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Hi! My name is George (or Georgyi for Russian). I think that my English is not so bad, but I lack talking practice, and that's a problem for me, so I want to find someone who can help me solve this case (and maybe correct my mistakes, which definitely exist). And if you want to practice Russian or ask something about it, I'll try my best to help you.
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    1.The first sentence looks like it's some slang, or dialect, or just wrong construction - I can't really understand what it's supposed to mean. It looks like your guess, but it's so strange... 2.In Russian, when you want to say "to look at smth" you use preposition "НА": "Я посмотрел НА нее" - "I looked AT her". Here, author wants to say that there are places except Petra that are worth visiting and looking at them (meaning "enjoying the view"). Russians use the form "посмотреть НА ..." when they speak about famous places they want to visit. For example: "Я бы хотел поехать в Париж и посмотреть на Эйфелеву башню". 3.That sentence means that author visited a number of places today and he doesn't want to rush. Literally it translates like: "That's why I'll leave the ancient city for tomorrow - for dessert". He wants to take some time to rest and think about places he visited today, and leave the last place - the last bite, "the dessert", for tomorrow. 4.That construction: "Чего здесь только нет" means "there is no such thing in existence that can't be found here" and used, as you said, in situations when there is A LOT of things you talk about. But usually after such construction you start to list things instead of naming it by its common attribute. For example: "Чего здесь только нет: специи из Индии, Китая, из арабских стран; сладкие, острые, пряные, на любой вкус!"
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    December 31, 2019
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    Первый вариант звучит немного странно, потому что одеться - это очень простое, естественное действие, так что оно не требует такого уточнения, как в этом случае. Такая форма подойдет, если хочется описать событие, которое случилось сразу после указанного, например: "После того, как я оделся, моя кошка запрыгнула мне на пальто и оставила кучу своей шерсти. Мне пришлось задержаться, чтобы все убрать". Второй вариант звучит естественнее, но он по стилю похож на литературное описание - в книге с легкостью можно встретить такую формулировку, но в разговоре такие структуры редко используют. Чтобы фраза звучала проще и похоже на повседневную речь, можно сказать: "Я оделся и пошел на работу, а по дороге туда зашел в супермаркет". Но это зависит от контекста, так что если бы фразы в двух частях предложения были бы другими, возможно, более подходящей была бы одна из предложенных форм.
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    December 30, 2019
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    No, it's because this form is totally unpersonified - you don't mention anyone directly (or even indirectly) who told you something, you just say that you heard some information from someone. It could be one person, a couple or a lot of people - totally not important. And because of that you use plural form like a sign that you don't want to give away any piece of information about your source of information - it's just someone somewhere in this vast universe, and it doesn't matter at all who is it.Russians use that construction when they don't want the person they talk to to know who told them that or aren't sure that it's a good idea to unravel their source of information.
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    December 27, 2019
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