Hello! 

Beg is a situation where you are asking for something because you already have nothing.  Example, begging for food. 

Crave is a situation where you wanted to do something...usually refers to food.  Example, I crave ice cream. 

Submit basically means to pass something.  Usually the receiver is near to you.  Example, Have you submitted your requirements? 

Send is to bring something to someone.  Usually the receiver is far away. Example, I'll send something to your house.  

A Skewer could be anything (usually metal or wood) that holds the meat.  The kebab is the name of the dish itself. 

Hi! here are my thoughts :) 

1.) To be honest, it is really difficult to tell if a teacher/tutor is good or not and neither the rating nor the comments is not really that helpful.  But on the other hand, a "good" teacher/tutor is also difficult to measure,  he/she might not be good in your opinion but he/she might be "good" to other students.  So the best way is really to give it a shot, hence, the trial lesson.  

2.) Every teacher/tutor has their own strengths and weaknesses.  Again, even though other students gave a bad comment (which cannot be seen, I think), that teacher/tutor might be helpful to you.   

3.) One way of checking if the teacher/tutor is good or not is to check how many students they have and how many lessons they had.  If the number of students is few but the lessons are many, it means that a lot of these students have booked at least twice, which could mean the teacher/tutor is good.  But then again, it is subjective.  

4.) Another way is to tell the teacher/tutor what you want specifically so that he/she could tell you if he/she could teach you what you want.  

Hope this helps! :) 

One technique: DIVIDE AND CONQUER :) 

Learn a few sentences first, then use it in your everyday life.  Especially things that you do regularly like eating, drinking, taking a bath, brushing your teeth etc.  This way, your brain will adapt to the language and it will become familiar with it.  The more our brains become familiar, the more it is easier to learn. 

Hope this helps :) 

P.S. 

use the F*** word with care...some might be offended..hehe

It may depend on your current situation...Here is my opinion: 

1.) I would say that going back to school is always better than staying in a job. Why? Because you will get more job opportunities once you have more educational attainment.  Of course not always, but the percentage will be higher. 

2.) If you need the work to support your expenses or your family's need, then I would suggest to stay and work.  If you have time and can go back to study, maybe a part -time student. Then grab it, so that you can get a better job.   

Hope this helps :) 

I see your point.....Here is my opinion: 

1.) They are not interested in learning Russian language.  So even though you offered them the opportunity to learn, they will not grab it. 

2.) They are busy with other stuff.  It could be their personal life or their teaching lessons in italki 

3.) The last but not the least, and I think this is the most important.  Remember that italki allows us to look for a language partner, but it does not mean that this is their main purpose.  Their main purpose is to provide you an environment to learn new languages but with a cost.....this is where italki gets its funds and this is also where the professional teachers and community tutors get their income.  So it will not be fair if others are paying to learn while the others are not.  So I would say that there is somewhat a little chance for you to get a language partner.  :) 

Hope this helps :)