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Hi! I live in California and work as a dog and cat veterinarian (so fun!). I took 3 years of Russian and studied in St. Petersburg in college, but that was long, long ago. I feel like I've forgotten almost everything. I'd like to become reacquainted with the language. With Russian, I always felt shy speaking, always worried about making mistakes. I would like to get over that fear. I also always felt like I started learning Russian and never finished. I know language learning is something that you never finish, but I would like to become good enough (eventually!) to be able to read Bulgakov and my other favorite authors in their original language. Besides Russian, I know enough Spanish to understand most of what people say. I barely speak it though, and happily, I work with native speakers who can help interpret when needed. I am happy to help out with speaking and writing English practice when I can. (I'm sorry, but I've received so many requests that I can't accommodate everyone.) I did a lot of writing in my first career, before I became a veterinarian, so I can help you come up with the correct vocabulary, spelling and grammar, even if I can't explain why we use one construction and not another. Also, I am very patient -- language learning is hard, but so rewarding!

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Russian

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Anastasia | SoulTalk

Russian

Apr 27, 2017

Огромное спасибо за урок!)) Я получила море удовольствия от общения с Вами :))

Irina Krasnyuk

Russian

Apr 26, 2017

и Вам, Лаура, большое спасибо за общение, за открытость души

Anastasia | SoulTalk

Russian

Apr 13, 2017

Спасибо большое за урок!!! С Вами было очень приятно пообщаться как по изучаемой теме, так и на свободные темы (например, о кошках :)). С нетерпением буду ждать следующего урока !)

Irina Krasnyuk

Russian

Apr 12, 2017

Лаура, у Вас всё хорошо получается. Вы умница. Приятно с Вами общаться на русском языке :)

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July 27, 2017
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Ladies on a diet
Summer is coming again, wheren every woman intends to show the world how beautiful they she could be in those splendid and colorful dresses or shirts, except those obese ones.Fat women are left out, though.
So that ladies deemed consider fat as their common rival and losting weight is one of the biggest, urgent and solely single issue at this very moment.
One of my workmates had hardly have any lunch since February. She only eats a cucaumber, an apple or an egg to resist hunger. She restrained herself from fine foods, seeing watching her boyfriend ate eat fragerant, delicious small lobsters when she was jaogging on the mechina treadmill. Unluckily, she didn’t lost any weight still by doing that.
However, the reality is most women like you and me, who claimed to diet can merely carry out within doso for a day because we are absoluately unable to resist the allure of fine food.

Good job!
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May 12, 2017
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Please help me to correct the grammatical mistakes. Thanks!
Translation
Shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art in China. According to the history book, it originates from the Han Dynasty, and prevails is prevalent in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Initially, the shadow puppets were was made of paper, later these were replaced by donkeys and oxen, that why it called Pi Ying in mandarin. Shadow puppets have a high value of art in China and even in the world, many of which are collected in several countries' museums all over the world. People see the typical shadow plays from Shanxi province and Academy Gate Cultural Street in Xian is the best place to purchase shadow puppet as souvenirs.

Great job!
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May 8, 2017
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Just write
After Mr.Price gave me advice to improve my English, I searched for a lot of many information on internet, wrote it mark down in my notebook and understand learned it.

Writeing in a diary is the best pratice I think, I spend 1.5 hours (every day? every week?) to learning English, include reading the book (In face most of Technique book) (not sure what you mean here) and writing in my diary.

Recently day I see saw a movie name "Dangal", It's an Indian movie and play with features my favor actor "Aamir Khan". The movie is come from based on a true story which about a father who wants to be a wrestler, but he could not, so that he wants his child to finish achieve his wish dream.

Good job! Keep writing, and you will become better and better!
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May 8, 2017
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Boxing TV Program
Last night, I watched the a TV program that stages boxing fights with between Koki Kameda and four amateurs persons one by one in boxing. If amateurs persons win by against Kameda, they can get ten million yen. The result was in sight. However we can excite by find this TV program exciting. Because the drama is in this fight. The story is the bad guy becomes the good guy. It's a common story for in fighting sports, movies, and TV dramas. They were took aim at it and did their best.

Good job! We can say simply "amateurs" rather than "amateur persons."
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May 8, 2017
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Homo sapiens
An amazing book Homo sapiens renews introduces a lots of my concepts, which is The book was written by Yuval Noah Harari, who was borned at in 1976. It's not straight walking, or using tools or speaking, but lying which is makes humans different from animals. Homo sapiens got underwent genetic evolution, beginning began lying and creating virtual realities which gather thousands people to work hard for one same goal. After that, Homo sapiens became the top of food chain, and immigrant all of migrated throughout the world, which caused thousand speicies was to become extinct.
Afterward, the farming evolution was beginning. Writer said that the farming evolution didn't improve life the quality of life of homo sapiens, but caused a poor quality of bad life quality for more quantity of homo sapiens. According to technological improvement, the life would be more convenient but cost our happyiness, which was the opposite to of our inital intention.
That's all, I like this book, I cann't wait to share to it with everybody. It's very insteresting to know learn something new.
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May 8, 2017
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The challenge of a new language
Yes .....
It is a big challenge to learn a new language....because for example: I'm thirty years old, and I have studied about four years, traveled twice to Canada and I didnt wasn't able to speak fluently......I have tried many ways: Italki, English school, Intership every year, an English course online, youtube and others........
I dont have an opportunity to practice every day...and during some opportunities I got became shy...it is difficult to control the emotions.....I dont know why I'm shy in this situation, but I am....
My dad told me in the past, " if you have na an obstacle, you need to overcome, it doesn't matter how, but you need to" and I believe in it...
Thanks for reading...
Have a nice week.

Good job!
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May 8, 2017
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The Truth
We come to the world to out bring the people from the darkness to the light , from the death to the life by through knowledge of Allah.

Good job. It was understandable as is. I just changed things to sound more natural to native speakers.
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May 7, 2017
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Dear Mr Mayor
Dear Mr Mayor;

First of all, I will introduce myself: my name is Henry Richards and I am seventy-six years old. I have been waiting for many years to write this letter to you; there are a lot of things that I would like to explain to you. Perhaps, if I am accurate, you will understand how bad is your political party and government is.
Well, let´s start. I´m an old pensioner who lives in the outskirts of the city. I have a lot, full of experience in this city. My job was postman, and I believe that I know what I´m talking about, regarding -- I had to deal with the traffic for much a long time. Nowadays, and read slowly, the bikes are making driving an impossible affair. All the kids, youngs and even adults ride a bicycles. This thing is not supposed to be a problem, but, when they start to ride rudely, almost killing the ancient elderly population, then that is when it becomes a real trouble.
You still are not old at all, Mr Mayor, but you will be sooner or later: moving turns becomes more difficult, you can´t run or even walk rapidly. What is happening to this world? Nobody cares about us anymore.
Actually, one of the most frustrating things, if not what the thing I hate the most, is when you are very old but nobody wants to hear to listen to you carefully… I wonder why. In my time epoch, many years ago, and when I was much younger, we used to work more than you now, lazy fool. We worked so hard in order to raise all the whole country up. Don´t disturb us again, please, and stop being so useless for our society.
Thank you very much
All yours Sincerely,
Henry Richards.
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May 1, 2017
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Addicted to learning languages
I think I'm addicted to learning languages.
I am French.
I speak English.
I speak Spanish.
I am learning Russian.
I am learning Italian.
I am learning German.

Perfect! Nothing to correct.
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May 1, 2017
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