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Hello, I am Cody. I live in Idaho, in the United States. I'm a physics student, studying in university with the hopes to become a professor or researcher someday. One of my passions is learning languages. I would like to know many languages. My main interest is in German, however I know some Spanish and have dabbled in Russian, although I've forgotten a lot. My German is pretty good but I would like to improve on a conversational level. I'm pretty busy right now so sorry if I don't respond to your message as I already have a few language buddies in the languages I'm interested in. But if you have any questions or would just like to talk by text that's okay! Hallo, ich bin Cody. Ich wohne in Idaho in den USA. Jetzt studiere ich Physik, und ich hoffe ein Professor oder Forscher in der Zukunft sein. Ich habe eine Passion, Fremdsprachen zu lernen , und ich möchte viele sprechen. Mein hauptsächliches Interesse ist Deutsch, aber ich weiß etwas Spanisch und ein bisschen Russisch, aber ich haben sehr viel vergessen. Mein Deutsch ist gut aber ich möchte in ein Konversationsniveau verbessern.
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    Lightening is the process of making something more light (to make it weigh less, or make something brighter, comes from verb 'to lighten'). Lightning is what comes from the sky before thunder. In this case, I don't think either are correct. You are probably looking for "enlightening" which is similar to lightening but is used in more of a philosophical sense. "The enlightening of happiness has told me that happiness is the meaning of life" or something like that. "Enlightenment" sounds better to me in this case.
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    October 31, 2016
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    I'm not a baker, but they are the same thing to me. Although I wouldn't say ginger cookie, but always gingersnap, or even gingersnap cookie.
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    October 30, 2016
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    1) If you mean working at a call center or something, I would say something more like "I'm taking calls." Not really sure though, it's hard to think of a good expression for that. "Man the booth" sounds better, but you can say "work at the booth" or "work the booth." In the third case, I wouldn't say either, I would say that I'm a cashier or I'm cashiering right now. 2) If someone asks :Do you still have any perfume? What could I answer/(OR RESPOND??) : "I've used up all of my bottles" or "No, all of mine ran out"? What would you say? 2) You can say both of those, but I would say "I've ran out (of perfume)" 3)Those both sound fine to me, but I might say "My dog got mud all over the floor" or "my dog's (dirty) paws got mud all over the floor." I think "get + something + dirty" is generally correct. Hopefully this helps!
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    October 30, 2016
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    A 'gift' is something given to another person. An 'item' is just a thing. 'Small gift' sounds perfectly natural to me, and I would use that. In the United States, sometimes when a person moves into a neighborhood, the neighbors give the newcomer a gift, which is usually a cake or some kind of food. Usually it is called a 'welcoming present' or 'welcoming gift'
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    October 30, 2016
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    The Stranger. Part 2. Evolution. Please, correct my mistakes.

    Damien goes on to get used to his new life on the Druid's Island. .

    As usual Lisa joined me when I ran to the Valley. We just sat on the river's coast (riverside) and beheld the most wonderful view. I've been here for about a month, however the local nature never ceases to amaze me (lots of things you can put here)...
    "I'm worried about my condition. My progress is so slow." I said.
    "Everything comes in time. Your body needs to get used to the/this new world. Although the changes are improving, you have to wait some time. Just train. A little later you can choose any skill/ability to improve/work on. So your progress will be faster than now" Lisa answered.
    "Why can't I begin right now if new knowledge would improve my skills and condition?"
    "The time will come to begin. You need to increase your will(willpower). Otherwise it can only prevent you (usually you are prevented FROM something). Next week you'll discover the new land. Just run there every week. It's about 8 miles. So You'll start/begin to be able to run more distance" She said

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    I would suggest using less of "so", there are many words you can use! Try therefore, or many other words that perform similar functions. Not bad!

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    October 5, 2016
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    My birthday

    My birthday is on the 26th of August. In This year on my birthday, my wife organized a surprise for me. In the morning, one of my friends rode over (this implies he was on horseback, I would say "drove over" if in a car or "came over" if on foot) to me. He and my wife said we are going to for out of town, but first we need to go to a one place. We came to the quay and had started to wait for something. I didn't understand what was happening. After some time, some of my other friends came too to us. We stayed on the quay and talked. It was strange, but nobody told me the meaning of it. After 5-10 minutes we saw the sailboats (sails), or "After 5-10 minutes we went sailing.".We went sailing and we were sailing on the Volga for 3 hours. It was an amazing! It was very windy. It was a friendly environment. It was my best birthday yet.

    Sounds fun!

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    October 2, 2016
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    Writting about a character in a story

    Hello, could you read my text and give me some comments about grammar, structure or connections ? I write my feeling about Daenerys in Game of Thrones. Thanks !

    Daenerys is one of the last two descendants of the first king. The king was killed at the end of the war, there were and only two children of his blood survived. and They were taken to a far island.

    Daenerys was then grown up grew up with her big brother, who is the king to her, and she is a princess. Their lives consist of running from land to land to escape the hunt since lots of people want them dead. However, Daenerys is a responsive girl (loyal, obedient); she listens to her brother, her king, and accepts every demands of him (his every demand). He asks her to marry a strange leader, who can give him an army in exchange.

    When she gets away from her brother, she shows more and more her thinking. Being the wife of the leader, she can command and she even commands her king. She follows what she should do, because she wants to protect her king. I find on her the government of a king (not sure what this means) I see her as a good counsel to the king, a good king. She has people around her because they love her, not because they are commanded to do.

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    October 2, 2016
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    Probier mal Duolingo. Ich benutze das seit ein Paar Monat und es hat mir sehr geholfen. Try Duolingo! I've used it for a few months and it has helped me a lot.
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    August 24, 2016
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    Bücher Könnte jemand mir ein Buch empfehlen, um mein Deutsch zu verbessern? Ich mag meistens Fantasie und Sci-Fi Bücher. Danke schön.
    August 24, 2016
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