Ваш опыт изучения языка Дорогие любители изучения языков! Поделитесь пожалуйста своим опытом изучения французского языка. Как долго учили, какими пособиями и методиками пользовались, посещали курсы или изучали самостоятельно, на каком уровне находитесь? Если изучали самостоятельно, как вы организовали свое время, что для вас стало максимально эффективным в изучении языка? Сам хочу максимально эффективно по соотношению время/результат организовать обучение французскому. Спасибо!

À propos de moi-même. Bonjour! Je m'apelle Alexander. J'habite à Vladivostok, la ville de la Russie. Je suis designer et un heureux père. J'adore mon travaille et famille. J'apprends le français parce que j'aime la culture française. Je veux lire les originaux des livres et regarder de vieilles comédies françaises. Je voudrais aller en France un jour. Langue française est assez difficile, il est donc difficile pour moi d'apprendre))

"Feel like". What else could it mean? I'm trying my best to learn some French and I'm learning it with an English textbook (not to forget my English along the way). However, sometimes I get confused not only with the French, but with the English as well. This time (to my surprise) I'm confused with a simple expression "feel like". I will refer directly to my textbook just to show you the case: "In the verbal expression "avoir envie de", "de" remains invariable if it refers to a general notion Examples: J'ai envie de fraises (I feel like strawberries). J'ai envie de salade (I feel like salad). J'ai envie d'eau (I feel like drinking water)". What does "Feel like" mean in the given examples? I translated the French examples via Google and it said it meant "I want". I'm totally confused. My Russian brain exploded. Any help of an English speaking person who possibly knows some French is highly appreciated. Thanks.

Any idioms about feeling happy for someone? Hello. I'm writing a letter to my friend and in this letter I would like to say about how happy I am for her (there was actually a good reason for this). However I realised that I coudn't find a proper idiom in English about expressing happiness for someone's success or achievements. In Russian I would say something like "I cannot even find proper words in order to express how happy I am for you". Is there some proper idiom in English for this case that might make me sound more native?

What does word "filled" mean in this context? Hello, dear friends. I was translating an article and I faced the following sentence that is difficult to me to fully understand. The sentence is: "Despite hiring specialized accountants devoted to compliance, the company missed a payment and was promptly filled $1 million" The question is what does word "filled" mean in this context. Is that a fine or penalty or something else? Thanks for your help.