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My name is Rachael. I love learning languages and hope to be a polyglot someday, learning about different cultures. I hope we can help each other.Thank you. Have a nice day :)
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    Commonly Used British slang and phrases. Hi everyone, I haven't written a post related to English learning for a while. So today, here is a list of currently used British slang/phrases and their meanings. Please feel free to share your thoughts and contributions. In no particular order: Ace, mint, fire, lit- (someone/something that is very cool or awesome). Slay, Snatched - (To be fashionable/ look trendy). Fit, peng, lush- (Physically attractive, pleasant to the eye, enticing). Lewk- (fashionable, trendy). General phrases: "Bob's your uncle"- ( There you go, there you have it, Voila, "Taa daa"). "Spill the beans/ tea"- (share the gossip/latest news). "Hate to see it"- (A phrase that can be used in reaction to a sticky situation, something cringe- worthy). Throw shade- (to criticize, insult someone, or confront the situation with someone in a subtle way- without being obvious). "Pear shaped"- (When things go wrong, bad fortune). PART 2 coming up 😁
    April 23, 2020
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    이 문 세- 사랑은 늘 도만가 (Lee Moon Sae- Love always runs away). 눈물이 난다 이 길을 거르먼, 그사람 송길이 삭쿠 생가기 난다. 봍잡지 뫁하고 가슴만 떠렀지 내 아름답던 사람아. 사랑일안게 참쓸인 거덜아 잡을여 할술옥 더 멀어 지덜아 입열일인게 참쉬운 거둘아 내 있지 뫁알 사람아. 사랑아 왜 돔앙가 숮웁은 아잋얼엄, 행여 노합얼일깝와 꼭 움겆위짐안 글이움이 쪼차 살앙은 늘 돔앙가 잠시 쉬어감연 좋을텐데. I really like this song. Clara Hong covered this song on her journey in Superstar K and I thought she performed it beautifully.The lyrics are so touching so I thought I'd share it with all my Korean friends. Please make corrections as appropriate Thank you :) 발암이 분다 옷기슬 세워도, 착아운 입열위 눈물이 차올라 잇지 뫁애써 갓음에 삼웇인 내 소중햇던 사람아. 사랑아 왜 돔앙가 숮웁은 아잋얼엄, 행여 노합얼일깝와 꼭 움겆위짐안 글이움이 쪼차 살앙은 늘 돔앙가 잠시 쉬어감연 좋을텐데. 기달임도 앹애움도 다 버려얀은데, 무얼차자 익일을 서성일까. 무얼차자 역일인나. 사랑아 왜 돔앙가 숮웁은 아잋얼엄, 행여 노합얼일깝와 꼭 움겆위짐안 글이움이 쪼차 살앙은 늘 돔앙가 잠시 쉬어감연 좋을텐데. 잠시 쉬어감연 좋을텐데.... Romanized version: 무얼찾아 이길을 서성일까 무얼찾아 여길있나 사랑아 왜 도망가 수줍은 아이처럼 행여 놓아버릴까봐 꼭 움켜쥐지만 그림움이 쫒아 사랑은 늘 도망가 잠시 쉬어가면 좋을텐데 잠시 쉬어가면 좋을텐데 romanization nunmuri nanda i gireul georeumyeon geusaram songiri jakku saenggagi nanda butjapji motago gaseumman tteoreotji nae areumdapdeon sarama sarangirange cham sseurin geodeora jabeuryeo halsurok deo meoreo jideora ibyeorirange cham swiun geodeora nae itji motal sarama saranga wae domangga sujubeun aicheoreom haengyeo nohabeorilkkabwa kkok umkyeojwijiman geuriumi jjocha sarangeun neul domangga jamsi swieogamyeon joheultende barami bunda otgiseul sewodo chagaun ibyeorui nunmuri chaolla itji motaeseo gaseume samuchin nae sojunghaetdeon sarama saranga wae domangga sujubeun aicheoreom haengyeo nohabeorilkkabwa kkok umkyeojwijiman geuriumi jjocha sarangeun neul domangga jamsi swieogamyeon joheultende gidarimdo aetaeumdo da beoryeoyaneunde mueolchaja igireul seoseongilkka mueolchaja yeogirinna saranga wae domangga sujubeun aicheoreom haengyeo nohabeorilkkabwa kkok umkyeojwijiman geurimumi jjoja sarangeun neul domangga jamsi swieogamyeon joheultende jamsi swieogamyeon joheultende
    July 21, 2016
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    Inside the mind of a shy person and an outgoing person Situation: At a bus stop Key: the * sign will be used in context to describe the scenario... *Shy person is first at the bus stop. Sits down, gets phone and headsets out of bag/pocket. Music in-world out. Constantly looks to check if bus is arriving.* *Outgoing person walks towards the bus stop. Shy person notices and pretends not to notice. But the things is you were in their peripheral vision even before you reached the bus stop.* Shy person's thoughts: please don't talk to me. Must- not- give-eye contact. Oh for goodness sake why am I so awkward. Ok look busy. Look at your phone. Let's see, games... Outgoing person's thoughts: Hmmmm I wonder what time the bus is coming. Let's have a look at this notice board. Hmmm 7:30... you can't rely on these times though. Ah I'm running late. Wait,that person might know. They look busy. Oh we'll... let me ask. "Excuse me." Shy person: Great, now I have to engage in small talk. Outgoing person: "Do you by chance know what time the next bus is coming." Shy person: "Erm... I'll...check....I'll check on my phone....er for you. Outgoing person: "Thank you." Shy person: *checks on phone.