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Learning New Words (Lesson one)
1. TO MARCH = I will march in a parade the next month. (to march = marchar , caminar)
2. MARCH = Scientists say that walking/hiking is good for your health. (march = caminata) <--I looked up caminata = long walk/hike. Maybe you mean to use march as in marching, which is a type of walk. I haven't heard scientists say it's good for someone's health. When I've heard people using the word marching, it's more like "marching up and down the stairs" or being part of a "marching band" (which means you play instruments as you march across a field, or street, or wherever)
3. CASTILIAN = My Russian friend loves the Castilian language. (Castilian = castellano)
4. WAFFLE = For months, the mayor has waffled on the issue of improving public transportation.
(waffle = andarse por las ramas) I haven't seen "waffle" used like this. When you say waffle, I think of food (waffles are usually a breakfast food here). I looked up andarse por las ramas in spanishdict.com and it translated it as the idiom = to beat around the bush. Which basically means avoiding talking about something difficult. So your sentence would make more sense if you say "For months the mayor beat around the bush on the topic of improving public transportation".5. ORIGIN = The origin of the infection is still unknown. (origin = origen)
6. TO DART OUT = You must decide to dart out at adventure of life. (to dart out = lanzarse) <--Again, I looked up lanzarse in spanishdict.com and based on what I think your message is trying to say, you should use "leap into". For example, "You should leap into the adventure of life". "Dart out" means more like moving really fast out of somewhere towards something/someone. For example: "The burglar darted out of the dark corner and attacked me" or "My dog darted out of his bed towards the kitchen when she heard me opening her treat bag".
7. ON ALL FOURS = Few days ago, my baby began crawling on all fours. (on all fours = a cuatro patas)
8. PERCEIVE = The tax system was widely perceived as unfair to ordinary workers.
The human eye is capable of perceiving thousands of insignificant details.
(perceive = percibir)
9. TO GO STRAIGHT = Tony's been trying to go straight for about six months.
(to go straight = reformarse)
10. COMPLEXITY = Many people struggle with the complexity of the tax forms.
(complexity = complejidad)
11. BALANCE = Riding a bike helps develop a child's sense of balance. (balance = equilibrio)
12. CLOUD = I love to see the clouds. (cloud = nube)
13. TO STAND = My grandfather can't stand anymore. (to stand = estar / ponerse de pie)
14. WICKEDLY = He likes behaving wickedly when nobody's watching him. (wickedly = malvadamente)
15. HARDLY = I was so tired that I could hardly walk. (hardly = apenas)
16. HILL= Near to my house, there is a hill. (hill = colina, cerro)
17. RHYTHM = I don't have rhythm to dance. (rhythm = ritmo) <--I would probably say something like "I can't dance...I don't have any rhythm".
18. RESUME / VICE = I don't want to resume my old vices.
(resume = reanudar, comenzar de nuevo, vice = vicio)Great job! :D
0 votedJanuary 16, 20170A new member of the italki comunity
Hello,
I am a new French member and it's the first time that I'm writing in English for other people!
So I want to learn English because i have to use it for my work. I am a teacher for little kids who are between the ages of 4 and 5 years old. And I have to speak English with their parents, just to tell them what it is happened during the day and what their kids have to bring for the following day... I have to tell them if their kid is ok child is doing well. And even if I have studied English at school I still can not, today, absolutelly tell say one sentence! <--Even though you're saying this, I think you're doing very well. ;) It's like no words can go out of my mouth! I am afraid, and I'm not proud of myself!!! That's why I have decided to do something!!!
So, what can I do? <--Since you're starting out right now, maybe you could memorize a few of the most useful phrases to communicate with the parents? I'm studying Spanish, and in my job I encounter a lot of Spanish-speaking people that I still can't communicate well with, so I've memorized a few phrases that I say all the time (introductions, how to call me for help, etc.)
Thanks a lot for reading my note! <--You are welcome, and good luck!0 votedJanuary 6, 20170My neat notes
Yesterday I tidied up the books in my room. There were too many books that the bookshelf couldn't hold them all. Some of them were bought for tests. Also, I found my notes that I had taken when I was in high school. These notes were very neat and I should have sold them out. Once I was proud of them but not anymore now. Because I realized now that I had valued their neatness more than their contents. I should have used the notes to help me understand and remember what the teachers said. Never put the cart before the horse.Don't forget spaces after periods & commas.
