Reading

When I read an English book, I find a lot of new words that I don't know the meaning of , so I write them in my notebook and memorize them, but every time I read I find more new words. That make me a little bit frustrated, because I can't understand the meaning, and I can't enjoy reading!

Why writing is so hard sometimes?

Dear corrector, please help me with this corrections. I will really appreciate it =]

Sometimes writing is so hard. I don't know if it's because for example us native Portuguese speakers usually try to translate our thoughts and maybe end up with big confusion between these languages. If we considered the spelling of a word, it is hard. For me, impossible to not make any mistake. Can you imagine having to do a test where you are supposed to write hundreds of different words? I think even if I was allowed to speak about anything it would be difficult. Not only the vocabulary, but how  to follow the same ideas in a context, in the right way. 
Before I moved to Australia to study English I thought I would have a problem with speaking but I realized that once you have confidence to speak and learn some "tricks" to how to have a full a conversation, even when you don't know some specific vocabulary, you can try explaining it in another way, I think it's easier than to write. When you are writing you need to be precise. There is set of attention (this doesn't make sense. What are you trying to say?) that you need like I have just said: context, spelling, structures. I wish I could improve this skill in the English language because I used to be a good writer in my native language. On another hand I can imagine how complicated it is for someone that doesn't even have the same alphabet.

Good luck to all of us!

Cheers!

English pronunciation difficulty

I find "th" sound difficult. Just saying one word like "thanks" and "three" is easy.
But when the words connect other words, the difficulty gets much higher!

For example, "runs through" and "played the piano" are very difficult to say naturally.
Do you think it is difficult to make "th" sound just after "runs(z)" and "played(d)"?

How do you pronounce "th" in these cases?
Is the problem in my lack of skill making my tongue move? If so, I must practice!

Thank you in advance for your corrections and your ideas!

Have a good week!

Although there's no real difference, I think that there are certain contexts in which one word is better than the other. So you can't simply substitute. For example you are more likely to hear someone say: "I'm a precise person" rather than "I'm an exact person", or "I precisely asked about xyz", rather than "I exactly asked about xyz". Keep practicing with them and you'll overtime you'll gain a sense of when to use each one.