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My main skills are thinking, eating pizza, writing, and running around with the energy of a child. When not doing those things I can be found watching films, playing games, reading about history, philosophy, psychology or linguistics mainly, or going for random walks. I welcome all nationalities and genders, but please keep in mind my time is not unlimited. So let's keep it short and sweet (unlike this introduction :P) until we know each other better. If you're open minded and somewhat crazy, we'll probably get along. Bonus points if you judge people as individuals. I'm quite introverted, so if you're looking for small talk then please look elsewhere. If you're looking to get something done, or discuss something meaningful then please do drop me a line. I am totally out of practice after some life distractions, but I study Italian and Russian when I get the chance. Now, I'm looking more to help people with their English. Thank you for reading to the few that make it this far.
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  • Commented
    If it's a random stranger in real life then I will just say thanks, carry on walking and laugh to myself while they deal with the confusion caused by it.
    If it's a random stranger on the internet, I'll just ignore them and block them if necessary.
    If it's a friend and they're serious, then I'll judge whether it has any truth to it or not, and deal with it accordingly and calmly.
    If it's a friend and they're joking around I will immediately insult them back, or pretend I'm deeply offended just to mess with them.

    The exception being when I'm playing a competitive game online then I will take you apart in an expletive ridden logical manner until you have to repeat the same nonsensical things over and over and look stupid or you leave if I thought it was your fault (because I become far too competitive), or just apologize if I was actually playing badly.
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    April 8, 2018
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  • Answered
    Yeah, these ones are tough, even as a native speaker I had to listen to the one at 1:33 a few times to hear it. 1:33 Growing pains 1:52 (Entire cities can be) wiped out at terrible human cost. 2:42 hills to the east
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    April 8, 2018
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  • Answered
    1. Recognise (clock) when you’re being insulted and wait for a good opportunity to retaliate. (Wait for a good moment to strike (back)) 2. Don’t rush, be patient. ‘The long game’ is the idea that you take your time, and wait for a good opportunity to win whatever game/scenario you’re playing rather than always playing quickly. 3. Anything considered immoral or bad one person can do to another, in this case, probably manipulation in some way. 4. See Teacher Jan’s answer below. 5. Inflation will make that happen. ‘X will see to that’ = ‘x will do that’ E.g. Person A: Darn, I need to do the washing up. Person B: Don’t worry, I’ll see to that. (Person B here is saying they’ll do the washing up.) So in your text. £100 in the future will be worth less than £100 now because inflation increases costs, so £100 in the future will buy you fewer things.
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    April 6, 2018
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    As with anything it has its advantages and disadvantages. As was already mentioned by Isabelle it can help people connect with resources and people that they would never have had the chance to interact with otherwise that aspect is lovely when used wisely.

    I do worry about the impact of it on people’s mental health and ability to hold a conversation in person, the fact it can encourage materialistic behaviour and unrealistic ideals though.

    However I’m certainly biased because those things conflict with my personal views.

    At the end of the day, as long as people are genuinely enjoying themselves and finding happiness while not hurting others then let’s leave them to it.

    The problem remains the same as before the social media age; duplicitous, disrespectful and insincere ideas, actions and words cause harm.

    So perhaps it’s better in the long term that social media highlights these things, so they can be dealt with accordingly. Harmless new things can become better understood and accepted and the harmful things can be removed. Then everyone can simply benefit.

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    April 1, 2018
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  • Answered
    Yes, both phrases could be understood as The boy is standing next to the desk. In everyday conversation, ‘Beside’ is not as common as ‘next to’ or ‘at’ though.
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    April 1, 2018
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    ‘Gift’ is simply something given in any context. ‘Present’ is more to do with something given for ceremony or celebration. E.g. Birthday In modern usage they are essentially interchangeable though.
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    April 1, 2018
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    That new actions or tactics carried out by armed forces in battle (battlefield practices) meant that the dead caused by the battle (the slain) were unlikely to be respected, easily identified, retrieved and buried. (proper treatment of the slain) The expectation previously being the dead would be respected, could be identified, retrieved and buried relatively easily. Hence ‘upend’. The change in battle practices that caused this could vary widely depending on the time period and country, but hopefully with this definition you can work it out by context.
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    March 23, 2018
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  • Commented
    I'd say this was strictly true only for those pessimists who feel a need for validation.
    Could one not equally say 

    An optimist is someone who is pleased with good experiences because they show he was right.

    In either case, it seems to me to be more focused on the pleasure derived from being correct, which is neither a defining trait of a pessimist nor an optimist, so no, I don't agree, as the labels of pessimist/optimist only deal with the expectation. The reaction to an event turning out negatively will, I'm sure, be varied.

    Perhaps a good question would be 

    If a pessimist is pleased by that bad experience, is it still in fact, a bad experience?
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    March 18, 2018
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  • Corrected

    My first task. Can you help me with the mistakes?

    Hello, it's my first note. My name is Nick, I'm From Russia, and I'm trying to learn English. My (favorite) goal it's is to pass IELTS. It's my first task. My teacher asked me writting to write some articles about the food witch that I eat. In the morning, I would like to eat Hercules porridge or muesli with milk or yougurt, then I will drink coffee witch milk and without shugar. On the For lunch, I would prefer to eat some soup and pasta with meat or fish. On In the evening, when it's dinner time, I would like vegebetals vegetables, and I will drink a cup of tea with honney.

    (brackets) = optional

    Additional notes

    'This is my...' is more common than 'it's my....' in writing.
    Be careful with tenses, and infinitives.

    Good luck with your study.

    Edited to change the last 'I'll' to 'I will' for consistency.
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    March 18, 2018
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  • Answered
    To expand on Alan's answer The simple answer is it is 'are'. When all you see ARE Carly's trees, you stop thinking about.... If you specifically need a past tense variant you can also use When all you SAW WERE Carly's trees... Though this requires you to change 'you stop thinking about' to 'you stopped thinking about' to make the tenses agree. A more detailed explanation is as follows; A better way to look at the grammar is to rearrange the clause. You stop thinking about .... when .... is also a way to say this, so (When) Carly's trees ARE all you SEE. (Makes grammatical sense) (When) Carly's trees IS all you SEE. (Grammatically incorrect as 'Carly's trees' are plural and 'is' is singular) (When) Carly's trees WERE all you SEE. (Doesn't make grammatical sense as tenses are present and past) (When) Carly's trees WERE all you SAW. (Makes grammatical sense) (When) Carly's trees WAS all you SEE. (Doesn't make grammatical sense, past and present tenses are mixed again, and singular and plural forms mixed too) Then you can place the correct form back into your example by reversing the order. In this form you can see that the form of the verb is actually determined by 'Carly's trees' not by 'all you see' because 'Carly's trees' are the focus and the 'all you see' of this clause. So three points are important. 1. Make sure your tenses agree. (In this case you cannot have 'see' present tense, and 'were/was' past tense in the same clause.) 2. Try to rearrange sentences/clauses to see if the grammar makes sense/to identify the verb modifier. 3. 'All' is a singular or plural indefinite pronoun depending on what it is referring to.
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    August 28, 2016
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