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- In the first instance "I don't get it," has the same meaning as "I don't understand it." In "it gets repetitive," the speaker is saying that it becomes repetitive. Landscape pictures become boring for this person because they're just pictures of hills, trees, mountains, etc. and they seem the same after awhile.0 votedMay 31, 20191
My first text.
Hello friends, “My” isn’t necessary because it’s implied/assumed just by saying “friends”
I'll try to write a little here, but my English is terrible.
My name is Sergio Etzel and I live in Brazil. This year (2018) I want to learn English and meet new people to practice with.
I hope you can help me and that I can help you learn Portuguese.
Instead of saying “hugs!,” you could say “thanks!” or “later!” or “peace!” Saying hugs or kisses to end a conversation or message isn’t normal in English.0 votedJanuary 13, 20181Diary in English♡August 12th English, A Farewell Party, and Shooting Stars!
August 12th
Today I practiced English with my online English teachers. Both topics we studied were really interesting. They were about muscle memory and the first American K2 climber.
The muscle memory topic taught about how to improve pronunciation. The author said that it is effective to watch English pronunciation videos and practice pronunciation using a mirror. When we repeat a physical action many times, our brain develops permanent memory for how to do it!
I've experienced that when I play the piano. I had to read music notes (scales?) at the first, but with practice, I was able to play without reading the music scores (notes? scales?) and my fingers moved unconsciously.
For that reason, I thought the way to improve pronunciation made sense and I want to try it!
The first American K2 climber topic told me about how hard it is to climb K2. I didn't know about K2 before I read this topic. I like climbing and hiking, but I don't want to climb K2 because according to statistics, one out of every four people who climb it dies! However, I have climbed Mt. Fuji and I want to climb it again because Mt.Fuji is safe to climb and the view on the way to the top and from the peak is really beautiful!
After studying English, I went to my farewell party. I quit my job and I'm going to move to the UK to study English. There were many people who helped me a lot these past 5 years. We enjoyed drinking, eating and chatting. I laughed a lot and I felt really happy. After the main dish, there was a surprise cake! I was moved. We sang a Japanese song titled Makenaide that means "Don't give up." I was happy to work with them.
Afterwards, I went to a popular cafe to watch shooting stars with my friend. We laid on the roof of the cafe and looked for stars. We were able to see some shooting stars! They were really vivid and beautiful. The staff of the cafe had us look at the moon. I had never seen such a beautiful moon!
It was a busy day, but I really had a good time!0 votedAugust 15, 20171Paper Towns by John Green
In first caption Quentin describes his day. He goes to school with his mother and talks with his friends every morning. They go to school early to talk. Quentin has two best friends: Ben and Radar. Ben is single and he really wants go to the prom with a girl (any girl). Radar has a girlfriend named Angela. It's no secret to his friends that Quentin is crazy in love with Margo. Quentin really likes his friends, but when he sees Margo the world stops and he just can see her smile and her eyes. Quentin has an ex-girlfriend and Margo is dating a guy named Jase. He is Margo's first serious boyfriend. Quentin, Ben and Radar are not popular in school, but Margo is very popular,; everyone knows her. The entire school knows stories about Margo's adventures, like when get out with the circle for three months. (I don't understand this.) There is a guy in school, named Chuck. He is not a good guy and for some reason he started (?) to fight with Quentin. Quentin believes that someone told Chuck to leave him alone. But who?
My observations: Quentin doesn't talk about what happens with his friendship with Margo. They were very close when they were kids, but maybe the episode with the dead guy (they found a dead guy when they were kids) started the end of their friendship. They are very different people.Nice job, Priscylla! I like John Green's writing. All of this is very understandable. I just changed some verbs so that they would match the person and some words/phrases. Enjoy your book!
#001 (11-18)0 votedMay 10, 20170Brief of my vacation in this year.
The last month i enjoy my vacation. I went to visit my grandmother in Northern Brazil. I didn’t walk too much there, however, I went a village where live my uncle and went to two neighbour towns. In one town, I picked some people up in a farm, in other town, I take a bath in thermal waters in two different touristic point.
I ate many fruits and other foods which don’t have in my region as umbú (fruit from semi-arid region of Brazil). I ate acarajé (street food from Bahia state) and breads very different from I live (they more delicious then breads from my city). I drank a goat milk with coffee at breakfast.
I slept on the hammock while I stayed there. There are beds, but I prefer to slept it. Here in my region people don’t have hammock.Easy to understand, but a few grammatical changes would make it better (:
Here's what I would probably say:
A brief description of my vacation this year.
Last month I enjoyed a vacation. I went to visit my grandmother in Northern Brazil. I didn't walk very much, but I went to a village where my uncle lives and went to two neighboring towns. In one town, I picked some people up from a farm, and in the other town, I bathed in hot springs in two different touristic locations.
I ate many fruits and other foods that we don't have in my region, like umbú, fruit from a semi-arid region of Brazil. I also ate acarajé, which is street food from Bahia, and some very different, very delicious breads. I drank goat milk with coffee at breakfast.
I slept on a hammock while I was there. There were beds, but I preferred to sleep in the hammock because in my region, we don't have hammocks.
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