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Thanks for this @Wanda – I like this idea: it’s the addition of the “cultural note”
By the end of this month, I promise that you will be able to use AT LEAST 5 new slang terms 🙌 woopah!
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Loving this!!!! (made me think of an episode of Derry Girls!)
(we say ‘ride’ in Scotland too 😂😂😂 )
A few notes:
> My mate John is a jammy – My mate John is jammy (adj.)
> She was a fine thing but an absolute thick either She was a fine thing but an absolute thicko or She was a fine thing but absolutely thick
> John and my other mates started taking the piss on Pete. watch this double preposition John and my other mates started taking the piss OUT OF Pete.
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@olatz did you swallow an English pill? 😂 This is AMAZING – it is practically perfect.
(The only thing I would correct is a preposition: aside of > aside from)
Once you start using slang yourself, you know you’ve made that big step from being a good English speaker to a proficient one – it’s a terrific feeling. Also regarding the point about the generational aspect, it is so true. In fact, I started watching the show ‘Younger’ and this is often a topic.
Well done @olatz – am over the moon for you about how much your English is improving …. perhaps we all need to move to Ireland!!!
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An excellent example of an opinion essay @Wanda
Watch out for this:
>As Walker, English means opportunity to me should be Like Walker, English means opportunity to me
As and like are prepositions or conjunctions and are often confused. The prepositions as and like have different meanings.
As + noun means ‘in the role of’,
like + noun means ‘similar to’ or ‘in the same way as’.
Compare
As your teacher, I’ll help you as much as I can (means the speaker is the teacher)
Like your teacher, I’ll help you as much as I can (means the speaker is not your teacher but wants to act in a similar way to the teacher)
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@victorpereira this is BRILLIANT! Not only is it rather amusing, you’ve got the use of the slang and colloquialism spot on – it really sounds so natural. Well done.
In blue you’ll find my suggestions to make it more natural sounding. I’d like you to try and correct the parts in red. I’ve sent you a link to the writing code.
Have a go and then I’ll help with the parts you can’t figure out, ok?
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Good vocabulary work @Vale
⚠️ 3. … I’m able to TEAR through it …
4. Ive just read the Maurizio De Giovanni’s lates book. > you don’t need to use ‘the’ and I think lates is just a typo > I’ve just read Maurizio De Giovanni’s latest book.
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So interesting @valeria.maraviglia thanks for sharing. I have never had the opportunity to visit China (it’s on my bucket list!). What an experience!
What you’ve written is very well expressed. Here are a few pointers to make it even more fluent!
TIP! When you use words and phrases that indicate that you’re about to present an important fact or idea, use a comma:
In my opinion, On the other hand, personally speaking, For instance, However etc etc
The comma helps to introduce the idea and signal a slight interruption in the sentence, so it will read and sound more fluent.
> well-recognized – replace with well-known
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Fascinating @onorati66 I had never heard of Eurish! What an amazing experience to have had. I had a similar experience when I worked at DEFRA in London (which is like the Ministry for agriculture and environment) People were from all over the place and of course had wonderful accents and new ways of saying things. It was a magic time.
Only this to point out:
on the other hand (DELETE: the) most of movies, series and music …
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Morning @Vale – excellent use of the vocabulary.
Just this to note:
> I’d rather Mystery novels … watch out here: I’d rather + verb
Therefore: I’d rather READ Mystery novels or I prefer Mystery novels …
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I saw one in the MOMA and it captured me for ages!
Please have a look at the corrections. I have sent you the writing code in the messages. Please try to correct what you can using the code and ask me anything you need help with or clarification about.
1. This sentence is long and is a bit confusing because of the complex grammar. It should read like this:
The first time I saw this painting, I was reading an art book for children, and little did I know that it would become my favourite painting and that I was going to buy a book about the artist written in French just because it had a picture of this painting!
2. but there was also something pleasant about it.
3. in dreams everything can be as we want it to be
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Very clever & amusing @victorpereira !
I was imagining Tim Roth playing one of these characters!
Let me give you a few pointers:
> I can’t remember when was the last time this happened, > I can’t remember the last time this happened or I can’t remember when this last happened,
> I betcha a tenner that this two sandwiches short of a picnic baldy couldn’t grow HIS hair even with the best fertiliser.
> focus ON
> he felt in 3 seconds unconscious -wrong verb! Can you fix it?
>Baldy turns your head to the light and outshines both of them, – the time and the pronoun are wrong. Can you fix them?
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You don’t double check?😱😂
All correct @Paolo – good.
> sure is … I wouldn’t use it to introduce a topic. It can be used as a response, like this:
“It’s a lovely day.” “Sure is!”
In this case, you’ve used Of course … which works well. Alternatives could be: For sure … (informal, not in professional writing) Certainly, Without a doubt …
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I love your spirit – if there was an ‘italian’ pill, I’d take it in a heartbeat!
I’m a huge advocate of reading and more so of learn-by-doing – you’re obviously doing it right!
(I don’t know the Bridgerton series! 😳 )
@victorpereira – you live in Ireland too, right? You might want to check out Olatz’s suggestion!
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Nice job @victorpereira 👍
> Did someone throw some fireworks AT or THROUGH your window?
> Ok, let me grab my grub before so I can listen to you. ✅
> pleasantly visually ✅
> wearing expensive clothes ✅
> dressed wrongly – worn instead of dressed
> look at outfits ✅
> on my phone ✅
> be patient ✅
> wear it ✅
> they hadn’t noticed me ✅
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Oh, I didn’t know that about Brazil – so interesting @victorpereira and I’m so happy to hear that you have found the Irish to be so welcoming and non-judgmental. Not so happy to hear that you have experienced discrimination online, but I’m glad it doesn’t bother you.
