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Hello! My name is Olya, I am an American student completing my degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Russian Language-Area Studies. I speak English fluently and have studied Russian for one year in college and recently returned from a summer semester in Saint Petersburg, Russia. My Russian is not very impressive but I am happy to connect with anyone looking to practice their English who doesn't mind very poorly worded Russian sentences in some responses! Здравстсвуйте! Меня зовут Оля. Я американка и я учусь в университите. Я изучаю русский язык и право. Я говорю по-англиски и я немного говорю по-русски. Недавно я училась в политехническом университете в санкт петербург. Я была бы рад услышаю от вас если вы хочете писать мне ) Also, I do not speak any Slovakian as I have found it quite difficult to find resources regarding the language, however I am very interested in learning! Please, if you're interested in practicing English from any language feel free to reach out!
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    "Elaborate" in this context means complicated in design or pattern. "Nothing too elaborate," therefore, means "a shirt that is not too complicated in design or pattern"
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    August 8, 2019
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    If it's written/said as "gonna" this almost always denotes intention rather than movement. I've never heard someone use "gonna" for movement unless they were saying "I'm gonna GO buy a car." "Gonna" = I'm going to *do action* "Going to" = I'm going to *do action* or I'm going to *destination* For example, you would not hear someone say "I'm gonna supermarket," instead they would say "I'm going to the supermarket" or "I'm gonna go to the supermarket" (typically, even in this case the second is less concrete in whether it will happen or is happening due to the use of "gonna" rather than "going to"
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    August 8, 2019
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    I agree with both Gray and Jennifer that the meaning is identical, however, in my experience, "are you anticipating any problems at the party tonight?" sounds far more natural to me as I rarely hear questions begin with "do you" over "are you" in my region/social circle. I hope this helped, good luck!
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    August 2, 2019
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    As Jake said in his comment, both will be understood by a native speaker but the phrases he suggested ("are you ready yet?" and "you're still not ready?", or, in my experience, "have you finished getting ready?") do sound more natural and are more commonly used by native speakers (at least speakers in my area, the Northeast of America). Both of the phrases you mentioned, however, are correct, understandable, and interchangeable with one another. I hope this helped, good luck with your studies!
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    August 1, 2019
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    Hello! Is there any way you could rephrase your question? I am a bit confused. By Rs, are you referring to Indian Rupee? And are you trying to withdraw this amount from the bank but are unsure how to ask? If this is the case, the term "withdraw" is most commonly used to refer to money being taken out of ones account at a bank or ATM. If you are asking, however, how to ask someone else for a certain amount of money, the best phrasing depends on relationship. "Could I please have 5,000 Rs?" or, if asking for money that you loaned back, "Could I please have back my 5,000 Rs?" would be appropriate for most scenarios. I apologize if this was not the question, and if your question had nothing at all to do with money! If I did misunderstand your question, please let me know where I misunderstood and I will try again to help answer!
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    August 1, 2019
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    As Greg said within his answer, I believe the phrase is meant to be "take care and remain blessed." This is not a common phrase in my experience, but surely it is said by the speaker to communicate well-wishes towards the audience of the phrase. "Take care" means to make sure that you are treating your body and mind properly, while "remain blessed" signals a hope from the speaker that you (or whichever other audience to whom they are speaking) will remain in G-d's good graces. I hope I could help, good luck!
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    August 1, 2019
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    Hello! You could say "the fourth to last number." Also, maybe it is said this way in other English speaking countries or areas, but I have never heard "last second," I always hear "second last" or "second to last"! To be sure that I am understanding the question correctly, and therefore giving a correct answer, and communicating said answer correctly I will show an example: 14, 67, 34, 64, 22, 90, 87, 46, 52, 74 87 is the fourth to last number, 46 is third to last, 52 is second to last, and 74 is the last (or final) number I hope this is helpful and that I did not misunderstand your question or further confuse you!
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    August 1, 2019
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    As Naomi commented earlier, the word "plugging" in this context simply means to transcribe numbers into a computer or other form of technology. However, I also am at a loss for what the phrase "the spoke of the many hours" may mean; could you have possibly typed the phrase incorrectly? The only reasonable alternative phrase I can imagine that would allow this phrase to make sense would be "they spoke of the many hours spent plugging numbers into the database." In this case, "spoke" is the past tense of "to speak," meaning that "they" spent time in the past speaking of the hours that they spent putting numbers into a database on a computer. I hope this helped! I apologize if it didn't :(
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    July 31, 2019
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    I have never seen any of these videos but I find it interesting that someone would advise English language learners to avoid saying "I'm fine," as this is a perfectly common and average response to many questions and situations.

    For example:
    "How are you?"
    "I'm fine, how are you?"

    This is completely normal, and not overly formal if that is what these videos are intending to imply. You could also say "I'm okay, how are you?" but no one will think any differently of the speaker based on their choice of either of these answers because they are completely interchangeable with one another in the English language.

    I'm sorry if this is not a helpful answer, but I think what I mean to say is that it might just be better to ignore those videos as it doesn't sound like they are providing helpful and true information anyway!
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    July 31, 2019
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    I'm not sure if it's considered traditional by everyone's standards, but given that nearly every American child knows the dance to it, I personally would attest that "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex is at the very least an American classic, if not a traditional American song.

    As far as traditional "folk" songs go, maybe these fit the bill more appropriately:
    Clementine
    Yankee Doodle
    She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
    I've been Working on the Railroad
    The House of the Rising Sun by the Animals
    This Land is Your Land

    The songs I listed without artists are sung throughout America by many different artists, so I did not know which specific artist to list. My personal favorite is Clementine, but I hope you enjoy all of these! :)


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    July 31, 2019
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