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    February 14, 2019
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    A Film "Ludwig"

    I borrowed the DVD "Ludwig", directed by Visconti.
    At first, I felt faint knowing the duration of the film was about 4 hours.
    It took me three days to finish watching it. In fact, I felt as if I had read a novel, and turned each and every page.
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    November 1, 2017
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    At first, as usual, I planned thousands of things to do, but when the two weeks of vacation were over, I realised that I had done almost nothing. I was extremely disappointed with myself, and felt "useless". But now, as I look back, I realize just how productive It actually was! I got to rest, which is undoubtedly important, I enjoyed the time spent alone, and I read the books and fanfics that I liked best. Besides watching movies, I finished my story and started another, which seemed to come from nowhere, when I was suddenly struck by an idea. I also developed my writing and had wonderful ideas that, in the near future, I hope to put down on paper. However, I have to admit that it is not always a bed of roses, after all, I had to go to the dentist numerous times (which sucked because I wanted to be alone at home). And as I said before, I didn't do all the stuff I had planned on doing. My vacation was marked by an existential crisis, but I had experienced this feeling so many times before that I was almost used to it*.

    This was my holiday.

    *I tried to correct this sentence to make it grammatically correct, but I can't help but feel that this is not what you were trying to say. Existential crisis means 'a moment at which an individual questions the very foundations of their life: whether this life has any meaning, purpose or value.' If this is what you meant, then you can just ignore this message.

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    November 1, 2017
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    Hi Everyone,

    I would like to practice my English, so I am writing this short piece of text to exercise my brain.
    Today I passed my first oral lesson on italki.
    I was totally scared of not being able to understand what my teacher was talking about or not being able to make my teacher understand what I was trying to explain.
    I was tired at the end of the lesson but happy because I had reached my goal: to hold a "discussion" for an entire hour.


    This whole passage could be simplified to 'I was scared that I would not be able to understand, nor be understood by my teacher.'

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    October 31, 2017
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    PT 2/

    At the dawn of humanity, most of the people were nomadic. Their life was a continuous journey alongside all beauty and ugliness. Sometimes they traveled from summer to winter and sometimes to monsoon. They lived surrounded by nature, their lives filled with discovery and hardship.The food wasn’t always fresh and at times starvation was a normal part of life. Both despite, and because of these predicaments, they wanted to explore and try unknown things. So when women were on their daily gathering and one of them found a new plant, nobody was surprised. The temporary accommodation of the group lay next to the forest and consisted of some tight, windy tents and latrines. In the middle of the “village” a roomy sweat-tent stood. Mostly the shaman of the people used it, but sometimes everyone enjoyed the sweltering heat alongside each other’s company. Just at that moment, the women arrived from the forest. They divided the usual gatherings and then started to try out the unknown plants and berries. When they reached the henna, first they tasted it, but it was bitter. They thought maybe it had some medicinal qualities, so ground it up and left it. The night was windy and stormy and the abandoned henna soaked up a lot of water. The next morning, children played with the mud, they were tossing it around and got coated with it. One of the children found the henna mixture and put it onto a small girl’s light hair. After that, they ran into the sweat-tent to have fun. Obviously, after their parents washed the children, the little girl’s hair turned bright red. Everyone was out of their minds. They suspected witchcraft, but shortly afterward they understood what had really happened. Since then, the group has earned the name 'redheads'.

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    October 31, 2017
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    Henna tale

    I was thinking about the basic tools of our everyday lives, such as henna. The last few years, I’ve dyed my hair with it to get a beautiful ginger colour. How does it work? First, you need to get one part henna powder - which is basically just the leaves of the henna plant ground up – and then two parts hot water. Now mix it. After that, you only need to apply it to your hair with your hands. Make sure it’s well-coated, then put a shower hat on – to keep the product in a warm environment, leave it for a few hours, rinse and you've got your new, unique red-ginger hair colour – it varies depending on your original hair pigmentation. So I was wondering that if this natural hair dye has been around since antiquity, how did they “invent” it? I was thinking about all of the different ways they could've done it, but now I have chosen to share what I believe to be the most realistic scenario.

