had already taken this kind of test many times, but she failed it with this question "Have you ever taken illegal drugs?" She was disappointed at the this fact that this question was the detector test considered the most important as the highest quality was failed. (I'm making an assumption about what the last sentence was saying. Sorry if this was not what you meant to say)

Isn't this scary? This result means that it has the potential to generate false accusation. (Not sure what you mean here. Do you mean that the question might force people to lie? Did she fail because she lied or because she answered yes? I do know that they will turn people away who answer yes, even if that means they pass the lie detector test.)

She wanted to eradicate terrorists to make the world peaceful, but after this eventaccident, her passion was gone. She and decided to do the same thing by becoming a COMEDIANCOMEDIENNE instead!! I really respect her high ambition, but I think she is not cut out to be a comedian because nobody was laughing at her performance…

I tried to find out who this was. Is this Reina? I haven't heard her routine.

Green = notes

Blue = It was OK, I just thought it would sound more natural like this

Yellow = change