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Why is Europe considered less important than the US?

Presenthere @Presenthere (157) 3 Jan

In Europe, there is an undeniable presence of varied culture. There are all sorts of customs, lifestyles, and languages in the land of Europe. In the US, only English rules the roost. Spanish has to go a long way still. French...

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Do you know anyone who always seems to have a book in their hand?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 3 Sep

During my high school days, I had a classmate that memorized all the English words in a dictionary book. Most of my classmates call him a 'walking dictionary.' It is because he can say the meanings of those words. However, he does...

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Does President Putin speak English?

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 17 Aug

President Putin has been having meeting with American presidents for decades, he has witnessed 5 of them and I wonder if he speaks English or needs an interpreter. Does the most powerful man in the world speak english?

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Gelatin, Jelly and Jam

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 4 Aug

It is fun, and funny to me, sometimes, because we are all, often times, worlds apart, and so we sometimes call the same things different things—and sometimes it can be confusing even if we mostly know what someone is referring...

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How Shakespearean are you?

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 30 Apr 25

I saw this little printout at work (wonder who has the time to do this!) that listed a whole lot of phrases that were apparently created or made popular by Shakespeare. I was surprised as some of them are really common ones we use...

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Turn your pennies twice

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb 25

I wrote recently about a saying I hadn’t heard before. Our German friend used it. Translated from her native language, it was ‘making an elephant out of a mouse’. Tonight, she used another one she’d translated and that we hadn’t...

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Making an elephant out of a mouse

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan 25

The photo is Vince’s of the mountains in Nepal. We have remained friends with several of the people we hosted when we were in couch-surfing. One of them now lives not far from us. She is a FIFO worker (fly in, fly out) and rents...

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Bombed it...

Stacey @xstitcher (38999) • Petaluma, California 16 Jan 25

Well, I had difficulty hearing exactly what the lady (who was the proctor) said, but I called the proctor of the test that I took, and I passed the English/grammar part, but of course not the math part. She said...

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Grammar Is Fun?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Dec 24

Grammar can be fun. But let's face it. It can also be hard and confusing. For one thing, there's just too many nuances to a lot of it. And then there's the age old argument between whether it's an issue of proper grammar, or...

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Good night, myLot!

Stacey @xstitcher (38999) • Petaluma, California 15 Dec 24

It's 9:31 p.m. by my computer clock, and time for me to get to bed. Tomorrow afternoon, I have an appointment to go to to take an "aptitude test" for a teacher's aide job. I was told that the larger part of the test is English...

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Me and Brother found a legal way to hit each other

A A @anya12adwi (10292) • India 2 Nov 24

Whenever I watch a Kdrama, I like to pick their words and use the word when I find an apt situation which irked my brother!! It is his hypocrisy that he introduced me to the world of Kpop & Kdramas and he started using a Korean...

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Have you ever had a dream in a foreign language?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 29 Oct 24

It may sound weird, but I sometimes dream in English. It cannot be denied that English is not my first language. But then I teach it to my non-native speaker students. In my mind, it is inevitable that I dream of speaking English...

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Dreaming in English

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 29 Oct 24

I have been teaching English for more than a decade, either online or offline. When it comes to learning, I always make sure that it should be fun. Nowadays, most Chinese parents are forcing their children to learn the second...

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Funny: Dreaming in English

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 27 Oct 24

This morning, I was having an online class with my 10 year-old Japanese student. He asked me how to improve his fluency. I told him to think in English when speaking. He needs to refrain from translating Japanese words or phrases...

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Languages

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 17 Jul 24

I am American and was as well as always speaking English. When I was a child for a few years our next door neighbors were from France. The woman taught me some words and she informed me that I had a great accent to speak the...

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English language howlers - watch the video

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 4 May 24

I am at a Site where one of the users there posted this video in reply to my post English is a funny language' This video has it all. Relax and watch it is worth it if you are looking for some laughter. I enjoyed it....

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The English Language

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 8 Apr 24

I think that the English language is so interesting. I always did well in this subject in school. When I look up a word it is so interesting to me to see what the word is derived from. What language that is. I have been working...

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Question: Did you always know that you wanted to be a person now?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 25 Mar 24

I never thought I was going to be a virtual teacher. Although I knew that I was good at speaking English since I was in university, It all started when I won third place in extemporaneous speech. I did not focus more on this idea....

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Who can chat with me in English?

lijindu @lidodo84 (23) • Nanning, China 25 Mar 24

Hi! I am a Chinese lady ,40years old,working at a primary school.I wanna improve my oral English and make some frriends around the world.Could you?

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Teaching a three-year-old boy is...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 16 Dec 23

...a nosebleed in teaching a non-native three-year-old boy. This is a record-breaker for me. It is my first time having a free trial class at this young age. During the class online, it was like a tormenting moment. It is so...

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