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I'm a French guy learning English. I've been living in Strasbourg, a beautiful city north-east of France, for many years. I have an awful French accent and I wish I could speak better English. I like to travel abroad and to discover new cultures, which is why I want to improve the way I speak English. And of course I can help you with your French.
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    Running a half-marathon Few weeks ago I realised that I hadn’t done so much sport lately. I try to keep myself fit but fitness is so hard to keep up with and so easy to lose. I play badminton once a week but I hadn’t been running for a while. I really don’t like running during winter. But spring had come, so I gave myself a challenge : by the end of the year running a half-marathon for the very first time. So I’ve taken up again running. I’m used to running but most of the time I run about 10 km. I need to get used to running a further distance. But step by step, first I’ll run a 10 km race. I signed up to a race in my town, it will be in 3 weeks. My goal is to finish the race under the time of fifty minutes, it’s my personnal record and I want to improve it even if it’s only for a couple of seconds. Now I’m in a good shape, and I still have a few days to train myself, I need to run at least twice a week to improve my stamina and my speed. I’ll see if I reach my first goal.
    April 21, 2017
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    un autre email formelle

    Cher Monsieur,

    Au début de mars je vous avais ai envoyé par courrier mon dossier avec toutes les pièces pour le poste de lecteur dans le département d'anglais comme vous m'aviez demandé. Depuis, je n'ai pas encore reçue une de* confirmation que vous avez reçue réceptionné** le dossier. Est-ce vous pouvez me confirmer que le dossier vous est bien arrivé ?

    Merci beaucoup !


    * sounds better

    ** to avoid the repetition of the verbe "recevoir"

    *** sounds better

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    April 21, 2017
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    Il pleut

    L'hiver viendra arrivera bientôt à en Nouvelle Zélande, et les jours sont de plus en plus court. Il n'y en a pas beaucoup de gens monde *à la plage. Il pleut. Dans le la région où j'habite, il fait soleil en l'hiver, mais il fait froid. En l'été il fait y a du *soleil, et il fait chaud. Mais en l'automne et le au printemps, il pleut. Parce qu'il n'a pas pleuvi plu depuis longtemps, la terre ne peut pas absorber l'eau quand il pleut pendant 3 ou 4 jours, et il y a des inondations. Il y a des canards nagent dans le puddles les flaques d'eau dans le parc.


    * sounds better


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    April 12, 2017
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    The book Legend by David Gemmell Legend is considered as a classic in the fantasy genre. It is the novel that launched the career of the bestselling author David Gemmell. The plot is simple, Gemmell tells a story of men fighting a heroic last battle. A small army, outnumbered by invaders, must keep a fortress, the narrow gateway to their empire. The fate of the empire lies in an old man, a mighty warrior, a legend. I read it in French when I was a teenager. I was sixteen at this time, and the heroic tale of a warrior coming out of retirement to defend his people one last time really appealed to me. As I knew the story, I decided to read it again but in English. I must admit that I didn’t have the same pleasure when I read it again. I’m still fond of fantasy and eager to read novels of this genre, but as I get older I’m more demanding or maybe it’s because my English is not good enought. The book is fast-paced, action packed, and gripping. It’s a blend of action, suspense, sword, sorcery. It’s a tale of heroism, sacrifice, duty and love. Legend is a great place to start if you haven’t read any of this genre It’s also a must read for any heroic fantasy fans.
    April 11, 2017
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    The series The Night Of I recently saw a really good series, The Night Of, I watched the 9 episodes in 3 days, I really enjoyed watching the episodes. I found this show amazing. The summary is: one thing, one decision, one event in your life can screw up everything. After a night of partying with a stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder. The story is set in New York, it’s a mix between a police investigation, a portrayal of society and people, a jail survival and a criticism of judicial system. The plot seems so real. The cast is great, one of the actors is the talented John Turturro. Actors and their characters are awesome. I particullary liked the fact that there is only 9 episodes with a real ending at the end of the season, it’s not like a lot of series whitch seem to last forever. If you watch the first episode, you will be hooked.
    April 10, 2017
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    La teinture de tissu à Kumamoto

    Samedi dernier je suis allée à Kumamoto. J'ai réservé une auberge de jeunesse pour le soir, et cette auberge de jeunesse offrait aussi une expérience de teinture de tissu traditionnelle. J'étais la seule personne dans ce cours d'expérience d'initiation, mais cela le valait bien.

