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I'm an Australian living in the UK, looking to rekindle my love of foreign languages and connect with like-minded people. I have a degree in English and experience as a(n unqualified) tutor, including of English as a second language. I'm used to changing between different dialects of English (I naturally speak Australian English, although my British English is excellent and I understand a lot of American English). My German is very rusty, although I can hold a conversation, my (European) Portuguese a more recent undertaking (I can't converse, yet). I'm looking to revive my German and take my Portuguese into the real world.
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  • Commented
    People should be supported in their reproductive choices, including not reproducing.
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    January 28, 2020
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    We will try to help if we can
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    December 21, 2019
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    I think in most things, self rating is close to useless, because there's no benchmark to compare one to another. But it's better than nothing, as damning as that might be with faint praise?
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    December 20, 2019
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    I hear you, Bruce. I just feel like, success means that you've finished. Like, I passed my exam. I did pass a high level German exam a long time ago but have forgotten a lot. If that's success it doesn't mean much. I think you need to keep working at it, no matter how good you get. (and as I do in English. I'm educated to postgraduate level in English, I was raised in Australia. But it remains a work in progress)
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    December 20, 2019
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    I think success is potentially the wrong term here. I can't speak to gaining a native or native like level of proficiency, but I suspect that it's one of those things that you just have to keep working at... forever. In fact, I feel like that about English, which is my native language.
    I have attained a very high level of German, but I let it slip.
    Work at it and expose yourself to it every day. Don't be afraid to make mistakes and ask for help. Find multiple ways to learn, ones that suit you. Change them if they stop working.
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    December 20, 2019
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  • Answered
    I'm originally from Australia. The capital is Canberra.
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    December 18, 2019
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    I'm using Memrise for European Portuguese and really enjoy it, but I find it a bit thin on the grammar side of things.
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    December 18, 2019
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    1 and 2 yes given the context in brackets. Three, no. Three would be correct if someone had complained about not sleeping, for example.
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    December 18, 2019
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  • Commented
    I can't speak to English, but my memorisation of words has improved a lot (in Portuguese) with Memrise.
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    December 17, 2019
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    Doing the right thing means behaving appropriately, morally, or ethically. "I hated her and I wanted to shout at her. But I had to do the right thing."
    Doing the things right or things right would be for tasks. (Leif is correct that doing things right is more natural)
    "She had a lot of different tasks. She focussed on doing the things right." (so, each individual task)
    "She was proud of her attention to detail. She did things right." (things in general)
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    December 17, 2019
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