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Hey! I'm new to China and I'm trying to learn some Mandarin. I'm a languages graduate and I've been teaching English for around five years in Italy, Spain, Oxford and now Shanghai. I love sports and spending time with my friends. I like cinema, music and love travelling. Hope to hear from you soon.
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    In the UK it's different again. We use 'motorway' to refer to the largest roads we have in terms of lanes - usually 3 or 4, and distance you can travel on them - up to several hundred miles. These roads have a speed limit of 70 mph. These roads have no traffic lights, stop signs, roundabouts and so on. We then have dual-carriage-ways, which usually have 2 or 3 lanes and have a speed limit of up to 50 mph, however these roads have traffic lights and the occasional roundabout. Then we have normal roads, with a speed limit of 30 mph, slightly less near schools, with traffic lights, zebra-crossings, pelican-crossings, roundabout, sleeping policeman and the like!
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    February 14, 2012
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    Definitely not a word, but definitely a part of vernacular.
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    January 5, 2012
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    Always 'have', same rule applies.
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    January 2, 2012
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    'Schools used to be old' is a positive sentence, the sentences with 'didn't; are in the negative form, so do not take 'used to' but 'use to' instead.
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    December 4, 2011
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    Practise with a native! That's the only way to improve, which city are you in? I'm sure you can find a native to meet up with. You can't pronounce M without closing your mouth.
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    December 3, 2011
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    It's short for palm-top, because it fits in the palm of your hand, just like a laptop computers sits on your lap.
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    December 2, 2011
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    Called as and named as are wrong, the other two are the same. Called is more common than named although it essentially has the same meaning. Named as is used but not in the way you would probably think, we say things like 'Mr X has been named as the CEO of...', but in this sentence named doesn't refer to the person's name, rather the appointing of somebody to the role.
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    November 21, 2011
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    A 'rebound relationship' implies one that is not serious, but helps the person move on from a more serious relationship. You also here terms like 'he's on the rebound', meaning his recent (serious) relationship has ended so he's now looking for something casual to take his mind off it and help him move on.
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    November 21, 2011
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    They mean two different things. Precise means accurate, or exact. However definite means certain, i.e definitely. The precise time is 12.00 (we'd never say that but this conveys the meaning).
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    November 21, 2011
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    You will have THE possibility TO meet people.
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    November 21, 2011
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