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My name is Simon and I live in London. I am learning German as a hobby and for general conversation in German. My partner is German but not very helpful for learning. I have not had formal German teaching, but I am an Easy German conversation member so I get some practice speaking German. I guess my level is B1+ but I am not very good at correct grammar. I find reading German much easier the speaking. I can follow the plot of a book in German provided the language is straightforward. I am retired so I have plenty of time for learning.
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Steff
German
Jun 3, 2025
Du sprichst schon recht gut Deutsch und hast mich auch problemlos verstanden. Wenn du dich an meine Tipps hälst und wir regelmäßig üben, wirst du schon sehr schnell noch flüssiger sprechen und weniger Fehler machen :o)
Anja
German
Oct 27, 2021
Wir haben immer wieder viel zu besprechen und dein Deutsch ist super:)
Anja
German
Jul 21, 2021
Sehr nettes Gespräch auf hohem Niveau!
Anja
German
Jun 14, 2021
Deine Deutschkenntnisse sind sehr, sehr gut! Auch kompliziertere Themen sind kein Problem für dich, super!
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    Quenching can also be a technical term in metal working. It is used to alter a metal's properties, typically hardening.
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    May 31, 2020
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    It's not a word I hear often. Slinky can also apply to people: Graceful and sinuous or seductive in movement. It used to be a children's toy. It was a spring that could go down stairs by itself.
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    April 12, 2020
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    I think this is the key to it: " I always want to see what's coming next, and so I always wait till next is over. " When you watch a train go by, you see the carriages go by one at a time. The carriages represent her life experience, and she hasn't encountered any happy people in her life (in the carriages as they go by). - something like that?
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    April 1, 2020
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    I think what he is saying is "fowl" - A fowl is a domesticated bird. This is probably a reference back to "lame duck president" So it's a play on words - Obama isn't a lame duck.
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    March 31, 2020
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    Her date looked like someone you might see in a skate board video. So her date look like a person who does skateboarding.
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    March 26, 2020
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    The word googly comes from cricket and it refers to a deceptive way of bowling. The ball looks as if it is going to bounce one way but goes in the other direction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googly It is hard to know exactly what is intended here without more context.
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    March 25, 2020
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    More specifically, this appears to be about the first second after the big bang. Cosmologist studying what happened in the first second after the big bang in ever smaller fractions of a second.
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    March 23, 2020
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    Firstly I think the word you want is coaching not couching. Although you sentences are not really wrong, you would not use this kind of language with a child. The sort of thing you might say: Turn it round, turn it over, try it the other way round - that kind of thing. It depends a bit on the kind of puzzle.
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    March 23, 2020
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    Apparently there is a group of nuns in California who make money by growing and selling cannabis. You can google weed nuns and there are videos about them on YouTube.
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    March 21, 2020
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    There is a definition here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=templatize To take a standard phrase and make a template out of it so the it is easily modified to fit the users needs. I understand it is used in computer programming. You need to quote the actual text where you found the word for a more specific answer.
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    March 21, 2020
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