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Chiqui
Spanish
Jun 7, 2017
Another enjoyable lesson with Rohit. We reviewed structures to talk about our preferences and interests. We also discussed about a video where some people described their tastes on music. Furthermore we worked on vocabulary related to family and we talked about famous families from our countries. Rohit acquires all the contents very fast and our conversations are more and more natural in Spanish :) ¡Buen trabajo, Rohit!
Chiqui
Spanish
Apr 21, 2017
Great lesson with Rohit! He did a great presentation about Japan and he answered with accuracy and fluency some questions I did related to this topic. Furthermore we talked about our preferences to go on holidays and we did a negotiation about a trip. He did a good job and, as he acquired all the contents, we will start a new challenge in our next lesson. ¡Buen trabajo, Rohit! :)
Chiqui
Spanish
Mar 30, 2017
Great lesson with Rohit. He did a good presentation about his country using with accuracy the structures we learnt in our previous lesson. Furthermore, we learnt the difference between ser, hay y estar to describe a place. In our next lesson we will focused on speaking to practice these verbs and we will learn vocabulary and expressions tot alk about the weather. ¡Hasta la próxima clase!
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    1. "that" refers to the "generous act", which is "humour" 2. yes, it means - by means of art
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    May 3, 2017
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    'hold' feels more natural. Also, in the UK these would be referred to as after-school activities, or extracurricular activities - 'after-class' sounds odd to me.
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    May 2, 2017
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    'modest' is used to describe a person's behaviour or personality trait. 'humble' is used to describe a person's innate quality or inner state / being.
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    May 2, 2017
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    Yes you are correct. I could re-write this in a couple of ways and convey a similar meaning: Since what goes into a man poisons him, if a man eats filth... What goes into a man, poisons him. Therefore, if a man eats filth...
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    May 2, 2017
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    'tone down' is a phrasal verb, which means to make less severe. In this context, the person is suggesting that you reduce your accent or else your speech will not be understood. i.e. speak more like a native speaker.
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    April 27, 2017
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    No, its not informal or rude at all. Replying with something like 'you too' is way more informal.
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    April 27, 2017
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    I agree with your reasoning here - they're not interchangeable words. However, I can empathise with the student - this difference is very subtle, for a non-native speaker. 

    Perhaps differentiating between 'countable' and 'uncountable' might be useful?  Ultimately, I think the best approach would be to ask the student to get a 'feel' for this by going through examples provided in good dictionaries - oxford, cambridge



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    April 27, 2017
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    Hi Quang Vinh, Given the IT context, and the design implications of this statement, here's how I would put it: I don't allow the email and username fields to be updated through the PUT API, because these fields should persist from when the user first created the account.
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    April 27, 2017
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    The context could change the meaning. For example: - Don't stop on account of him == Don't stop because of him - Don't stop on his account - could, in some contexts, mean don't stop working on his (bank/sales/customer) account. There is room for ambiguity here. This might be a US/UK English thing, but for me (UK) I find 'on account of' far more natural, as opposed to Shane.
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    April 27, 2017
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    Then he was dragging the boy out. ≠≠ Then he was dragging OUT the boy. The structure here changes the meaning. In the first sentence 'dragging' is a verb and the meaning is clear - he was dragging the boy out (...out of something/somewhere). In the second sentence, 'dragging out' is a phrasal verb which means - to make something continue for longer than necessary. For example - Let's drag out this meeting until lunchtime. Due to the meaning of the phrasal verb 'dragging out' it is incorrect when used with 'boy' - how can you make a boy 'continue for longer than necessary'?
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    April 27, 2017
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