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Posted on: Sent by the Company
On November 23 at 4:46 PM by byronmeinerth

Wow. Still so much seemingly simple stuff that I'm learning. Read more

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Posted on: Sent by the Company
On November 23 at 4:46 PM by byronmeinerth

I would say these two are fairly common. 哥们儿 and 小姐 are definitely more localized, but I try not to worry about where and when I should or shouldn't u... Read more

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Posted on: Sent by the Company
On November 23 at 4:40 PM by byronmeinerth

你住在中国哪儿?我以前住在东北当外教。请修改我的错误。 Read more

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On November 23 at 4:28 PM by byronmeinerth

Floor lamp or standard lamp is 落地灯(落地燈), right? Read more

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On November 23 at 4:25 PM by byronmeinerth

我觉得你们做的翻译大概没问题。In English we use synecdoche (借贷) all the time, as in "all hands on deck". If we correct this, then we should make sure not to say "the... Read more

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On November 23 at 4:04 PM by kdogg36

我很享受主持人讨论莫言是不是第一个获诺奖的中国人。随着David的评论,很多华人已经获了诺贝尔奖。当然我们都知道还有一个中国人。 在这个贴吧能不能自由地提起这个话题? Read more

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Posted on: Custom-Made Shoes
On November 23 at 3:42 PM by byronmeinerth

你们的鞋码多少?(是这样问的吗?) Read more

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On November 23 at 3:11 PM by mark

I think this lesson is more difficult than this week's advanced lesson, because the speach is unscripted and some of the utterances are quite round ab... Read more

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On November 23 at 1:15 PM by guolan

“。。。那么 有时候 恐怕 很 容易 就 能够 打破 僵局 。”  I am comfused by the use of "恐怕" here. I read the translation ("then sometimes it's easy to... Read more

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On November 23 at 8:39 AM by verazxl

Good point. Read more