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Hello, I'm a native English speaker from New Zealand currently living in Australia. I am currently studying Japanese, and am looking for people to help me at both a conversational and written level. In return I'm more than happy to help you with your English!
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    I assume the saying you meant was 'I'm glad to hear from you'. In that case, you could also say: 'I'm happy to hear from you', 'Great to hear from you again' or, 'It's so good to hear from you again'. If you want something formal, you could use: 'Thank you for getting back to me' or, 'I appreciate you taking the time to contact me'.
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    October 28, 2015
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    When you go 'away' from something, you leave that something behind. 'Away we go' is a saying that generally means 'away we go on an adventure' or 'away we go on a journey'. As a movie title, I would think of that movie being about a person or a group of people leaving something behind (like their home town of their family) to go on an adventure somewhere else.
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    October 28, 2015
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    You would say, 'the bed is untidy'. The more common usage of that saying is, 'the bed needs to be made'. 'The quilt is blue with white dots' is correct.
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    October 28, 2015
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    Take a break! Everything is possible!

    In my childhood As a child I would have never couldn't even imagined that in the future, to use I would be using a platform like italki in the future. Now, I'm writing a text which could be read by the most people all over the world. That's amazing, isn't it? Take a break, take a deep breath! You aren't even 30, but in the short period of your lifetime the earth began to spin faster. 

    If When I see the kids today, I realize the big differences in their childhood compared to mine. I didn't like it when it was raining, because I had to stay at home and wasn't be able to play with my friends outdoors. Today they looking forward to such rainy days staying home, watching TV, or playing on their tablet for example. Some of these guys have forgotten how to be creative on their by them own and how to play without their "technical friends".


    <em>Where you said technical friends, I would probably use the term 'gadgets'.</em> 

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    October 28, 2015
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    Cruise Trip 2015


    Last summer break, my family and i I went for on a shipping cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. Before we drove to Genua, we made had a layover in Switzerland. On the The next following day we move on went to Genua. Our first cruise stop was in Napoli, Italy. I don't didn't really like Napoli, because everything i I saw was very trashy. Our next stop was in Messina, Sicily. I must say that Messina is way more much prettier than Napoli and I really liked it. On the The next day we was in went to Valletta, Malta. We had made a big round trip over the whole island. When we was were on the ship, we also had a lot of fun, because there was a swimming pool and al lot a lot of other activities that we could do. On the The next day we was were in Palma de Majorca. I must say, that i I like Spain much more than Italy. Everything was clean and beautiful. Then we We then made a stop in Barcelona. It was my favorite stop of the entire tour trip.  We went shopping and made a big tourism tour. Our last stop was in Marseille, France. We went shopping too and it was a nice day.


    <em>Try to watch your use of was/were. Was is used for singular (I was), and were is used for plural (we were). Also the word I is always capitalized. Overall though your English is very good. It was very easy to follow and I had no issues at all in understanding what you were trying to say.</em>

    <em>Here is another version with some modified sentences. I tried to avoid repeating some sentence starters as much as possible to make it read a little bit better overall.</em>

     


    During the recent summer break, my family and I went on a cruise ship around the Mediterranean Sea. After a brief layover in Switzerland, we drove to Genua, where we boarded the ship. Our first stop was in Napoli, Italy. I didn't really like it there that much. Everything I saw was very trashy.

    Our next stop was in Messina, Sicily. Messina is much prettier than Napoli and I really liked it. After that we travelled to Valletta, Malta. We went around the island in a big round trip. The ship itself was a lot of fun. There was a swimming pool and a lot of other activities that we could do.

    Our next stop was in Palma de Majorca. I liked Spain much more than Italy, everything was clean and beautiful. We then went to Barcelona, which was my favorite stop of the entire trip. We went shopping and did all of the tourist activities there. Finally, our last stop was in Marseille, France. We did some shopping there, and overall it was a nice day.

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    October 28, 2015
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  • Answered
    To clean means to wash something. For example, I cleaned the car, or, I cleaned the cat. To clear means to remove something from a place that is not wanted. For example, I cleared the table (I removed the items from the table), or, I cleared my internet search history (I removed my search entries from my browser history). It can seem confusing in some aspects, such as cleaning/clearing a table. If someone said they cleaned the table, it would usually mean that they have washed the table (as in, washed it with soap and water). If they said they had cleared the table, they would usually mean they have moved the plates and utensils and put them in the sink or dishwasher.
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    October 28, 2015
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    In this situation it is fine to use 'may not' or 'might not', although personally I feel 'might not' sounds a little more natural. May and might are often used interchangeably, although might is normally used for past tense situations, and may is used for present.
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    October 28, 2015
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    This is a somewhat difficult question to answer, but I'll try my best to explain. The sentence means that the speaker thought that criminal libel was not a very serious crime, the penalty of which would be to receive a court summons. If a crime requires bail, it means that the offender would be placed under arrest and would require someone to 'post bail' for them—which is paying a certain amount of money to temporarily get out of jail while you wait for your court date. If they are 'summonsed', it means they are just served with a court summons, and rather than being arrested and put under bail, they would be free to live where they wanted while they waited for the court date. A severe crime like homicide would require someone to post bail, while something like shoplifting would only receive a summons. I should also say that 'summonsed' is a word that is not used often in English outside of the legal profession.
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    October 28, 2015
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