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My name is Chris, and I have a Ph.D. in English literature. I teach American and British literature as well as English composition. I also tutor Chinese students in English. I am originally from Memphis, Tennessee. I have lived in New York City, Washington, D.C. and various other places. I have a minor in French literature and hope to continue my education in French.
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Bérenger
French
Jun 29, 2017
Bonne leçon. Nous avons échangé sur l'édition prochaine du roman de Chris, revu les pronominaux au passé composé et la compétence "décrire quelqu'un". À bientôt!
Bérenger
French
Jun 2, 2017
Nous avons revu ensemble l'utilisation du passé : traduction fcs-eng/eng-fcs de phrases au passé composé, automatisation de verbes pronominaux, différenciation d'usage du passé composé ou de l'imparfait, mise en pratique par une présentation des actions faites pendant le week end. Nous continuons au prochain cours sur les temps du passé (verbes pronominaux au PC négatif) et travaillerons sur les pronoms objet. À très bientôt!
Bérenger
French
May 23, 2017
Très bon cours! Nous avons révisé les salutations, le verbe pouvoir au présent, comment se présenter, les articles contractés. Le niveau de mes enseignements était infèrieur à tes connaissances et nos prochains cours seront beaucoup plus accès sur l'amélioration de la production/compréhension orales que sur des connaissances que tu possèdes déjà mais qui ne sont pas encore automatisées à l'oral.
Bérenger
French
May 21, 2017
It was nice to meet you and understand what were your expectations : focus on oral communication (production and comprehension) as you already have some strong foundations in French (vocabulary, sentences structures, pronunciation) but need practice to get it more fluent.
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  • Answered
    "Although" is more formal than "though." Americans rarely use "although" in conversation.
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    December 25, 2019
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    Anita Delgado’s emeraude pin

    urgent, quelqu'un pour me corriger ?

    This emeraude jewell belonged to Anita Delgado, the Maharani of karphutala. She was a spanish dancer with an extraordinary fate. She reserved all the attention from her husband and travel through Europe to India.
    During a ceremonial she just noticed this fantastic emeraude on one of her elephant brow.
    Get a closer look to the pin :
    This pin is made of emeraude off course but also made of diamonds.
    The stone is dated from 1910 but the jewel was created by Cartier later.
    Signe of power it was like a compromise between the raja (king) and the rani (queen), in fact she have to learn urdu and she did.
    The jewell could have been worn in many ways.

    "This emerald jewel belonged to...…..She was a Spanish dancer with an extraordinary life. Her husband lavished attention on her, and she traveled throughout Europe and India. During a ceremony, she noticed a fantastic emerald one of her elephant's brows. She took a closer look at the pin. The pin was made of emerald of course, but it was also made of diamonds.
    The stone dated from 1910, but the jewel was later created by Cartier.
    A sign of power, it was like a compromise between the raja (king) and the rani (queen). In fact, she had to learn Urdu, which she did. The jewel could have been worn in many ways."


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    December 23, 2019
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  • Corrected
    Professional

    Professional context : I must to send a quality document to informe supplier about a fault in their parts

    Issue / Fault : parts broken by assembly
    Action security:
    - Our company realise an unitary inspections parts before production in order to deliver customers on time. (= our company inspecte each parts to eliminate non-ok parts)
    - Please to secure stocks

    You should write:

    Our company performs a unitary inspection for parts before production to deliver to our customers on time. (Our company inspects each part to eliminate defective parts).
    Please be sure to secure ?? stocks ??… Je pense que vous voulez dire, "Please make sure the stock is in good condition" or that "the stock is in working condition."
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    December 23, 2019
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  • Corrected
    How correctly write?

    how correctly write sentence or both correct?
    1. Open my bag and take out of it an ice cream.
    2. Open my bag and take an ice cream out of it .

    You should say: "How do I correctly write these sentences or are both correct?"

