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Eve Eve
Japanese
Nov 3, 2026
レッスンありがとうございました！独学で勉強されているとのことでしたが、とてもお上手で驚かされました。これからも頑張ってください！
Caci
French
Oct 19, 2024
Une autre super classe avec Matthew qui améliore son français un peu plus à chaque fois. Merci pour la conversation sur les films d'horreur, et ton voyage en Europe. A bientôt :)
Caci
French
Sep 25, 2024
Première classe avec Matthew, qui a déjà un bon niveau de français, et est capable de parler de pleins de sujets. Quelques rares fautes qui sont faciles à corriger, il faut juste continuer à pratiquer. Merci pour la super conversation sur le thème du cinéma. A bientôt :)
Martin Martell
Spanish
Mar 22, 2023
una buena conversación, espero llegar a las espectativas de Mateo
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  • Answered
    I would say “putting a damper on,” it’s most natural to me. You can also use “cramping” but it’s usually just in the phrase “cramping someone’s style”
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    February 25, 2023
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    In the first example, it's used as adverb -- in the other, as a conjunction. As conjunction, "though," "even though," "although," and so on have similar meanings ("in spite of"), and sometimes "though" is commonly used instead of "but"
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    June 1, 2022
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    "It was with some reluctance" (not reluctant) Instead of "wrote my signature," better to use "signed" or maybe "added my signature" "Reluctantly" would work better than "being reluctant"
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    June 1, 2022
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    Likely it means very serious and professional, even -- not showing any extreme behavior or emotion
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    June 1, 2022
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    "put out" here means select players for the match -- it's from the perspective of coach or manager, who selects players and "puts" them "out" on the field/pitch
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    June 1, 2022
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    I think "provide support" is more common than "give support," but which term you use could depend on the context, as Ann noted. Specifically, if this is a legal context, then there could be a more formal phrase, such as "render" (though I doubt it).
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    December 15, 2017
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  • Answered
    I would say either, "There's not much to be said" or, "There's nothing to be said."
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    December 15, 2017
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    December 15, 2017
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    Paying Homage to It

    If you haven't watched Stranger Things 2, please don't read this entry. It's going to be a spoiler.
    Burning horrible monsters to close the opening between their world and the "Upside Down" reminds me of the scene of the film Aliens 2, which came out 30 years ago. When the girl, Eleven, released her power, raising her hand to kill the monster, and her body floated, I giggled because it's almost the same style as KAMEHAMEHA of Dragon Ball, a great Japanese anime. No doubt the  Duffer brothers, the writers of this show, watched Dragonball on TV every morning before school when they were just kids, like Dustin and Mike.
    This show is full of homages to classics. I bet you that another show or film will be created as a homage to Stranger Things, maybe in 30 years.
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    December 15, 2017
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  • Answered
    Eliot's answer is more helpful. It really depends on how you view "than" in the sentence. In spoken English, most people would probably say "than her" or "than she does." However, an example can illustrate the problem. "I like her more than him." In this example, the sentence could mean two things. You like her more than he likes her, or you like her more than you like him. For this reason, in written communication or to remove ambiguity, to convey the first meaning, you would say "I like her more than he (does)." So that's why "I have more money than she" is perhaps the correct form in clear writing, but very few people would actually SAY it that way. :) UPDATE: Here are a few links explaining it further. http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/writing/t.html [scroll down to "Than"] http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm [scroll down to "Than I / me ???"]
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    October 19, 2011
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