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Hi. When I have time, I like to meet new people, and practise my basic French and in return more than happy to talk in English too. The best time of the week for me is usually weekday evenings (Australian time). Generally, I enjoy running, cooking, eating, listening to music and travelling. Most of all I enjoy hanging out with our Bernese Mountain Dog. She is a wally.
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なおと Naoto
Japanese
Oct 21, 2019
おつかれさまでした We learnt lots of phrases and a new grammar You did a good job during the lesson and you are a fast learner I hope we will see at the next class^^
Tami
Japanese
Aug 20, 2019
We studied words and conversation at the restaurant today. Conversation with waiters is not complicated so I am sure that you can enjoy it in Japan. Your pronunciation is getting better! Well done!! Biiru ga nomitai desu. Arigatou!
Tami
Japanese
Jul 2, 2019
Japanese pronunciation is not easy but still you did very well! I am happy that you could learn something new today. Please try to say those words in your daily life if you get the chance to remember them. It was fun! (Tanoshi katta desu! )
Coralie Levieuge
French
Jun 20, 2019
C'est très bien Kes, tu prends le temps de dire les choses pour ne pas te tromper et ça marche! Tu es même capable de te corriger tout seul parfois!
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    If you are saying the new laboratory has been founded to satisfy ... (as in built or established to satisfy) then yes, all good as written. If you are saying the laboratory has been found to satisfy (as in: other people agree that it does what it was meant to do) ... then found is ok. Establish can also be used in this sense too but not in that construct. It might work like this: It was established that the laboratory satisfies the local people's needs. 'The hotel was founded' is an unlikely start to a sentence but it might be right in some situations. I tend to think of only using founded for important things or groups.
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    March 30, 2019
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    Hi Aiden,

    Your written English is very good and your examples fundamentally all work for me.

    I have some minor comments below:


    Could you check these sentences please?

    I've just learnt some idioms here https://www.italki.com/article/778/The-Most-Useful-English-Business-Idioms by Jack Davidson, and I'd like to put them into practice.



    Back to the drawing board: It's such a shame that the plan didn't work. I'm afraid we'll have to go back to the drawing board and think about introducing foreign workers again.



    Ballpark figure: He didn't do any further research before the conference, and it's so irresponsible of him to just throw some ballpark figures at us.



    To be on the same page: How capricious surprising that he is to fired up at my proposal this morning! I thought we were on the same page after we went for a drink in a pub last night.



    To be up to scratch: People who have stayed at schools and studied for years are usually not up to scratch for the modern corporate world.



    The big picture: This investment plan might seem ineffective in the moment, but if you look at the big picture it can earn you a wealth  lot of money when you retire.



    Blue collar: There's no shame on being a blue collar worker since you make money on your own.
    or perhaps  There's no shame about being a blue collar worker, they are actually very important. The company can't function without them.


    By the book: We are told to be a good kids at schools, but the corporate world doesn't function by the book.



    There are still many of them on that link. Thanks for taking the time. Corrections and feedback are appreciated.
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    March 29, 2019
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    Great question (from someone so young) I think the rule is: if it is different types of fruit then you would use the "s". An orange is a fruit. Oranges are fruit. Oranges and lemons are fruits. In your example it actually sounds ok either way to my ears, but I think most will say 'fruits' is correct. I think if your sentence was with singular examples after the 'such as': eg I made a cake with little bits of different kinds of fruit such as apple, orange ... then the singular 'fruit' works better.
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    March 18, 2019
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    I could only save this by removing the colours, so I'm afraid the changes I've made are not marked. I hope it is still useful. I've used British English spelling.


    Life on board the International Space Station (ISS)<o:p></o:p>

    I'm going to write about daily activities on board the ISS. It flies 400 km above the Earth and its speed is 28,000 km per hour. It means that the station orbits the Earth 16 times a day. The ISS is a sort of giant laboratory where the astronauts do scientific research and experiments. The astronauts can also study the Earth when they observe it. The size of the ISS corresponds to a six bedroom house.

