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Hello! My name is Courtney. I'm from the United States and have always been in love with languages. I never thought I could learn them on my own. I'm so excited to begin participation in a community that appreciates language and fosters a constructive environment.
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    An old video game called/titled "Wizardry"

    One of my most favorite games is 'Wizardry.' I heard that the game was produced by American corporation. It's a typical Dungeons & Dragons game. I don't think there were Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy at the time, so I was shocked  because of its sophisticated game system and fantasy setting. We can select a tribes such as human, elf, dwarf and so on in the game. In addition, we can also select a jobs such as fighter, witch, priest and so on. There are also special jobs, like samurai, and ninja. The strongest sword was Japanese sword called Muramasa. At the time, I thought Japan was cool.
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    February 24, 2016
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    ,An electronic dictionary

    I attended a lecture about the best method to learn English one year ago. The ('I saw a' is not incorrect here, but does not sound natural.)woman who sat next to me was using an electronic dictionary during the lecture. I asked her whether it was useful or not. She let me try to use her electronic dictionary . Its response was quicker than online searches. She recommend me not to buy a low-priced one. She had bought a cheap one at first,  but she bought an expensive one later  because there were no illustrative examples in the cheap one. I have been thinking about buying an electronic dictionary for a ('one' is not wrong, but does not sound natural) year. I finally bought one two days ago!(words reordered for more natural flow)！I want to make use of my electronic dictionary to learn English.

    Your English is very good! I would recommend listening carefully to the way that English speakers structure their sentences as these read very choppily- they do not flow well as a whole conversation, and rather feel like many sentences strung together. Even so, good job! 

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    February 24, 2016
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    Great Scott! How Could I Say That?

    Today I have learned the different between saying "thank you very much" versus saying "thanks a lot". I thought both expressions meant the same thing, but it isn't true. Where using the first one is a way to give thanks to someone strongly,    the other    is considered      sarcasm (This isn't necessarily true, either- it depends on the tone of delivery). It may be understood like "thanks for nothing" or "thanks for getting me in trouble" as well. Henceforth I will be extremely careful when I thank anyone who correct my entries on Italki. It is    ironic that despite my willingness to be very polite, I could be seen as having bad manners. If any I could never said "thanks a lot", but I am afraid I did . So, I apologize for it although being late. (I'm not sure what this was supposed to mean, possibly "If I have ever said 'thanks a lot," i did not mean it negatively and I am sorry. Like I said before though. "Thanks a lot" is not always sarcastic. It depends on the situation and tone. 

    Example 1:

    "Are you hungry? Have an apple!"

    "Wow, thanks a lot!" <- not sarcastic.

    Example 2:

    "Are you hungry? I don't care, I hope you starve!"

    "Wow, thanks a lot." <- sarcastic.

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    February 24, 2016
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    A 'focus group' is a gathering of people to get their opinions. Used like this it's taking the place of a phrase like "If you were to 'gather these people and get their opinions'" or "If you were to 'survey these people'." It has a more professional/businesslike context
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    February 12, 2016
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    Eine neue Reise Hallo! Wie gehts? Ich heiße Courtney. Meine Mutter lernte Deutsch in der Schule, und mein Freund will es jetzt zu lernen. Dies ist wahrscheinlich alles falsch :) Danke! Auf Wiedersehen
    February 12, 2016
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    Can we make an exchange?

    Hello, I am Egyptian and my native language is Arabic. I need help to learn english, can we make an exchange?

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    October 15, 2015
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    We meet at the house / We meet at their house / We meet at home (if its already been established its your house)
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    October 15, 2015
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    How do you know when to use hiragana vs katakana? When reading Japanese text they seem to be intermixed. I read that Katakana is used to write non-Japanese words, as well as used for emphasis like italics in English, but what are the rules regarding this? (I'm sorry if this question is broad)
    October 13, 2015
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    I know I spelled it wrong, I can't get my keyboard to cooperate with cyrillic
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    October 12, 2015
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    What does "толка" mean? I know that 'но толка немного' = 'But only a little', so here I assumed it meant something like 'only,'but what does it mean in the context of this song lyric: "Песня музыканта, Санта Лючия Смотри в глаза мои, но только-только не лечи меня Острый, как чили, я сладкий, как мёд пчелиный" And why is it repeated? Just for rhythm? (It is a rap portion so that would make sense)
    October 12, 2015
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