Official thread to practise English (whine = punish)

Mad_Kiwi #2101 Ene '13

Oh a tongue twister!

I love this one

Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watch switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch switch?

JuanAnthony #2102 Ene '13

Tomorrow I´m taking CAE Exam at university! Whatever will be, will be

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Morkar #2103 Ene '13

hi all.
what's the meaning of 'It's not rocket science'?
Can you help me?

ty!

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rayka #2104 Ene '13 Point Man

#2103 It's not difficult to understand.

#2105 xDD Significa que algo (sobre lo que estás discutiendo) no es difícil de entender. Como en español decir: no es física cuántica.

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Morkar #2105 Ene '13

#2104 xDDDDDD

-It's not difficult to understand.

but, i don't understand. what's the meaning?

-It's not difficult to understand.

INFINITE loop!!!

PD: Thanks!!!!

EDIT:

I understand your explanation. in fact, I found this page which explains the meaning bbc:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2013/01/130108_tews_105_not_rocket_science.shtml

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Ligia #2106 Ene '13 Francesa

#2099 It's pretty good!

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My passion when I have free time is skateboarding. It is not considerated a sport, but for me, is the best option that I can do when I have free time.

Skateboarding is an activity which involves free riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. It can be considered a sport, an art form, a job (for professional skateboarders with sponsors) or a method of transportation. Is an extended activity for young people.

We can make a difference between two ways of skating: street or vert.
Street is more extended than vert (I wanted to say 'es más patinado'/'más habitual'). At street skate, people practice using stairs, ledges, handrails...; and at vert skate, they use quarters, half-pipes...

Some people think that ~~the~~ skateboarding is a vandalic action and it must be prohibited, but a lot of people considers it a way of art or life, and I ~~think that~~ agree with that.

I love skateboarding because it is a free sport where you can do what you want, it can be another way to chill, but it can cause stress too, when you can't land a trick.

It's a hazardous sport and I like it. It involves a lot of falls, a happiness, a frustration, a motivation... it depends on the day, if you're motivated you will skate better than if you're sad or angry, if you skate with your friends or alone, if the place where you skate is plenty of people or you can skate quiet, if there ~~are~~ is rubbish on the floor or if it's clean... [Nota personal: para mi la frase anterior esmuy larga y confusa, y deberías dividirla en 2 o 3] I like this sport because ~~all the days are~~ every day is different; you can learn two tricks or you can go back home without learning anything and keep trying the next day again.

I took it up because I liked that sport (sounds too bad but I wanna say 'este deporte', but I think there are other ways to say it, is it?) since I saw it at 2008, but I didn't buy my first skateboard ~~since~~ until 31 July of 2010, [t]at[/t] for my birthday.

I "spend" ~~majority~~ most of my free time skating, it can be 3 hours a day on a Friday after school, if I can, a pair of hours on Wednesday too, and all the time that I can at weekend, ~~and it can be~~ 5-6 hours maybe, depending on where my friends and I go.

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Neozzup #2107 Ene '13

#2106 Thank you so much to for look over!! (that phrasal verb is 'Repasar'? Am I wrong?

Now, I am with the future (will, going to), present simple (the train leaves at 15:00 tomorrow), present continuous (I'm meeting my friends tomorrow at 16:00.) and some phrasal verbs, I need help with them... these are the phrasal verbs: (sounds bad... I wanna say (estos son los phrasal verbs), it's ok?, thank you again hahaha)

look through (I think that's 'read quickly' )
looking into (i think that's 'investigating' )
looking for ( " " 'searching for' )
look after ( " " 'take care of' )
look round (" " 'respect' )
look up to (" " 'inspect, visit' )

Am I wrong? And I'm plenty of doubts but I don't wanna disturb you .

Thanks!

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Ligia #2108 Ene '13 Francesa

#2107 You can check the following link to see the thousands of different uses and meanings of Look+something else, with examples! Just scroll down and check what you need there are so many phrasal verbs that it's almost impossible for a non native person to know them all, so don't get worried about it

http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=Look

It seems that look over is correct in this case

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cabron #2109 Ene '13 Judas

#2107

"Now, I am with the future"

That sounds like the future and you are in the same room doing something together. You can't translate everything literally word by word!. Also, you may have plenty of doubts, or you can be doubtful, but you are not a doubt yourself, are you?