    Daily life is organised minute by minute because they have long hours of work to do per day. They also must practise [Americans always spell this "practice" whether they mean the verb or the noun, but you are correct here in British usage where the verb is spelled with an "s", and the noun with a "c" - actually have said all that I don't they practise but they "do" sport, or exercise] 2 hours of sport each day because when they're in space, because of the lack of gravity, they lose muscle tone and their bones also become weaker as they also lose calcium and phosphorus

    How do the astronauts brush their teeth? When they brush their teeth, they take their toothbrush and they open a water bag. They press it and water comes out from a straw in a shape of a bubble. Then they put it on the toothbrush and the water sticks to it. They put the toothbrush in their mouth then they swallow the water. Then, they put some toothpaste on the toothbrush and they brush their teeth. When they are finished, they put some more water on the toothbrush from the water bag and they swallow the toothpaste and water. The toothpaste is edible so there is no danger.

    How do they sleep? They sleep in small cabins and they can sleep in a vertical position or upside down. In space, they don't feel dizzy. They also don't get air sickness.

    How do they have a shower? They have a small cabin. Once again, they use a water bag and then, they crash [nice imagery!] the water bubbles onto their body. Then they use a liquid soap. Finally they rinse their body with more water bubbles. It's the same operation when they wash their hair. They can also use wet towels in order to wash themselves

    What do they eat? They have a lot of dehydrated food. For some food, they just have to add water in order to eat it. When they want to make a sandwich, they don't use a normal piece of bread but they use Mexican bread (tortillas) instead. They can eat all sorts of food prepared by cooks (and sometimes famous cooks). Note that water inside the ISS is recycled.

    The astronauts can also have extravehicular missions. Outside during daylight, it is +150 degrees, and at night it is -150 degrees that's why their suit lets them bear these extreme temperatures.

    The ISS [?] is resupplied by spacecraft launched from Earth. The astronauts generally spend six months on board the ISS, after which they are transported off by a Russian spaceship called Soyuz.

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    March 14, 2019
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    March 14, 2019
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    Hi Norio,

    Nice one.

    Some suggestions for you below:


    At aquarium

    I saw some bad mannered people at the aquarium . The deep sea fish area is showed  had signs sings of  that said "Camera flash prohibited ", but a family took a photo for deep sea fish using a flash anyway. I was sorry for these fish because such fish was are weak for the strong light . So I warned them the family not to use their flash.

    The change from them to the family in the last sentence isn't really needed. It's pretty obvious you meant them to be the family not the fish.

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    February 26, 2019
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    Grammar

    They made me angry.

    彼らは私を怒らせた。

    They made me a table.

    彼らは私にテーブルを作ってくれた。

    They made the room warm.

    your sentence is grammatically correct but it's a funny sentence :-)  I wonder what "they" is. Yellow flowers? New radiators? 

    彼らはその部屋を暖かくした。

    We call the dog Max.

    私たちはその犬をマックスと呼んだ。

    Our coach made her the team's captain.

    your sentence is grammatically correct. This is also ok: Our coach made her the Team Captain, or Our coach made her the captain of the team.

    私たちのコーチは彼女をチームのキャプテンにした。

    You will find this book easy.

    あなたはこの本を簡単に見つけるでしょう。

    My uncle gave his watch to me.

    おじは自分の腕時計を私にくれた。

    My uncle bought an MP3 player for me.

    おじがMP3プレーヤーを私に買ってくれた。

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    February 11, 2019
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    Hi

    Here's my suggestion:

    I truly want for my daughter Sahar to continue her studies in Germany, for that Germany as it is a the promising country for her specialization. She has already applied for a studying visa, I please hope they take her application into consideration. She is a hard-working girl and has been since she was little, and I believe that she deserves this chance and she is trustworthy of it.

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    January 24, 2019
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    What does "A few lights simmered down the road" mean? - simmer down is a bit like calm down, but I think here the meaning is related to simmering (just boiling)(~just moving slightly). What does " as wet leaves trailed across her face and hands" mean? - leaves are going across her face/hands [forming a trail, of wet water perhaps?] What does "streaks of lightning dropped far off in the fading storm" mean? - lightening can appear to drop down from the sky and storms can fade / lose intensity What does "below grade" mean? - below ground (a basement window, perhaps)
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    January 18, 2019
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    It is fine. Personally I wouldn't use that word, I'd just say more simply: All requested changes have been made in the report.
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    January 18, 2019
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