Many of these words/expression don't have direct translations into English but I tried my best! 전부 너에게 배웠어 I learned everything from you 그동안 참 고생했어 You endured many things/hardships till now (but also subtly implies that because you endured I want to say thank you/good job/I'm proud of you) 어설프고 서툴지만 Although it was clumsy/awkward/fumbled through it (hard to directly translate but both these words 어설프다 and 서툴다 both have similar meanings of being clumsy/lacking/to fumble) 늘 충분했어 다 너여서 It was enough because it was you

The two words are different: Confidence = a NOUN Confident = an ADJECTIVE (descriptive word that modifies/describes a noun/subject) That means that you can't feel 'confidence' because you can't 'feel' a noun. However, because 'confident' is an adjective you can 'feel' that. Here, the adjective' confident' is describing you, as the subject of the sentence. Depending on the noun/adjective these rules may change but in the example of 'confidence/confident' this is the case :)

Even though it ends with an 's', news is a mass/collective noun (can't be counted). These nouns adopt the singular verb tense. So you would write: No news is good news.

You could rewrite the sentence like this: - 'New Frontier Data (which is a cannabis consultancy) estimates that by next year, Chinese sales of CBD will more than quadruple to 228 million dollars.' In this sentence, the information has been interrupted by the 'speaker' which is New Frontier Data (a cannabis consultancy). This is similar to in dialogue passages in books: E.g. 'Rachel,' she asked, 'can you hear me?' In the same way, 'By next year, estimates New Frontier Data, Chinese sales of CBD will...' shows that New Frontier Data is 'estimating' this information, except because it isn't dialoguing there are no speech marks. 'Which is/Who is/That/etc.' can also be replaced by a comma to reduce word count. e.g. Rachel who is my classmate is in my group --> Rachel, my classmate, is in my group. e.g. New Frontier Data which is a cannabis consultancy estimates that... --> New Frontier Data, a cannabis consultancy, estimates that... So putting everything together, these tricks can help reduce word count and cut down on unnecessary prepositions/conjunctions/etc, making the sentence more concise.

Q

You live near a park. Recently, some students from a local college have been spending time in the park in the evenings and at night. They talk loudly, play noisy games, and listen to loud music.

A
Dear Sir or Madam,

I live at 8 Rean Drive in North York, Ontario. My home is just across the street from the Rean Park.

I am writing this email to complain about the noise coming from the park. Since last month, some students from a local college have been hanging out in the park from approximately 8pm till very late. The students play music loudly and sometimes they even play a games such as soccer and basketball. This occasionally occurs during the weekdays but especially happens on the weekends. This has had a huge impact on my life because the noise disturbs my sleep. I think this is not the case just for me but also for other people living around the park.

I would like to suggest that the park be locked after midnight so that nobody can hang out there. My second suggestion  is that if you can send someone should be sent to be patrolled * when it is dark. I am sure that noise can be prevented.

I firmly believe that other people living on my street would feel happier if you can listen to ** one of my suggestions. 


Regards,
Sean Yi

Tips:

* 'to be + past participle' means that the subject/object has that action done onto them.

E.g. someone to be punished = 벌을 받아야 될 사람, someone to punish = 벌을 주는 사람

** you must always write to between 'listen' and the 'object you are listening'

e.g. listen carefully (carefully is an adverb), listen to me (me is the object), listen to this CD (this CD is the object)

'rejected' is the simple past tense of 'to reject' 'have rejected' is the present perfect tense of 'to reject' Whether you use the simple past tense or the present perfect tense depends on the time frame of the action. The time frame is usually established by an adverbial (e.g. immediately, after lunch, usually, today, etc.) The present perfect tense is used usually when the action started in the past and is continuing in the present. But if the action has clearly started and finished in the past, use simple past. E.g. I have jogged for 40 minutes already. (You started to 'jog' in the past but the 'already' implies you might still be doing the action) vs. I jogged for 1 hour yesterday morning. (You started to 'jog' and finished jogging in the past). You could also use it when the action just happened just recently. You would use simple past when the action happened further back in the past. E.g. I have completed all my homework just then. ('just then' is the adverbial that shows the time frame is recent). vs. I completed all my homework last week. ('last week' is the adverbial that shows the time frame is more in the past.) There are more examples but to answer your questions, the adverbial in your sentence is 'today'. 'Today' is a bit unique in that both simple past and present perfect tense can be used. Within 'today' there is plenty of time for both past simple and present perfect to be used. (e.g. I have studied hard today/ I studied hard today) You can use 'college has rejected you today' because 'today' hasn't ended yet and you are still rejected in the present. You can also use 'college rejected you today' because the action has happened in the distant past. Personally, I would use 'rejected' as it's implied that enough time has passed for the speaker to have heard the news and counsel their friend.