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Seva 謝老师
Russian
Dec 8, 2017
Отличная работа, Camilla!
Seva 謝老师
Russian
Nov 29, 2017
Отличная работа, Camilla! До следующего занятия! :)
SanSanych
Russian
Jul 9, 2017
Спасибо :-)
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    I am a native British English speaker and I would say definitely without the 'in'. It would also be slightly more elegant to avoid splitting 'cutting' and 'off'. So: Cutting off the commander-in-chief mid sentence.. Also - just to be super picky and technical, it doesn't make a lot of sense to include the word 'reportedly' later on. Reportedly literally means 'according to someone else's report', i.e. the narrator wasn't there. However the first half of the sentence is very specific about the details of the General's interruption, and sounds like the narrator is there. It would be better to say either: OPTION A Cutting off the commander-in-chief mid-sentence and demanding that he give them a straight answer, U.S. General Paul Selva snapped “Look, just tell us who to kill” This means the action unfolds in the present and you feel like you are part of the story or OPTION B The U.S. General Paul Selva reportedly cut off the commander-in-chief mid-sentence, demanding that he give them a straight answer, and snapped “Look, just tell us who to kill” That sounds more like someone is explaining (reporting) some actions that happened in the past.
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    October 4, 2018
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    I agree, the difference is basically nothing and both sentences make sense. If you want to be reeeaaally specific, the two options have very subtle shades of meaning which are slightly different: “Turn out to be” has an implication that the result was different to what you expected. Eg “the previews make the movies sound great, but they always turn out to be worse than you expect. I should remember that next time” “end up being” is slightly more defeatist..you can imagine the speaker shrugging their shoulders a bit, probably in a bit of a bad mood and never really expecting it to be great. For example “every time I see a preview I know the film is gonna end up being worse than expected”. I’m being so specific here - not at all important, but hopefully interesting! Finally I would just say that even though both sentences are great and could easily have been said by a native speaker, the use of the word ‘worse’ is quite negative and implies that the movie is a bad movie. If you just wanted to say the preview gave you false expectations but the film was still quite good, it would probably be better to say: “Movies are never as good as they seem in the previews.”
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    August 2, 2018
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    Hi Zheng To spurn means to reject, in a contemptuous manner. So in this paragraph, it has the following meaning: most people would use a tent and a sleeping bag, but the woman considers these items to be unnecessary to her, and almost ‘beneath her’. Hope that helps! :-)
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    June 28, 2018
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    How do you translate 'I wish that everyone could have....' in Russian For example: I wish that everyone could have free healthcare, but unfortunately it's not that simple. Here's my attempt... Я хочу, чтобы все в мире получали бесплатное здравоохранение, но к сожалению всё не так просто.
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    July 5, 2017
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    Participation in law school

    "My participation in summer law school at Copenhagen was one of the best experience while I had chance to meet with professional layers from different areas of law, especially in shipping, offshore and maritime areas."

    Good job! Just a couple of small things -

    1. "was one of the best experience" you should say "was one of the best experiences I have had". However, this is quite strong! In England we would be more likely to say a more general "was a fantastic experience".

    2. "while I had chance to meet with professional layers from different areas of law" I think you mean "because I had the chance to meet with professional lawyers from different areas of law"

    "I feeling excited and need to summarise received experience and knowledge, really shipping and offshore industry despite of permanent crisis and up and downs industry have a huge and brigh future,"

    This sentence is less clear. I think you mean:

    I am feeling excited and need would like to summarize received my experience and knowledge: really the shipping and offshore industry, despite of permanent crisis, and ups and downs, have has a huge and bright future.

    "Thank you ELSA Copenhagen and ESLE Denmark, law firms such as Gorrissen Federspiel, University of Copenhagen, D/S Norden, Gorrissen Federspiel, SKULD, Njord, Hafnia Law Firm, Bech-Bruun, Maersk Line, Søfartsstyrelsen for the warm welcome and the very useful and succinct communication."

    This last sentence is basically OK! Well done!


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    July 5, 2017
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    моя первая попытка Привет, Меня зовут Камилла. Я хочу изучать Русски язык. Хорошого дня!
    July 5, 2017
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