    Antiquity - the ancient past, especially the period of classical and other human civilizations before the Middle Ages.


    (There are too many words to post the rest here)

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    October 31, 2017
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    My weekend

    Hey Max,
    My weekend was really nice because my aunt and uncle came to Germany for a few days. I do not see them very often because my family does not often go on holiday. Normally they live in London. I have visited them there 3 times, and it was always nice. The last time I saw them was 3 years ago. So it was quite a long time since they last saw us, which is why they had a lot to tell us about. I also had a football game. My uncle came to watch me. We had lost the game. So after the game, I was a bit upset, but my uncle told me that I had played really well and that it was not my fault that we had lost, which made me a bit happier. The problem is that I was not upset about me, I was upset about my team. The first half was one of the worst we had ever played. Maybe it happened because we had some new players and we could not play well together.
    What did you do over the weekend? Did you win you football match?
    See you soon.
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    October 31, 2017
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    He is 40 years old, lives with his wife, has two younger sisters and works as an engineer. Currently, he is doing a masters degree in Germany. Peter works with renewable energy, which I think is so interesting. He is a calm, hard-working, creative, polite and smart person. I don’t understand how, but he seems to know a little bit about everything. In his free time, he likes playing guitar, taking photos, studying policies, working with wood, and a lot of other things. Indeed, he has a lot of skills.

    However, I think he is a little untidy and forgetful. Another disadvantage, if you are going to share the house with him, is that He likes listening to music at a high volume. So, I hope you enjoy heavy metal!
    If you have any other doubts, please write to me.
    See you later!

    'Fascinating' could be used here to replace 'so interesting'.

    You don't need to say 'about his personality' before describing his personality.

    'Woodworking' could replace 'working with wood'.

    'and a lot' could be replaced here with 'a variety'.

    You could say 'Indeed, he is a man of many talents', which is a saying in English, however, 'he has a lot of skills' is also grammatically correct.

    You could also say 'He likes listening to loud music' which sounds more natural, though both are grammatically correct.

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    October 31, 2017
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    One Day in my life

    I am going to tell you about a day in my life.
    I woke up at 6:30 a.m, brushed my teeth, put on clothes, drank a cup of coffee and prepared (the school’s*)breakfast for my children. My husband took the children to school and I did (You could also say 'finished up') some housework. After that, I went to the school to help wrap up books for a children’s holiday**

    When I had finished, I decided to find a gift for my uncle. He came from Germany to visit us for two weeks. I bought a gift and arrived home in the afternoon. My children were at home and I cooked some lunch for us to eat together.

    After our lunch, I studied English for an hour. I like to watch TV serials in English with subtitles and to write down new words in my online dictionary. Then I had a nice conversation with my friend from the U.S. He is learning Russian. Some of the time we speak in Russian and some of the time in English. It helps us to improve our conversational skills. We spoke about different countries and traditional food.

    In the evening we went to an ice cream cafe. Then when we came home we had some time for fun and rest.

    *I'm not sure if you're referring here to 'breakfast before school' or something you prepared for your children to eat at school. If the latter is the case, then 'prepared the school snacks for my children' would be better suited here.

    **I'm not sure what 'to wrap up books for a children's holiday' is referring to.



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    October 31, 2017
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    My daily life

    I usually get up at 7:30 am, but now I get up at 7 am because I have a partner in America and we are in different time zones. I have promised I will chat with him at 7 am every day. I have never had such a positive experience when learning a language*. I enjoyed this feeling and am very thankful for my partners' help. It's like I'm still studying at school and have a teacher to check if I am correct**

    *I assumed this is what you meant by 'I have never to learn a language so positive'.

    **I replaced 'careful' here with 'correct' because I thought it was more fitting.


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    October 31, 2017
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