    D'abord, le propriétaire m'a demandé de choisir un motif, que j'allais utiliser comme modèle pour teindre un tenugui (une tranche un morceau de tissue en coton, je crois). J'en ai choisi un avec des fleurs de cerisier entourées d'un cercle. Puis, le propriétaire m'a expliqué la cire. La cire avait été réchauffée, et on utilisait un pinceau japonais pour dessiner sur le tenugui avec de la cire chaude. Il fallait tremper le pinceau dans la cire, puis le remuer, et puis tamponner le pinceau quelques fois contre la poterie avec la cire.

    Après avoir fini de dessiner avec de la cire chaude, j'ai utilisé une aiguille pour enlever les parties du dessin en cire (maintenant sèche) que je ne voulais pas, car peindre avec le pinceau n'est pas très exacte précis. Ensuite, j'ai mis le tenugui dans de la teinture violette et je l'ai massé j'ai mélangé pendant dix minutes. Mon dos me faisait mal! Après ça, le propriétaire a lavé le tenugui avec de l'eau chaude pour enlever toute la cire. Puis, j'ai repassé le tissu et c'était fini!

    Quelle beau souvenir de Kumamoto, et quelle bonne belle expérience. Je ne l' n'oublierai jamais!

    Mots que j'ai dû chercher dans le dictionnaire:
    - la teinture
    - le tissu
    - le motif
    - le modèle
    - la cire
    - le pinceau
    - tremper
    - tamponner
    - enlever
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    April 5, 2017
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    Un peu aléatoire

    Quand il l'a découvert, ça lui en a faisait un coup choc. Il avait été si tête de pioche et qu'il ne s'avait était pas rendu compte que quelque chose pourrait lui pouvait se passer (cette phrase est bizarre, je ne comprends pas vraiment ce que tu essayes de dire). Il rêvait tous les jours, ses pensées étaient dans un monde entièrement différent de celui dans lequel il vivait. Mais ses rêves maintenant n'étaient pas aussi confortables agréables comme qu'avant. Ils lui l'écrasaient, comme une ceinture qui est trop serrée écraseraient le ventre. Il a dû se reveiller et accepter ses responsibilités. Ces rêves dans lesquels ils s'échapait, il n'en avait plus besoin...
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    April 5, 2017
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    Review of a comic book One of the first comics I read in English was « Through the woods » by Emily Caroll, I picked up this book because it’s looks like an illustrated children's book (I wasn’t used to reading in English at this time) and also because the drawings are very well done . The book includes five beautiful graphic stories, actually five fairy tales which turn out to be five horror stories. Don’t expect a happy ending. The artwork is beautiful, the stories are a little spooky. It’s not a book for bed time story for too young kids, it will definitely give them nightmares, but it’s perfect for young teenagers. If you are an adult and if you enjoyed reading creepy tales growing up, you might enjoy this.
    April 4, 2017
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    Reading graphic novels in English I’m fond of graphic novels. Since I was a teenager I’ve always liked comics. I own a lot of this kind of books, all are organised in my bookshelf. At the end of 2015, I read my first graphic novel in English. As I was in the process of learning English I thought it might be a good idea to practise my English by reading the genre of book I particulary like. It made me feel like I can read more in English. Even if don’t know the meaning of words it’s not a problem because the drawings help to understand the story and the dialogues. So I looked up on the internet to find reviews and recommandations and I picked up more graphics novels. I found some in which the artwork and the story look pretty interesting. I bought them on Amazon because on line there is a wide range of choice. As I live in France, if I go to the bookstore I don't have so much choice in the English department. Now I’m used to reading in English. And I still have a lot of graphic novels that I’m eager to read. So I’m a kind of a bookworm with comics !
    March 30, 2017
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    Back to English learning I’m curently trying to brush up my English after a one year break of learning. I needed this break beacause after 2 years of learning I was a bit worn out with the process. And also because it was difficult to find the time to dedicate to it. My motivation diped to zero and I wanted to have more time for others leisure activities. In fact 3 years ago I had decided to relearn everything from scratch, the grammar rules, the tenses, and so on. Because I was very much a beginner, actually I was pretty terrible. I had been working hard to improve the way I speak English, I put a lot of effort, including learning flashcards daily, but at one point I got fed up with that and I wasn’t able to keep it up. But now I’m back to putting in effort to learn English, I want to get out of the intermediate level that I’m stuck in. Language skills are so hard to acquire and so easy to lose, hope that I didn’t lose too much.. But no worries, I think I worked up again the nerve to learn and I also know that my journey with English is an all life plan that will never come to an end. And the journey is totally worth it.
    March 30, 2017
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