Great job with this entry. And you are right, you should "never put the cart before the horse".
0 votedDecember 31, 20161Cute Tragedy
I watched Bay Max, which is a Disney movie, because my son wanted to watch it.Though I wasn't interested in watching the movie, it was interesting for me, too.
It was very good until we finished to watched the ending.
But after that In the end, tragedy happened struck. <--You can also use "happened" if you want, but "struck" sounds more natural to me.
My son wants me to do this make-believe play all day, and every day.0 votedDecember 30, 20161A little story 2
Yesterday I met my old friend. We went to a cafe and spent a few hours talking.
He told me that he got married last year. I asked him how did he meet his wife? My friend told me the following story:
One morning I wanted to drink juice but there wasn’t any in the fridge. I decided to go to the supermarket to buy more. I chose a packet of juice. However, the packet was swollen. I saw a woman near me. I thought that she was a shop assistant because she wore clothes like other a shop assistants .
I asked her about the packet of juice and she said to me that the juice, maybe, was probably still good. A few minutes later she told me: "I wouldn't buy this juice, I guess it isn't fresh."
"Oh, no," I thought. I was surprised.
"What's your name?" I asked her. I wanted to know her name.
"She is a strange shop assistant," I thought.
....
And ten months later we got married. It was a great day for us.0 votedDecember 30, 20160The struggle is real...
I want to talk about English education in South Korea. Oh yeah.. I want this to be a super-academic notebook. I've learned how to write 'academically' for a month, so I feel like it's okay to just give it a shot. And I've had some beer too! HOORAY!!
Among the Korean people, it is widely known that South Korea's English education does not function well, particularly in terms of its efficiency. Even though the English education market in Korea is on a billion dollar scale, barely can any Korean people speak English fluently. There are even words like 'Englishphobia' and 'Foreignerphobia', which Korean people experience when they happen to speak in English or bump into foreigners to whom they think they have to speak English to. One might point out that this kind of not-that-fluent-in-English phenomenon is kind of common in East Asian countries, whose language structures are disparate from that of English. However, as a Korean who has never stayed in an English speaking country more than 5 days but still relish talking with foreign friends in English, I hold the view that this seemingly inexplicable and irrational epidemic lack of proficiency in English is due to the Korean people's unwillingness to 'be ready to wrong'.
Trial-and-Error is the most efficient way to improve one's language skills. If I did not write out 'be ready to wrong', I would have not have had the opportunity to learn that it is a grammatically wrong sentence(is it? <--To me, "be ready to wrong" sounds like you're getting ready to do something wrong. A better way to say what I think you're trying to say is: "Be ready to be wrong"). Furthermore, I might have lost the ones who will challenge me to write it in a fancier way: embrace chances to be wrong with alacrity.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh.. I gotta go to sleep. It took me a way more time than I expected. It's really awkward to write 'did not' or 'cannot'... I hope I can get through this English test I'm preparing for ASAP. I don't know. I wanna find a teacher. I want a really strict grammar-martinet one, who's gonna be super-picky of my every mistakes. Do you know why? Because, no one wants Edward Scissor hand at a party unless he's Johnny Depp or he's got super-cool scissor hands. But then he's not Scissorhand anymore... What am I talking about? I better go off and sleep. Have a good night guys,Yunchan, I love your post. I think it's so funny, especially in the beginning and the end. ;) And I'm impressed by your skill...there were words even I didn't know (and English is the only language I speak!).
0 votedDecember 30, 20160Environment, Factory and Government
Hi ××,
I hope everything with you is going well.
I know it is a little rushed to ask you for the ×× order deposit of 2017, but it is very urgently needed for our raw material order. Could you confirm this with me before 10 January 2017? There has been a big change in the earlier stable order price because of the following reasons:
As you may have heard in the news, China's big environmental remediation from December 2016 will result in a lot of material factories (such as paper factories, foam factories, leather factories, etc.) have to shut down at the end of this year because they can not meet environmental standards in production. It is expected that material prices will increased 50%-70% compared to their prices of in the middle of 2016. In the future, as the government would becomes more serious of the environment pollution problems, so the factory running costs will become more unstable. in the future.
Our purchasing department have had many meetings with our material suppliers, and by their calculation, the material cost will become double next year. If their projections are correct, we have no choice but to increase our prices accordingly. I believe the boxes prices will increase approx.20%-30% depending on material cost in the following year.I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Kim0 votedDecember 30, 20161