* "5 more minutes.....till the next bus." Outgoing person:"Ah right. Thanks mate." Shy person: "Anytime." *awkward smiles whilst looking at the person. Then resumes back to game on phone. There's momentary silence, then* Outgoing person:Gosh it's so awkward here. What can I say to break the ice. I know..."You know what these buses are like...you can't rely on them can you?" Shy person: "Haha yeh".... gosh I'm such a turtle... Outgoing person: "It's a lovely day as well. Hopefully it'll stay that way. Are you going anywhere special?" Shy person: "Ahaha no." Really? All you could say is 'haha no'? Be polite. Ask them something sensible. You seem rude. "Are you....going to a special. .." ? *mumbles the words place* Outgoing person: "Just a night out with some friends. It their bird's (British slang for girlfriend) birthday. We're off for a few pints (beers) and then hitting the club (going out). I actually.... *person keeps talking. Shy person is listening but dying to go back to their game although they feel more comfortable with this stranger. Bus is now arriving. Shy person: Phew. The bus saved me... And that is the end of this week's creative writing. Please note that this is just for fun and no offense was intended.. But honestly.. which one are you? SHY or OUTGOING? I know which I am. You'll have to guess [emoji]
    June 17, 2016
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    Let me sing a song for you-Chinese lyrics ^^ This is my first entry in Chinese... One of the ost's from the Meteor Shower drama series. The lyrics are so nice... please make corrections if need be. Enjoy [emoji] 让我为你唱一首歌 全世界都陪你听着 这是爱你会明白 你是唯一不可替代 让我为你唱一首歌 闭上眼睛把心交给我 这一刻 要你听见幸福的颜色...
    June 17, 2016
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    Overdue creative writing... 'A stitch in time saved nine' A stich in time saves nine 在时间上施蒂希省九 시간에 스티치 가 구 를 저장 Un point à temps sauver neuf I always heard my mother quoting this whenever she scolded me. Little did I know the profound effect of applying this counsel in your everyday life. See as humans, we all differ. Our attributes, characteristics and values influence the way we relate to people, and to the world around us; and how we use discernment to govern the decisions we make everyday. We all have different personalities; some are idealists (INFP), some are mediators, some are innovative. But we can all learn from this one proverb. How many of us have left things till last minute? How many of us have had so many opportunities to complete a certain task with a specific deadline, but procrastinate and end up rushing through it? In our lives, time could become a friend or a fiend. It is up to us to decide what we will make of the time that we have to complete tasks. So friends, if you have a project, an assignment or any task that should be completed, it is better for you to "stich" it, or get it done AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, and figuratively save yourself 'stitching nine', or spending triple the time to complete the task a few moments before the deadline. Sometimes we have to learn the hard way and face the consequences of procrastination. I hope all of us can get things done in time-in this ever demanding world. So this is the creative writing for this week. It is in fact, reflective writing. I hope you all enjoyed reading it and take something from it. Have a good week! ☺
    May 4, 2016
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    Creative writing every Friday... Good afternoon friends. It has been a while. Due to secular work and university projects, I've been busy and haven't had a chance to exchange a lot with you all. Therefore, I have devised a way to help you learn English even when I'm offline. To be competent (or fluent) in English, it is very important to understand the grammatical rules. So writing sentences is just as important as speaking; if not more important. The more you read and write English, the more grammar you'll understand; and the more confident and fluent you'll become. This can be said for most languages. So, every Friday I am planning to write a notebook entry in the form of a story or creative writing. This covers the writing and grammar part. Hopefully this technique will help you all to understand English literature and literacy (speaking and listening). So if you're interested, starting from this Friday I'll be doing creative writing in my notebook entries. I hope you all have a nice day ☺.
