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Mari
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Dec 30, 2017
少し難しい会話もありましたが、とてもよく頑張って話していたと思います＾＾　この調子で頑張ってくださいね！
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    IMO they're pretty much exactly the same. you could choose one over the other based on what the person actually said, but I don't think it matters much
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    November 28, 2017
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    In conversation with friends, you can also say "the teacher bullshitted his/her grading" and for the second situation, you "bullshitted the essays". It's a really common way students here say they didn't put much effort into essays and just made things up in order to take up space. "Bullshit" IS A CURSE WORD though, so you'd only want to use it with friends.
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    November 27, 2017
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    Also "was" is past tense so the verb "become" should also be past tense -> "became" -> "How was it possible that an animal without feathers or flight muscles became a bird?" (Or in all present tense -> "How is it possible for an animal without feathers or flight muscles to become a bird?")
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    November 27, 2017
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    I'm good, how are you?
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    November 27, 2017
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    Translators

    I think most non-Japanese people read Japanese books translated into their native language. And if the translations aren't good, they may feel like the books aren't good, even if the original books are good. So translators are important. I wonder if you have the same impression as me when you read Japanese books translated in English and so on.


    - While "you" is not wrong, "they/their" is usually a better adverb when talking about "people"

    - "so-so" is an adj that means "it's ok, not too good, not too bad". You're probably thinking of "so on". It still is a little weird, so It's probably better to end the sentence there ("...translated in English.")

    You could also say "when you read foreign books translated into English" to include all foreign languages

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    November 27, 2017
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    You should post the sentences too
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    November 27, 2017
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    November 27, 2017
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    1) Here "betting" means that she expects or hopes the woodchuck to go under the birch tree. 2) "sticking its top half out" could actually be two different things, either: "sticking its top-half out" -> Here "top-half" is a noun (I think), and the top-half of the tree is sticking out. This is how I read it: "the top half of the tree is sticking out" "sticking its top half-out" -> Here "half-out" is an adverb (I think?), but pretty much means the same thing. "the top of the tree is half sticking out" ... I guess that would be less than half of the tree?
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    November 27, 2017
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