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Posted on: Sobriety Check
On July 28 at 3:52 AM by mark

The rule of thumb I go by is, if you want a yes-no answer, tack on a 吗. If you just want your listener to agree with you, use 嘛， or 吧， if it is a pol... Read more

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Posted on: You Smell Terrible!
On July 28 at 3:48 AM by DaveCragin

Mark - Thanks, I wondered about this too. Read more

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Posted on: You Smell Terrible!
On July 28 at 1:15 AM by lamartiniere

Can I translate "How long it has been since we went on vacation?" with "我們多久去度假了?" instead of "我們多久(沒)去度假了?" Thanks. L. Read more

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Posted on: You Smell Terrible!
On July 28 at 1:10 AM by lamartiniere

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Posted on: Sobriety Check
On July 28 at 12:12 AM by bababardwan

btw mate, I know I'm Aussie, but don't think the Mark Twain quote escaped me...wouldn't wanna dent your American pride, hehe ;). A great writer and wi... Read more

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Posted on: Sobriety Check
On July 27 at 9:03 PM by hyperborean

不管黑猫白猫，捉到老鼠就是好猫. But could you replace the 就 with 都 as used in the dialogue and still be correct? Read more

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On July 27 at 8:19 PM by ibexuyi

funny, i remember john saying way back when that only foreigners say 那里那里" rather than ”那里“ but you use the former here Read more

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Posted on: Sobriety Check
On July 27 at 5:50 PM by RJ

They seem to have screwed up the units used for Japan. They do use a different system, I believe the limit listed for Japan should have read 0.15 mg a... Read more

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Posted on: Singapore
On July 27 at 4:31 PM by limhl88

That's a shame! Yes, the discussion here is really good. I actually read through the whole thing and learnt a lot. It took a bit of time thoug... Read more

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Posted on: Transferring Money
On July 27 at 3:55 PM by limhl88

It's a while ago, but how did you go in the end? Was it a difficult process? Read more