    March 22, 2016
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    Verb: To abandon The word abandon can be used in different tenses. A tense is a time frame context in which a specific word is used. Abandon can be used in the past, present or future tenses to describe whether something happened the other day, is happening now or will happen in the future. For example: Past tense: 'Paula was abandoned by her groom at the alter yesterday during their wedding ceremony.' Present tense: Jake said to Rachel: "Paula is going through feelings of abandonment after what happened yesterday." Future tense: After hearing the groom's apology to Paula, Jake said to the groom: "Even if she forgives you, you will abandon her again." I'm not sure if this is what you mean. But you can verb endings to the word 'abandon' to change its tense. Just remember: Past tense: 'abandoned' Present tense: ' abandoning' Future tense: 'will abandon'/going to abandon. Hope this helps [emoji][emoji]
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    March 21, 2016
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    Good even Yonguk-sshi. I hope you don't mind. I made a few grammar and punctuation corrections on your entry. If there are any questions or explanations for corrections you would like to know, you can ask them in a comment ☺.

    Feb 24th 2016

    It's been a while since I came on Italki and wrote a notebook. I've been doing well in Gold Coast, Australia; working at a hotel for almost 3 months now. Working in a hotel is hard. I'm working in a laundry department and usually my shift is during the night, so my days and nights have changed which makes me more tired ;(. Also I usually sleep unless I'm working, so I can't do some things I thought I wanted to do in Australia (I think I'm too lazy sometimes ;p).
    Oh right, and it's been almost 7 months since I've stayed here! Wow! Time flies-seriously.

    I'm not sure my English has improved even a bit, but I'm pretty sure I picked up an Aussie accent !  I also learned some new Aussie words like: Brisbane -> Brissy, Mcdonalds- -> Mccas, this afternoon -> arvo, mosquito -> mossie, good day -> G'day...
    and you know, Aussie people use the word 'mate' a lot ! Seriously, A LOT . I don't really wanna use the word, but sometimes I say like , 'hey mate, how's it goin' unconsciously, so funny.
    Anyways, I'm planning to travel to other cities in Australia whilst I'm staying here. To do that I need money, so I'm trying to save money at the moment. I learned the lesson that 'there's no easy things in life' which I knew that already just superficially. But now I think I really know it haha.
    The reasons I came to Australia were: first-being fluent at English, and second-getting experience in abroad (I've never stayed abroad this long before.) I hope to believe that I've been doing well trying to achieve my goals.
    I think I should write more often here.

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    March 21, 2016
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    이론하요(Stand Up)...song by J-Min This song is really inspiring so I wanted to practice writing the lyrics out..but some of the Hangul spelling is probably wrong...Anyway I hope you all like it :). Hangul: "사람이 힘들어도 킄앚지 복이마라, 하늘이 내 겨들 조경을 커야. 노예 발걸음이, 힘겨워 솔이 내요. 좆이오 안자 한 손 지요 보지만 한번도, one more try.. 당당 하 개 하늘을 봐, 이조실 차길 본이야"… English: Even if life is hard, don’t quit until the end The sky will protect your side Your footsteps are heavy, make some noise You sink down and let out a sigh But one more time, one more try Look to the sky confidently Now is just the beginning Open your shoulders... Romanized: Salmi himdeu-reodo kkeut-kkaji po-gi mara haneu-ri ne kyeo-seul jikyeojul keoya Neoye bal-keo-reumi himkyeowo sori naeyeo jujeo-wanja hansum jiyeo bojiman Hanbeon deo! One more try Dangdang-ha-ge haneu-reul bwah ije shijagil ppuniya...
    December 30, 2015
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