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When you perform one action to facilitate another in English, English often uses "to" to introduce the verb of the facilitated action. Chinese uses 来... Read more

Pidgin table? Is this what you mean: American Indian Pidgin English Chinese Pidgin English Chukotka Pidgin English Fulani... Read more

Mark, thanks for the reply. But I don't quite get it. The "to" in "I stopped drinking to improve my health" serves to introduce an infinitive used... Read more

Hi guys, I noticed in the vocab section that 桌球 is pool, but I alway see 台球. Is this a regional thing, or maybe refers to somewhat different forms of... Read more

Sometimes, the beggars here in Baoding can be aggressive (read; highly assertive, not violent) when they encounter foreigners. I think that this may b... Read more

Here's the same issue from a different angle. There's no 來 in "我按你的方法試了一次，可是沒成功," which is another expansion sentence. Would that sentence mean anyt... Read more

Here 来 is used somewhat like the English "to" in, "I stopped drinking to improve my health". Read more

Does 來 sometimes somehow go with 按 ?  In the expansion sentences we find "你可以按價格的高低來搜索商品" and "我們會盡量按客人的要求來安排房間," in both of which... Read more

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Hi Mike, I like your suggestion about labelling the courses easy/hard or whatever, though it might be a moving target. If you haven't already listened... Read more