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memoir (could you please help me to correct it?)
I couldn’t fall asleep until my mother called me at about midnight. Immediately, she said, in a quavering voice, "I received a letter yesterday, from which I was made aware of something that happened. There was an accident and from now on we all couldn't contact with your father. Also, I don't know when he will come back." A sob caught in my throat. I kept silent for a long time and didn’t listen to the rest of what my mother was saying. I threw my phone aside, covered my head with a quilt and whimpered, sparing no efforts to take control of my cries to avoid waking up my roommates. I felt as if I had fallen into a bottomless pit and couldn’t breathe, kept asking myself, how exactly did this happen? What should I do? Why did we have to bear this?.... It was as if it had been a century. I said to my mother: "mom, I am fine, don’t worry." Then I hung up the phone. I then lay awake all night.I tried not to change the writing style too much and focused more on correction that style choice. Hope this helps!
0 votedJune 21, 20170- I love this poem! You have to look at the section to answer this question If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew :To serve your turn long after they are gone,: And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ "They" is referring to the heart and sinew (muscle.) This could mean your whole body. "To serve your turn" means forcing your body to keep going even when it's tired/exhausted. So the stanza is saying: if you can continue on living even when your body is exhausted, and hold on (to life) when you have no other reason than the will to hold on. Of course the "then" part comes at the end of the poem.0 votedJune 16, 20174
Journalling 14/06/17
I've been bored and nothing happend has happened. I haven't ever known what I write so I've been reglecting neglecting to write writing in my journal.
Today, I went to the beach with Pari(she is a puppy). Actually, I could was able to talk with other people in English thanks to Paris. Hopefully, I would will continue to do that.
I am heading to INDI BAR with my friend in the night tonight. I'm glad that we could talk much. I'll do my best for in English.Good job! I'm jealous of how much you know. For the last bit, we don't say "I'll do my best" in English as often as "最善を尽くします" is said in Japanese. You can say it, but it would be more natural to say "I'll do my best practicing English."
Keep practicing--you're doing very well.
0 votedJune 16, 20171- As far as "sit" does we say that all the time instead of "sit down." I would argue that sit down is often used as a command--if you want to harsher with someone you might tell them to "sit down!" Whereas you might invite someone to "have a seat." "Sit" is somewhere in the middle. With most of these tone of voice is what matter more than the actual words. "Fall" and "fall down" are similar, but you can't always use fall down. "Fall" is used when things go downward accidentally or due to gravity. "Prices fell today" or "I saw the pie fall off the table." "Fall down" is used when things go downward accidentally or due to gravity and hit the ground. "I fell down off my bike and hurt my leg." You cannot say "Prices fell down today."" For "fall down" it needs to be an object that can hit the ground. Come to the kitchen / Let's go to the kitchen. You are correct!0 votedJune 16, 20170
Example 1: is correct.
Example 2: Another idea is watching a horror movie.
Example 3: I'm not sure what you mean but I think you're trying to say: That other person's photos are so beautiful.
Another adj is used to mean:
*one more thing, as in example one
*some other-- "Let's do this some other time" // "Let's do this another time." Similar to example two
Other when it's used like another:
*being different from those mentioned or second-- "I'm taller than my other coworkers"
*different--"Any other color would be better."
Others noun:
*different/additional one--"Dinner is ready. Go get the others." Meaning "Go get the other people."
You can use another to mean "one other" and you can use other when it's about more than one. So "Another idea is watching a horror movie" could be "One other idea is watching a horror movie" or if there are more ideas, "Other ideas are watching a horror movie, going to get pizza, etc."
Others is for plural--the others=the other people
Sorry if this is too long or confusing.
0 votedJune 16, 20170My husband and I went to Canada from June 7th to June 14th
My husband and I went to Canada from June 7th to June 14th . It was a 6 nights and 8 days trip.
On the first day, my 81 year old my father- in- law picked us at 1:30 in the afternoon and brought us to the airport. Our flight was at 4:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday (Japanese time) which is around 9:00 in the morning on Tuesday local time. Our flight was 9 hours. There is a 16 hour time difference between Japan and Canada. Canada Air Rouge is a low cost carrier airline. The seat pitch was narrow. However, the meal was tasty. 70% of the seats were empty . I am afraid that the flight would be canceled in the future.
We rented a car at about 11:30 a.m. It was a VW Jetta. We crossed the border into America after being asked many questions by a staff member.For example, Why did you come to America? How many day are you going to be in America? Where are you going? Which hotel are you going to? and so on. It took 40 minutes to cross the border.
We arrived at Pike Place Market at 2:30 in the afternoon. There were some fish, crafts and a fresh market.
I bought some Seattle T-shirts. I ate a Piroshki with beef, onion, egg and cheese in it. It was very tasty.
But I was getting tired of eating it. I miss Japanese rice.At night we went to Kelly park and Gaswork park to see a romantic night view. I saw the Space Needle light up romantically. It was amazing.
When I put in my contact lenses, one was torn and my right eye was bloody. I hope my eye has a quick recovery.
On the second day, at first we went to Starbucks coffee Gear store. It was the first Starbucks shop in Seattle. We went there at 8:30. The coffee was tasty. We looked at the history of Starbucks.
Next we went to an Amazon book store. It was the same as an ordinary bookstore. I was disappointed. Then we went to the Museum of Flight. All of the exhibition was written in English. There were many airplanes and rockets. It was fantastic.
After that, we went to Costco to eat sample foods and Churros. The items for sale and prices were almost the same.
Then, we went to the King street station in Seattle to take pictures of the Amtrak. It was about two times bigger than the cordially (I'm not sure here) train.
Finally we went to the Premium Outlet Mall Seattle for window shopping. We bought some T-shirts. Our dinner was take out doughnuts and ham in from Walmart. Everything was expensive in the United States.
On the third day, we went to the Future Aviation center ＆Boeing Tour to see how to assemble the Boeing 787. It was a very amazing tour.
0 votedJune 16, 20171JUST A DIARY ENTRY ON JUN.16th (writing about getting together in Tokyo station)
I would like someone to correct my diary entry (or to tell me the natural way of saying some sentences below naturally. But I will be glad to JUST CORRECT my entry) I was wondering if you could do that for me, please?
JUST A DIARY ENTRY ON JUN.16th
I went to Tokyo to visit my friends, who I have being really close with since my days at school. I was there from June 9th to the 11th. I was looking forward to seeing them again before getting together in Tokyo station. When we got together in Tokyo station, we didn't actually have a plan right then. Like where we are going in the day, what kind of fancy foods we will grab or whatever, even though I haven't seen much of the stuff in Tokyo that is for tourists. So your thoughts might be "I am supposed to have something I want to see like Tower of Tokyo or something", right? Yeah, that idea could be true, but for me, just seeing and talking with them was almost enough to satisfy and fill my heart, even if we had no plan at all. (Oh yeah, to be honest, telling you the truth, in the next day, we enjoyed sight-seeing in Tokyo.) A few minutes later, we were in a Starbucks nearby the station to just chill for awhile.**I edited the entry, as well as changed some parts to sound more natural, especially if it made it easier to understand. I didn't focus on punctuation too much, since it's a blog entry. Hope this helps!**
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