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Posted on: Long Leg, Short Leg
On January 26 at 11:34 AM by gillesvoirin

Please speak SLOWLY : a lot of clients are not fluent in English (French, German, and so on) ! Like Eliot... The best one ! Impossible to understa... Read more

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On January 26 at 11:24 AM by gillesvoirin

Yes, Jenny and Eliot are also my two favorite teachers, because Eliot is speaking very cleary, not too fast : it's easy to understand him, even if I a... Read more

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Posted on: Long Leg, Short Leg
On January 26 at 11:07 AM by Gwilym-ChinesePod

We went with pedorthist since the dialogue is more to do with shoes and finding soles that might correct the problem. It was a discussion we had in t... Read more

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On January 26 at 6:20 AM by newtonvsleibnitz

"flocks are collections of non-threatening animals that one encounters on land, or in the air" So one wouldn't refer to a "flock of pterodactyls" ?... Read more

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On January 26 at 6:10 AM by dorothycowling

@ newtonvsleibnitz How did you guess that I am a cricket fan? By the way, the sound file seems much clearer now. Thanks. Read more

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Posted on: Long Leg, Short Leg
On January 26 at 6:05 AM by dorothycowling

The 'dialogue' sentence-by-sentence version has the sounds for the following characters ' 又 腰'  in reverse order in the sound file. The main d... Read more

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On January 26 at 6:00 AM by dorothycowling

The name of the person who helps people with foot problems in Australia is 'podiatrist'. 'Pedorthist' seems to describe a person who devises orthotics... Read more

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On January 26 at 3:29 AM by mark

I still think flock and school, etc. have a lot in common with 量词。 For example, flocks are collections of non-threatening animals that one encounters... Read more

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On January 26 at 2:59 AM by lindacpod

加入一个网络词“僵尸粉”(Zombie fans), 是指 微博上的虚假粉丝, 不活动的微博用户,通常无头像无内容,花钱就可以买到“关注”, 有名无实 的微博粉丝,它们通常是由系统自动产生的恶意注册用户。 热门游戏:“植物大... Read more

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On January 25 at 11:34 PM by newtonvsleibnitz

The correct term is "collective noun". A "mass noun" is something different. And "flock" is most definitely a collective noun. (No-one claimed t... Read more