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I am a native English speaker with a BA in English/Creative Writing. I am hoping to help other people with their English, as well as improve on my Spanish-speaking ability.
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    Generally you cannot just find "civil law" on the internet for any country. Your best bet would be to contact a law university in Zurich and ask for their help.
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    April 29, 2010
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    There are some countries where bribery is the norm (particularly where government officials are not paid a very livable wage) and others where it is rare. It tends to be rare in daily life in America, except if you take into consideration that corporations bribe the government every day.
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    April 28, 2010
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    I think ouch is just a variant on "oww" and I think "oww," to a large extent, is just an instinctual reaction, like an animal's yelp. It is the beginning sound to a cry.
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    April 28, 2010
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    He tried to entice me with some attractive promises.
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    April 26, 2010
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    1. Everyone is having a lot of fun. 2. Although I agree with "that makes sense," or more literally, "that adds up," this is used often with a tone of annoyance and sometimes irony...like if you go buy sometime because it is on sale very cheap and then try to use it and it breaks, you might say that figures. Or if someone you don't like does something which annoys you. Essentially, it is not surprising (usually because you did not expect much to begin with). 3. There is a lot left to be done.
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    April 26, 2010
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    Undergraduate comes first, four years of that, after that you would become a graduate student. Graduate school includes medical programs to become a medical doctor, however sometimes that (like a legal education in the U.S.) is considered a professional degree whereas, say, a PhD (a doctorate) in literature is a graduate degree. I think postgraduate would refer to being, for example, a research fellow after graduate school.
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    April 26, 2010
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    This is saying he wants to live to an old age--so that he has had a chance to experience life fully and use his body until it has given out.
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    April 25, 2010
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    Part of this comes from nicknaming the period after the Middle Ages the "Enlightenment."  In order for there to be a coming of light, it had to be dark before.  There were a lot of things that make the period a little stagnant and kind of depressing (like the plague) which is another reason to call it that.
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    April 25, 2010
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    I believe it is going to be life changing for everyone very soon, but what I don't know is how much can or will be done to change it. 
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    April 25, 2010
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    hey guys,I wonder why there is no one that wants to say something about the NBA.nowadays,there are so many teenagers who are crazy about the NBA in China,though the NBA is in the US.in fact,more and more people have realized their dreams in this league.I have to say,it's really amazing!my favorite player is Kevin Garnett.he does well in defense.
    so why don't you tell out your idol?

    I am not a big NBA fan, but my nephews are.  I think one of the reasons it is not as big here is people tend to like local teams and sometimes with professional sports teams, they get moved around a lot.  The people I know are very big into college sports--where I live EVERYONE is a (Nebraska) Husker football fall.  The Creighton Bluejays are a somewhat popular team and the Kansas Jayhawks are huge.  I think college sports are more exciting than professional sports, but I am not really sure why.
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    April 25, 2010
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