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I love to travel but I've never been great with languages and really didn't enjoy learning them. I found myself watching an introduction to Mandarin course a while back though and getting really drawn in. The language was really interesting and had a logic to it that clicked with me somehow. It felt less like learning random words that had no real meaning to me and more like learning fragments that joined together and built on each other. I still find learning the language very difficult but it's much more enjoyable to me and I feel a sense of progress. I'm mainly on here to motivate myself to practice more. I'm still a bit intimidated about speaking and have mainly been learning characters and reading but hope to change that eventually :)
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    I agree with the other answer. One thing to bear in mind with phone numbers though is that people often say "oh" rather than "zero".
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    September 23, 2017
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    By itself it is hard to say as we don't know why men and women feel that way about her. Before I clicked on the link my initial way of reading this was that she was acting in a manner men would approve of and women would really hate. Based on this I saw it as mainly disparagement even though the following text makes it clear it's mainly praise of her beauty. I don't find it very well written myself. It's quite a clumsy sentence to read to me and slightly confusing.
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    September 22, 2017
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    I wouldn't use just myself and would probably get rid of "just learn to" too. "You can't keep your mouth shut." "You couldn't keep your mouth shut." If you want to include learn something like "You really should learn to keep your mouth shut." sounds more natural to me. Couldn't here usually means something that has happened in the past and talking about a time someone couldn't keep their mouth shut. You could use it for something someone has just said but could also be referring to something that happened a long time ago. E.g. "You just couldn't keep your mouth shut about the surprise party we threw last year." Can't comes across as something you are saying to someone now. Perhaps while they are in the process of talking or just after they have said something. E.g. "You can't keep your mouth shut can you? Why are you telling them that?"
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    September 22, 2017
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    It really depends what you are interested in or want to read. Most short story collections contain stories that are still longer than a couple of pages. You might want to try flash fiction. These are often very short stories and you can find them for free online: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/flash-fiction_n_5481868.html Another suggestion would be a book that contains a lot of short snippets of information or facts. Something like one of the QI books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/QI-General-Ignorance-Noticeably-Stouter/dp/0571323901/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506119527&sr=8-1&keywords=qi+book These are non-fiction but are books you can read in tiny chunks and are usually a lot of fun.
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    September 22, 2017
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    They are both words that aren't used that much in everyday speech and I'm not sure I've ever really seen garrulous except in some books - I just had to look it up to remember the meaning. Loquacious is someone who talks a lot. It can be negative but can also describe someone who just likes to talk a lot in quite a social way. Usually it means they are very fluent with the language and may talk in quite a wordy way using more words than are really needed or uncommon words that aren't normally used in everyday speech. I'd associate it with someone like Boris Johnson in the UK where the person sometimes speaks in quite a rambling way but is very fluent with the language.. Garrulous has a more negative connotation. It usually means excessive talking about things of little importance. Someone that just never stays quiet even if they have nothing really to say and quickly gets annoying to many people.
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    September 22, 2017
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    I think the advise here depends on the country. Till is actually fine to use in most contexts and is not an abbreviation like most people think. The words can actually be used interchangeably in most countries and it comes down more to personal preference. If you just stick with until though you'll be fine. That works everywhere and means exactly the same thing.
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    September 22, 2017
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    They both have slightly different meanings. "I don't understand why that matters much." means you don't think something is important. "I don't understand why that matter this much" would normally be said "I don't understand why that matters so much" and usually means you don't understand why it is so important to that person/group/subject. It doesn't necessarily mean you don't think something is important but that you don't understand why it is so important to them or to the subject.
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    March 11, 2016
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    Divide works. Distribute is used more when you handing something out yourself (e.g. you have £100 and are giving £10 out to ten different people) but it would still be understood I think. Share and Split are both common when it's something you are doing within a group such as "We should split the work." or "We should share the chairs between us.". Split usually implies the share is going to be equal.
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    March 11, 2016
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    The first sentence is fine and is quite a common response to people - usually to imply that something is quite common and not a big deal or to complain that it is something that happens to you quite a lot. The second sentence does make sense but would likely just confuse people - people don't tend to be good with double negatives and often don't realise it makes a positive. In the best case it requires some thought even when written down. You would generally be better just saying "I'm used to it." and avoiding the double negative in most sentences like this unless there's a reason for it. If you were going for a negative then something like "I'm not used to it" or "I'm not really used to it" would probably be best
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    March 11, 2016
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    Contemplate is usually used when you are thinking deeply about or carefully observing something.  Thinking about something doesn't really specify how seriously you are taking it.

    They are often used interchangeably though and pretty much the same thing.


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    January 31, 2016
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