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    Hazard is commonly used in a narrower, more specific sense. You can normally identify a hazard (threat, source of danger), and use of the word might be encountered in some settings more than others. For example, petrochemical refineries might store hazardous chemicals like H2SO4. Or while driving on a mountain road you might observe signs that call your attention to the hazard of rockslides. I think hazard is more often used when there is a risk to your (or the public's) safety. Risk is a far more general term. Hazards are risks of a kind, but not all risks may be called hazards. While it is a risk of driving on a mountain road that your car may be struck by falling rocks in a rockslide, it is also a risk that you run out of gasoline or petrol, becoming stranded. Running out of gas is a risk, but not a hazard. A risk is an unwanted outcome, usually something you want to avoid or plan to prevent. Insurance carriers offer insurance against risks (auto collision, fire, hospital care, etc.), businesses manage risks (what if our product isn't ready for the Christmas sales season, or our film goes over-budget?), and entrepreneurs take risks (is it a good time to start a locksmith shop in this city?).
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    September 9, 2017
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    I would also recommend Deutsche Welle's online German courses and podcasts, many of which

    * Warum nicht?
    * Radio D
    * Audiotrainer

    appear to have Chinese-German versions available (I just confirmed I could download an MP3 of the Chinese-German version of the first episode of Warum nicht? from the RSS feed)

    http://www.dw.com/zh/%E5%BE%B7%E8%AF%AD%E5%A4%A9%E5%9C%B0/%E5%BE%B7%E8%AF%AD%E5%9F%B9%E8%AE%AD/s-2583?&zhongwen=trad

    (if that URL doesn't work, just go to their main www.dw.com site and select Chinese from the "DW in 30 languages" link in the upper-right hand portion of the screen, then look for Learning German at the bottom of the screen when DW comes up in Chinese for you.)

    If you're hiding your language learning from your parents, be careful not to leave tracks in your browser history and clean-up any cookies from these websites. Use incognito mode, if you can.

