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Shopping episode (or Shopping trip)
Today, I went to the supermarket. It takes about 10 minutes from my house by bus to get there.
I bought the toilet detergent, washing tools, and a lot of foods. So my luggage was so heavy.(1)
After shopping, I was supposed to take a bus. I went to the bus stop, but it took a long time to come.
I wondered and asked the woman when the next bus would come. She answered "I didn't don't know know, but because the road works prevent cars from going smoothly, we might have to wait more time longer."
Then, we had waited for a while. However, the bus had still not come. Finally, I decided to walk instead of taking a bus.
It took for 30 minitues to arrive at my house. I was so exausted that I went to bed as soon as I entered the room.
Now, my shoulders are sore......This is perfectly understandable, but I've tried to make it more 'English' in tone.
washing tools - I think you'd say either washing-up utensils (tools is more for building, carpentry etc). Washing is for clothes, washing-up is for dishes.
So my luggage was so heavy t- here are two 'so's in this sentence, each with a different meaning, which sounds a bit awkward.
Perhaps say 'so my shopping bags were very heavy (luggage is the word for the bags you take on holiday)
- After we had waited for a while the bus had still not come
'as soon as I entered the room' - this would be correct if you said 'entered my room'. You would say entered THE room if you had previously mentioned that room and were referring to it in particular.
Also 'entered' is a bit too formal for this context - I'd probably say as soon as I got back to my room, or as soon as I got home.
good luck!
Chris
0 votedOctober 4, 20181- it can be a 'filler' in a conversation, like saying 'you know' at the end of a sentence. especially by young Londoners, who say it rapidly and pronounce as 'na wa a meen?' but of course you can also use it, again at the end of a sentence, if you want to check whether someone is understanding you or agrees with you0 votedSeptember 19, 20181
Lovely mistake
if your friend has a haunting licence he must be a ghost!
...I was curious about how the animals smell when they are cooked so I asked about that.
Answering the question, he said that when he was cooking the animals, he was able to smell flowers.
One of my friend, he has a haunting licence in the states.
Near his home, there are a huge nature and vast wildness.
I heard a story from him about haunting animals near his home.
He explained me how to clean the animals.
I just curious about how smell the animals are when they are cooked so I asked about that.
Answering about the question, when he was cooking the animals, he was able to smell flower smell.
It is because they were eating flowers when they were alive.0 votedJuly 27, 20181The right time?
Do you notice that all important conversations happen in the middle of the night? Always before a significant meeting, or before or after a difficult day.
I'm only able to start any kind of tough conversation if I'm tired as hell, totally unhappy and so overwhelmed that I'm indifferent about result. Because I'm to afraid to spoil good mood or romantic moment with a serious topic.
It is nearly impossible to stay calm and talk in reasonable arguments when you want to cry out loud. Instead of a useful conversation that helps you to connect with each other, you risk starting a big fight. [great can mean 'very good']
Every single psychologist says that talking is a very important part of building strong relationships, but how to become brave enough?[my advice (for what it's worth) would be to tell your partner all this and say you want to change things. If they are receptive, great. If they start another row, have a good think about whether this is the right relationship for you. Or get some help from a good psychologist/ counsellor/ relationsihp coach/couples therapist]
good luck
0 votedJuly 13, 20180- vague is to do with how you express yourself - his account of what he did that day was rather vague fuzzy comes from material which is not smooth, like felt and is used to mean 'vague in outline' or without clear boundaries you can also say that someone's thinking is fuzzy,but it would sound odd to say someone's story or account of a situation was fuzzy. actually quite hard to differentiate when I think about it.0 votedJune 2, 20181
Are there something wrong with these sentences?
Are there something wrong with these sentences? Please help me, thanks~~
"I found this is a very practical technology, as well as provides greater profits for IT companies. "
"Benefited from my frequent touch with English, I got good grades"
"As the member of Oral English Society, I watch English films without subtitles and make imitate dubbing as well."
"I read English journals to achieve the newest research outcomes."
"There is no end in learning of academic knowledge."
"My experiences offer me full confidence for studying"Are there something wrong with these sentences? -
Are there something wrong with these sentences? Please help me, thanks~~ Is there something wrong (something is the subject of the sentence, so it's singular). We would probably say 'Is there anything wrong with these sentences' - to allow for more than one mistake! :)
"I found this is a very practical technology, as well as provides greater profits for IT companies. " which also
"Benefited from my frequent touch with English, I got good grades" Benefitting from my frequent contact with the English language
"As the member of Oral English Society, I watch English films without subtitles and make imitate dubbing as well." the highlighted bit of this sentence is wrong, but I can't guess what you wanted to say
"I read English journals to achieve the newest research outcomes." - if you mean that you read the journals so you know all the current research, then you should probably say 'to keep up with the newest research results' or 'the latest research results'
"There is no end in learning of academic knowledge." - there is no end to what you can learn in academic study.....or , 'there is no end to the knowledge you can gain from academic study'.
"My experiences offer me full confidence for studying" - not sure what you mean here. We'd probably say 'give me full confidence in my studies'. or 'My experiences mean that I feel very confident in my studies'.or My experiences (say what the experiences are, for instance 'doing my last two post graduate degrees') have left me feeling very confident in my studies
GOOD LUCK!
0 votedSeptember 14, 20170Our firm is in trouble.
hi
this is all understandable
I've edited it below
good luck with the job
Our firm is in trouble.<o:p></o:p>
The firm I work in is in trouble recently, our business is very bad, and can't even afford to pay salaries now.
Recently my boss is always losing his temper, but he was a good tempered person before.
A lot of colleagues have already left, but I think I shouldn't.
The firm was created by my boss three years ago. I was the first member of staff after my boss.
After I graduated, I had joined this firm, till now is three years. ...( structure of this sentence is awkward - you could say ‘I joined this firm after I graduated three years ago’)
I have learned a lot from my boss and have grown a lot in these three years, so I can't leave, I'll stick it out through these hard times.
If I had known this three years ago, I would still have joined the company, because my boss deserves my decision.-(‘ deserves my decision’ is awkward, you perhaps could say ‘deserves my loyalty’? It doesn’t quite mean the same thing though. I think you were trying to say something like ‘getting to know and work with my boss has confirmed that I made the right decision’
If I were to leave as soon as the firm got in trouble, I would be a bad person.
I believe everything will be ok.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>
(your boss is lucky to have you!<o:p></o:p>
0 votedMay 31, 20171