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Neozzup #2110 Ene '13

#2108 Thank you again .

#2109 Yes... I didn't think about it... so.. I can say 'Now, I'm studying future tense', is it ok?
And.. I suppose that I should say I'm not a doubt.. but I think that I'm a big doubt with arms and legs :wtf: .
But yep, I understood you, thank you too!

doJi #2111 Ene '13

Hi all.

Which is the difference between "stuff" and "thing", i know "stuff" is for countless things and "thing" for accounting things but in plural don't matter if these things are countless or accounting.

So for example "cakes" could be "What is this stuff?" & "What are these things?", it's ok?

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Zahrae #2112 Ene '13 Inocente

#2111 I'm not sure, but I think "stuff" is more colloquial than "thing". I remember that I helped one of my students to write a composition and I told him to write "stuff", and then his teacher corrected it and wrote: "stuff is too colloquial". So it depends on the situation.

XaPu69 #2113 Ene '13

I'd like to know what is difference between "grace" and "highness".

When you're talking, for instance, with the King or the Prince, What is the correct form: "Your grace" or "Your highness"?

Thank you all

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cabron #2114 Ene '13 Judas

#2113

I don't know the difference, but in Game of thrones they always say "your grace" when talking to the king or the queen. I don't remember about the prince, but sure they never say "your highness" to any one.

Noble women are referred as my lady, and men as my lord.

Intriga #2115 Ene '13

Sorry for this stupid question, but I can not remember how to write "adhoc" properly.

any help? please

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NocAB #2116 Ene '13

#2115 But... ad hoc is a latin phrase, not an English one, isn't it?

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Intriga #2117 Ene '13

I am not sure, however I am quite sure is that English people use it a lot, specially, you can see it in job offers.

in this offer, you have a couple of examples:

http://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-finance-analyst-publishing/22504063#/jobs?keywords=ad%20hoc&pagesize=100

I have seen that you are talking about expressions, well, I know the meaning of this one, but I would like to know if anybody else know it.

Full speed ahead.

The meaning of it is in the spoiler

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Marjoram #2118 Ene '13 Amityville

#2116 Yes, and translated should be something like "For this", basically means that this "ad hoc - something - " it's meant just for the specified, but it's also used on computers for networking.

#2117 Wild guess here, on those offers looks like "ad hoc" stands for certain situations on the financial scenarios.

As I said, I'm just guessing, since I know nothing about economics.

Intriga #2119 Ene '13

i know the meaning of ad hoc, what i didnt know was how to write it

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garc1a #2120 Ene '13

#yolo #swag Whats up nigga? Am I able to speak nigga's dictionary? Thanks ( im not trying to mess up this thread^^)

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[Borrado] #2121 Ene '13

So this Tuesday I have a level 4 Exam(first) in a Escuela Oficial d'Idiomes. I think I will do quite well but grammar just destroys my mind.

First post in this thread btw.

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DexterM #2122 Feb '13

Hey guys.

I was searching some web to learn English listening a Text or Dialogue. I'm looking something like this -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2013/01/130131_6min_good_news.shtml

That's what I am looking for. If someone of you know a web like that, please. I wanna know it !

Thanks a lot, and sorry for my English. It's so fucking bad.

By the way. Livemocha and Bussuuu sucks so much. x"D

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-KiLLeR- #2123 Feb '13

#2122 Wow that web page seems pretty interesting in order to practice listening!It must be really useful.

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[Borrado] #2124 Feb '13

Does someone have a good vocabulary list at C1 level? Thanks

#2125 Hi! Is this for solve questions and help? Or it's just for write english and have fun practicing. Maybe both?

Yes, as you said, both.

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Chikitaja #2125 Feb '13

Hi! This is for doubts and help? or just for speak english and practice for fun?
Maybe both

#2124 Thank you

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JonaN #2126 Feb '13 Juntabrackets

#2124 #2125 Hi! Is this for solving questions and helping? Or is it just for writing in english and having fun practicing. Maybe both?