    1. I open my bag and take out ice cream. (However, this does not make sense because no one would take out ice cream from a bag, It would be messy!).
    OR
    You could say "I open my bag and take out an ice cream" (the "an ice cream" would mean an "ice cream cone" or any food with ice cream, like an ice cream bar or ice cream candy).
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    December 23, 2019
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  • Corrected
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    December 23, 2019
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    Bonjour les francophones! Je voudrais votre assistance, s'il vous plaît. Je suis américain at je voudrais votre assistance avec un poème que j’essaie de traduire d’anglais en français. La traduction française par moi: À quel jeu devons-nous jouer? Un jeu te faire rire et sourire Tandis que nous jouons pendant toute la journée? Je n’ai pas un grand chose à dire Tandis que je me demande tout le temps À quel jeu devons-nous jouer? Les mots m’échappent comme ils peuvent Tandis que tu cours le mile d’enfant Tandis que nous jouons pendant toute la journée. Peut-être je n’ai pas de mots à dire Ou pour moi de me demander À quel jeu devons-nous jouer? Cours et ris et te caches Laisses tes pieds frappent les tiles Tandis que nous jouons pendant toute le journée. Ne penses pas, ton sourire semble à dire Il n’y a pas de raison nous demander <<À quel jeu devons-nous jouer?>> Tandis que nous jouons pendant toute la journée. Je vous demande: Cela ressemble-t-il au français naturel? Et la grammaire? Merci beaucoup pour votre aide.
    December 23, 2019
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    May 17, 2017
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    D'accord. J'ai lu une ligne ce qui a dit "comme tout le monde sent que je suis pas le mec à faire chier."  Je traduis comme "as everyone feels that I am not the guy to do shit." Donc, je pense que "tu ne fais pas à faire chier" cela voudrait dire "you don't do shit."
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    March 30, 2017
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    Need help with a line Hi, how do you say, "You don't do shit!", meaning "you don't do anything!" "Tu ne fais pas à faire chier"? Or something else?
    March 30, 2017
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  • Corrected

    Pearl Harbor

    Yesterday I visited Pearl Harbor and the memorial that was establish<font style="background-color: yellow;">ed</font> to remember the tragedy of the Japanese attack on the 7th of December 1941.

    That moment was a turning point in <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">the developing of</font></strike> the Second World War <font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>for</strike></font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">because</font> the USA decided to fight against<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike> t</strike></font><font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>he</strike></font> totalitarian governments, such as Japan, Germany and Italy, and its industry and military power changed the odds in favor of the Allies.

    <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">So far</font></strike><font style="background-color: yellow;"> Up to that point, the </font> United States decided to avoid war and just observed the expansion <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">in the pacific ocean</font></strike> of the bold Japanese<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike> empire</strike></font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">Empire</font> <font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">throughout the Pacific Ocean. The</font> <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">that, eager</font></strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">ambitious</font> and greedy <font style="background-color: yellow;">desire for</font> raw materials to nourish its growth<strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">,</font></strike> made <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">himself</font></strike> itself more and more threatening.

    It was a decision of <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">the</font></strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">P</font>resident Roosevelt <font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>of </strike>to block</font> trade <strike>blocking</strike> with Japan, especially <font style="background-color: yellow;">in regard to</font> oil<font style="background-color: yellow;">,</font> which was essential to the Empire for its expansion since <font style="background-color: yellow;">it </font>was short of natural resources<font style="background-color: yellow;">. <strike>that</strike></font><strike> </strike>This started a quick escalation between the two countries that<strike> lead</strike><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> led</font> to the bloody Pearl Harbor attack and <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">than</font></strike> then war.

    Thousands of <font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>military</strike></font><font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>ies</strike></font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">servicemen </font>and civilians lost their <font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>life </strike>lives</font> without any chance <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">of</font></strike> to fight back. The USA didn’t expect any attack coming from the Japanese<font style="background-color: yellow;">,</font> although the relationship was tense.

    The most heartbreaking part of the memorial is the sunk<font style="background-color: yellow;">en</font> ship wreck of the USS Arizona<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>,</strike></font> <font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>laying</strike> lying</font> in the water with its sailors <font style="background-color: yellow;">en</font>tombed inside. From <font style="background-color: yellow;">the dock,</font> <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">the shallows</font></strike> you can see the shape of the boat<font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>,</strike></font> <font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">.</font><strike><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">few</font></strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">Few </font>parts are actually just outside the water, and from that you <strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">reckon</font></strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">think about </font>how <font style="background-color: yellow;">astonishingly </font>huge and terrifying <font style="background-color: yellow;">the explosion was,</font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">along with </font>the endless fire after<font style="background-color: yellow;">ward</font>.

    <font style="background-color: yellow;">Pearl Harbor is  a </font><strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">A</font></strike> place to remember a tragedy that everybody hope<font style="background-color: yellow;">s never</font> <font style="background-color: yellow;"><strike>not to</strike></font> happen<font style="background-color: yellow;">s</font> again.
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    March 16, 2017
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