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My name's Alex. I'm a 27 year old Trombone teacher from the UK. Apart from the French I learnt in school, I can't speak another language and this is something I regret. It has always bothered me how other countries can speak English, yet we in the UK largely don't bother learning any foreign languages ourselves. I have an old friend from Romania with whom I'd love to be able to talk to in his own language... I've made a start learning Romanian but my undestanding of grammar and range of vocabulary is limited at the moment. I'll most likely be looking for some help here on italki. I've also got my sights set on Japanese! I'm very interested in Japanese culture and would love to visit there one day, so again I'll probably be looking for help on italki. Bonjour (as Del Boy would say).
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    I might be biased because I like the singer Céu, but, Portuguese.
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    June 11, 2017
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    In the context of greeting someone, they mean the same thing. Hello, how are you? Hello, how are you doing? Hello, how's it going? (again, same meaning) Hello, how are you going? (Australian)
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    April 30, 2017
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    I think we would have to know the context to answer this. However, if the context is something like: "your answer will impact my decision", or "your answer will influence my decision" - then the two words have the same meaning. There are contexts where the words will have different meanings, though.
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    April 9, 2017
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    Number 1 is correct.
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    April 9, 2017
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    Just to add to Scott's answer - here in the UK, chips mean fries. Although, we often use "french fries" for thin chips, and "chips" for fatter chips (for example, the chips you get in fish and chip shops).
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    April 9, 2017
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    My handwriting is nothing special. My Grandad's brothers and sisters all have a similar, quite beautiful style of handwriting, which I believe they were taught in school. I've watched a few calligraphy videos in the past on youtube of people writing in particular fonts. As Sudeep said, it is an artform. I wish I could see Parvin's handwriting!
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    April 6, 2017
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    The only context I can think of where they would mean the same thing is "start the engine" or "turn on the engine", when talking about cars, motorbikes etc. "Turn on the lights", "turn on the tap", "turn on the heating". "Start the lights", "start the tap", or "start the heating" don't make sense because in these contexts, the words mean different things.
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    April 6, 2017
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    Smart, clever and intelligent all mean the same thing, and can usually be used in the same context.
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    April 6, 2017
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    "Success with" in that sentence means that the company succeeds at getting customers or making their consumers happy. It has the same meaning as if I were to say that you have success with learning English. i.e you are succeeding at learning English. The British English "u" in "stuff" is a short "uh" sound, and the sound is aimed at the roof of the mouth. The "a" in "staff" is a long "a" sound, much more open, towards the front of the mouth - like the "ar" in "star". It's difficult to explain in words, but I hope that makes some sense!
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    April 3, 2017
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    You're correct. "As so often happens in life" means "life" in a general sense - as you say, anyone's life. If it had said "as so often happened in his life" then it would mean the father's life.
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    April 3, 2017
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