I am stuck Have you ever felt stuck in your life? I mean, feeling deeply stuck in a rut. Some time ago I moved to the remote place in the south of Russia (which was not the worst idea in my situation at that time). There are no cinemas, theatres, concert halls in here. But there is plenty of fresh air, healthy food and no one to communicate. I think what I am trying to say is to be able to communicate in a real sense of the word. Most people are peasants, farmers, labourers and family bread-winners so they have to spend loads of their time working And I am kind of constantly losing track of time (time goes by and I don't know what I spend it on)...

Get out of the rat race These notes are just a task that helps me memorize new idioms and phrases I've come across lately. I hope they we'll be handy during my CAE speaking part. Ready, steady, go! 1. Five years ago I decided to get out of the rat race, so I quit my desk job and headed off to Georgia immediately because exploring the whole country had been my wishful dreaming which I thought would remain a pie in the sky. 2. I so dislike date sites, you know what they say about finding a date online "Hope for the best, brace for the serial killer". One more reason for avoiding such type of meeting your potential ' significant other' is the idea of people who are all show and no go 3. Procrastination as well as unreasonable optimism are my middle names I suppose. I can loiter all day long or sleep for 10 hours a day and still believe all my troubles will go away and problems will be solved themselves and everything will come out in the wash. How possibly could I face up to this situation? (The last question is ongoing, I would appreciate your answer ) 4. Truth be told all my teachers cast me as a smart diligent pupil maybe even a goody-two-shoes girl who would succeed into a professional housewife of some tycoon or a careerist/office-seeker/place-hunter/climber/go-getter or a linguistic nerd or someone like that. That's why I guess I have ended up being a miserable shallow and mediocre no one 5. I never told him how I felt about him. He was young, smart, handsome and immature. Some things are better left unsaid. The truth can be extremely painful especially when you are not ready for it. 6. I'm really fed up with cleaning after my neighbour's dog. Its fur is always on my door carpet. So annoying! 7. Life is messy. Every day you have to come to terms with dozen of real-life stressful and tense situations, to make hard moral choices and at the end of the day it is critically important to unlax properly in order not to go nuts ( I have a feeling that something is wrong with the style there, so somebody, please, help me!) And btw, folk, could you recommend a good student's book on punctuation (with tables, a lot of examples and clear and precise explanations) Thanks in advance!

Proporre 1. Propongo di andare al cinema. Ho proposto di andare al cinema 2. Proponi di rimanere questa intenzione? Hai proposto di rimanere questa idea? 3. Mi propone a ci sposiamo. Mi propone di sposarsi (He is offering to get married/he is proposing to me) 4.Proponiamo i soldi a Lui. Abbiamo proposto i soldi a Lui. 5. Proponete di andare via (venire?) al sud? Avete proposto... 6.Propongo di non usare queste parole in un discorso. Hanno proposto... 7. Mi proponi di usare il tuo lavatrice?

Che tempo fa? Nonostante il fatto che è gia la primavera in San Pietroburgo, quando mi sono svegliata nevicava. Oggi ha fatto cattivo tempo e caldo tutto il giorno. Le stradale anche eravano coperti di neve. Non ho creduto quando la mia zia aveva parlata che noi avremmo fatto il tempo brutto.