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I am a Canadian lawyer, legal translator and legal English teacher who grew up bilingual in French and English. My main working languages are English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. I am also currently studying German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Catalan at lower levels. I have a C1-level DELE in Spanish, and would like to work towards passing the same level exams in Italian and Portuguese, while continuing acquisition of the other four languages. I am currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation (French and English) at McGill University. I have obtained the following degrees and certifications: — Bachelor of Laws, University of Ottawa — Certificate in French to English Translation, University of Toronto — Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, University of Toronto — Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera, Ministry of Education of Spain and Instituto Cervantes
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Priscila Augusto
Portuguese
Jan 4, 2025
Trabalhamos aspectos culturais e também o uso do pretérito perfeito, além de temas de conversas gerais
Priscila Augusto
Portuguese
Dec 14, 2024
Trabalhamos aspectos relacionados ao mundo pet, vocabulário, diferenças culturais etc. Trabalhamos também conversação baseada em um ambiente de compras. A aluna se saiu muito bem, tem um ótimo domínio do idioma e trabalha de maneira bastante fluente o vocabulário.
Priscila Augusto
Portuguese
Nov 29, 2024
A aluna tem um domínio muito bom de leitura e entendimento do idioma. Se expressa sem medo. Consegue fazer comparações produtivas do idioma que ela já conhece com o idioma que está aprimorando.
Priscila Augusto
Portuguese
Nov 22, 2024
A aluna tem bastante facilidade com o idioma. Como tem conhecimento de varios idiomas, confunde um pouco eles na hora de falar, o que é super normal.
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  • Answered
    Sorry what are you asking? Cindy is indeed a common girl's name in English.
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    June 22, 2018
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    Both are correct, but "go upstairs" sounds more natural. Note the minor typo in "fourth".
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    June 22, 2018
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    Tomorrow, June 23rd, here in Galicia everybody will be celebrating The night of San Juan night. A lot of bonfires will be lit after 12:00 pm and people should jump them jump over them.

    From more or less 9 people meet near the bonfires (que quieres decir aqui? La relación entre el número de personas y la comida no es clara) because it is typical to eat grilled sardines with corn bread. It is said that it is a magical night because the fire burns everything bad, cleansing everything. I always feel that it is a magical night. I love this night and I like to jump over the bonfire, but only when it isn't so hight. There are several rituals to do that are practiced on this night, from threw throwing salt three times until you must jump nine times. In the morning you have to buy San Juan's flowers and put them into water near the window all night and then the next day you must wash your face with this water. They There are differents types flowers and herbs fines herbes. There are a lot of towns where bonfires are lit in on the beach like Coruña here in Galicia and Alicante (San Juan's beach). beside In Alicante, it is typical to burn cardboard figures caricatures of politicians and of the country's important people of the country. I wish you a magical night of San Juan.

    This is very interesting! Enjoy St. John's Night, and be careful with the fires!

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    June 22, 2018
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    And no, "that guy" is not neutral, it is a masculine reference. The feminine would be "that girl" or "that lady" or "that woman".
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    June 1, 2018
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    I agree that in this situation it is best to ask the person which pronoun they prefer. In Canada, in the transgender community it is becoming more common to use the pronoun "they" even in the singular: "Alex went to work today, they were running late though." This is gaining more acceptance.
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    June 1, 2018
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    The tea ceremony is an art form unique to Japan.
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    June 1, 2018
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    First two are correct. Last one is still the same -- "There is more to the skill than the learned technique" = to master the skill you need to know the learned technique but also other things. For example: "There is more to speaking English (the skill) than grammar (the learned technique)." = to speak English well you need to know grammar but that is not enough. You also need to practice a lot!
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    May 31, 2018
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    I think the confusion is that this is not a comparison of objects in the same class. In the sentence "there is more to x than y" you are saying that y is part of x, but that a lot of other things are part of x too (a, b, c, d, e and f are also part of x). Does that help clarify?
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    May 31, 2018
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    "Admire" means to believe that someone has done something impressive or important in their life: -- I admire my grandmother because she raised five children by herself. -- I admire my boss because she has made this company successful. -- The art students admire the famous artist because he developed a new style of painting. "Appreciate" means to be grateful to someone or to enjoy that person's presence: -- I appreciate my mom; she always knows what to say to make me feel better. -- I appreciate my best friend because she brings me soup when I am feeling sick. -- The art students appreciate their teacher because she takes more time to help them after school. Hope this helps! Myriam
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    May 31, 2018
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    Y'all is only used in the south in the US. The grammatically correct plural of "you" is still "you". In colloquial speech in Canada we use "you guys" but not in formal speech or in writing.
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    May 31, 2018
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