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Hi, I speak English, German, and Czech. I am from the U.S, and studied German in school, at university, and in Freiburg for one semester. I am afraid it is getting rusty with disuse. After university, I taught English in the Czech Republic for a year before returning to the U.S. I return about once a year to visit friends and family in Pardubice, Czech Republic. I hope to really improve my Czech skills by the time I visit again.
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    Context is important here, but no, they are usually not the same. "It's my honor" - would be used for an opportunity that you're honored to be offered. "It is my honor to present this award." "On my honor" is used to verify truth or goodness. Essentially, you are swearing on your honor (your respectability and worthiness) that you are telling the truth. "Did he really do that?!" "On my honor." Would be a way of emphasizing seriousness and truth in what you are saying. "My honor" is way too open-ended to really say. But when used as a form of address, which I think is what you mean, is used to address a king or lord (but not like a president or prime minister. It has a distinctly feudal connotation.) "Your honor" is still used in modern day to address a court judge.
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    August 27, 2017
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    Speaking for American English, you might occasionally hear "smart" used in the first sense, but probably never the second. So yes, you might hear that someone is a "smart dresser," but it's more likely to be from someone of my grandmother's generation. It's not SO unusual as to sound strange, but it's not exactly frequently used either.
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    August 27, 2017
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    Yes, it is fine.
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    August 27, 2017
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    It sounds like the person who wrote this sentence is an English learner themselves. It is not a good or clear sentence. I wish I could help but I am honestly am not sure what it means.
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    August 27, 2017
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    If you want to specify that she is from France, you could say that she is "a native of France" or a "French native." If you want to specify just the language "a native French speaker." In terms of the specific sentences/phrases you suggest above, I think you are trying to cram too much into one phrase. Both "native French teacher" (better) and "French native teacher" (worse) are awkward because it is ambiguous what is modifying what. A different sentence structure would help. Such as "The French teacher is a native speaker." Or "The teacher is a French native."
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    August 18, 2017
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    Sorry I commented when I meant to "answer". See comment below.
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    August 18, 2017
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    I would use "on". "Through" would be used if the cruise is quite extensive. If you're really going the length of the Mediterranean and seeing a lot of it, use "through". If it's a day trip out to sea, then use "on."
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    August 9, 2017
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    Yes, they are interchangeable. "Contention" might have a slightly stronger connotation, or imply heightened emotions around the thing in question, but I might be searching too hard to find a difference between the two.
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    August 9, 2017
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    1. "Wind down" --> relax 2. to "tip back" --> to drink 3. Variant is used for a specific trait and is also combined with OF, such as here "a variant of", for example: "X is a variant of Y". Variation refers to a spectrum, or range of possible of variants, not just a single specific variant, for example, "variation in hair color", "There is variation in how much people drink."
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    August 9, 2017
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    For future reference, please post questions like this under the "Notebook" category. It is much easier to correct there, because there are options for highlighting, bolding, strikethrough, etc, that made corrections much more clear. Do you know why this P/O has been canceled suddenly? --> Perfect - From your feedback, we can see that we have lost some cases. Is our price too high? "Are our prices too high?" is probably better, but it depends on the products/service being offered, and if there are multiple, which there probably are, use the plural here. "Cases" is probably not the best word here, but without more context, I cannot suggest an alternative. In order to promote the probability of success, please let us know the reason. In order to increase the (perhaps "our" would be better than "the", but it depends on the context) likelihood of success, please let us know the reason. - Please keep tracking. If we really lose that order, it will be caused both of us a loss. Please continue tracking (I would add "this information", "this order", or "this package", depending on the situation). If we lose the order, it will cause a loss for both of us. - A quick, concrete reply would very much facilitate our procedures. A quick, concrete reply would very much facilitate our process.
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    August 9, 2017
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