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    April 8, 2017
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    It is almost certainly an acronym related to fitness or nutrition. Casual writers will sometimes not capitalize the letters of an acronym. My best guess (after doing some Google searches) is that he means men who do "super-set workouts" or something like the "Spartacus workout," either of which could be abbreviated as SW and fit the context of his statement. The implication the author is making is that Adam Raw doesn't risk injuring himself because he routinely does super-sets as part of his regular workout regimen, so perhaps his body can tolerate the strain [1]. Super-sets are a practice of transitioning to different weight-training exercises without rest between the individual sets. [1] This is an opinion, and you should not take it as appropriate weight-training advice for yourself. The conventional wisdom is to always consult your own personal physician/doctor about your planned exercise program, and it's suitability for your health and fitness.
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    April 8, 2017
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    Shades of meaning with nicht-negation in Deutsch ? I have this sentence, Die Studenten sitzen im Lesesaal. (The students sit in the reading area.) I'm trying to apply the rules for nicht-negation. I believe the relevant rules are: 1. When a verb is being negated, the nicht follows after the conjugated verb. 2. When an adverbial describing place (or time) is being negated, the nicht follows after the adverbial describing place (or time). So if I am negating the verb, I get Die Studenten sitzen NICHT im Lesesaal. (The students are not sitting (verb negated), although the students are in the reading area. (that they are in the reading area, remains a positive statement).) If I instead negate the place. Die Studenten sitzen im Lesesaal NICHT. (The students are sitting, but wherever they may sit, it's not in the reading area.) Are these correct meanings for these negations? (I've added words to the translation, since I need more words in English to clarify the meaning I'm thinking of.) Subtle yet profound? or over-analysed?
    April 8, 2017
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    The word "penalty" is a noun meaning "a punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract." The word "tax" is a noun meaning "a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government." The government wants all Americans to have health insurance coverage. In this case, it incentivizes Americans to have health coverage by imposing a penalty on their tax returns if they are not covered by a health insurance plan. An American can avoid this penalty by complying with the law, and obtaining coverage. (The law also requires health insurance companies to offer everybody coverage at an "affordable" price, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions for which people used to be denied coverage at any price.) Since the penalty is of a financial nature, it increases the taxpayer's effective tax liability that they owe to the government (or reduces their refund). The government has the right in the Constitution to levy taxes, but it's rights to impose penalties on citizens are more limited by the checks-and-balances of the three branches of government (in this case, judicial review by the Supreme Court of a law enacted by Congress and signed by the President). Advocates wanting to repeal (revoke, cancel) this universal health coverage law (and its associated incentive/penalty) wanted to make the point at the Supreme Court that it imposes a "penalty." The government's argument defending the law was that the penalty is really a tax, which is something the government is allowed to do. The Supreme Court agreed 5-4 that it is more a "tax" than a "penalty," so the law stands.
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    August 14, 2015
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    "The other café" is a fine way to refer to a single café that is different from a café you were speaking about earlier. "Other" contrasts this one, specific café from an earlier café. "Other cafés" is what you would use if you had previously spoken about a café, and now you want to speak about numerous cafés which are different from that first café. "Another café" is again speaking about a singular café, and contrasts it with an earlier café you were speaking about. When you use "another," you are free to contrast more cafes later on. It is like a chain. I like the McDonalds café, but another café by the French Villa is also nice to sit outside on a summer afternoon, then there is another café which I find expensive by the church on the corner, etc. "The another café" is incorrect, and would never be used. It combines "The" which is the definite article, with the indefinite article implied by "an-other" so it is like saying 'The an <something>" which is always going to be wrong.
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    August 14, 2015
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    It's an expression: it is kind of a challenge to you to supply him with a price quote or something so that your organization is in contention for their purchase order. It goes back to old sporting events, where people interested in taking up a challenge or betting on the outcome might throw their hats into a "ring" (a boxing ring, something like a corral or fenced-in area). For example, in the US presidential primary elections, we have presidential candidates who "throw their hats into the ring" by announcing their candidacy. A costly, protracted election campaign is usually what follows.
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    August 14, 2015
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    I would agree it is a poorly-crafted English sentence. You can try breaking it down into phrases that you can understand. Once you do that, I think you will find there is only one meaning that makes sense. "These studios ..." we're talking about several studios mentioned earlier, perhaps movie or music studios. "... have also shown that ..." the studios are demonstrating something (also implies they are doing this again, for another time) "... all it takes for someone to stand her ground ..." somebody that we are talking about (a woman) has "stood her ground" meaning she is not surrendering to the pressure from others. This is related to the idiomatic expression: "She is making a stand." "... on what she knows is right ..." this woman has some fundamental beliefs (moral or ethical), some convictions she will not sacrifice. "... is for one other peer to join her." The reason being given for why this woman was able to withstand the pressures upon her against what her own moral/ethical beliefs of what is "right" were is that "one other peer" (that is, somebody else besides her) has joined her, agrees with her, stands by her side.
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    August 14, 2015
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    There are many excellent reasons to learn any language. I think most people learn another language because they need or want to communicate with friends, family members or business partners from that country. It is also important if the learner wishes to study and better understand the culture (arts, music, cuisine, etc.) of that country. In the case of US-Japan there are certainly close business ties, tourism, and there are perhaps many Americans interested in Japanese culture (martial arts like karate, judo, aikido; anime and manga; sushi; etc.) that might motivate a passion for learning the language. I am taking your question to be about native "American English" speakers learning Japanese--as opposed to "native Americans" learning Japanese. A "native American" is someone whose ancestors were indigenous to and lived in America prior to its discovery and colonization by Europeans in the 15th-19th centuries. This is a much smaller population that native "American English" speakers.
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    August 14, 2015
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    In this sentence it is a noun meaning "an allotted place in an arrangement, sequence, ranking or schedule." Watch Me must have been in fifth-place, and has done something to advance to third-place (moving up in the rankings by two "slots"). For example, in a contest (like a car race) the contestants are ranked by a leaderboard such that the winner is in first-place, the runner-up is in second-place, and so on. A race car driver in fifth-place that passes two other cars can then be said to have "jumped two slots" in the race standings to third-place.
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    August 14, 2015
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