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Posted on: Hiring an Intern
On June 24 at 1:57 PM by bababardwan

I think it's 都 which would also make sense, but I'm not certain mate. Here, while it doesn't add anything extra to the meaning or your understanding,... Read more

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Posted on: Hiring an Intern
On June 24 at 1:21 PM by he2xu4

3:23 - 两个 ... 要加 - whatever is in between 两个 and 要加, I really didn't need to understand the meaning, but what is in between? It was spoken so fas... Read more

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Posted on: The New Intern
On June 24 at 12:58 PM by Keth

迈克 means Mike . What I would be interested to know is why choose these two characters to represent this sound loan word? Why not 卖课 these would both... Read more

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On June 24 at 12:05 PM by dong_hua_sen

So there's only an Advanced lesson once a month? I'm not keen on the Media series, I don't think the format really works. One lesson a month doesn't s... Read more

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Posted on: The New Intern
On June 24 at 11:44 AM by bababardwan

thanks for your message Zhen and for your good wishes. I was thinking when I saw that comment at the time that I couldn't imagine buying individual le... Read more

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Posted on: The New Intern
On June 24 at 11:41 AM by bababardwan

“FB, one obvious advantage would seem to be that people are way less likely to be rude, sarcastic, complaining or otherwise generally negative there.”... Read more

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Posted on: The New Intern
On June 24 at 10:49 AM by zhenlijiang

Hi Baba, I haven't had too much time for Chinese these days. I agree actually with a suggestion someone had not long ago about offering individual les... Read more

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Posted on: The New Intern
On June 24 at 10:28 AM by zhenlijiang

Hi Bodawei Ah I never thought of the prompt to log in as a possible deterrent to anyone! It would have been more thoughtful of me to be clearer abo... Read more

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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 24 at 5:00 AM by sclim

One wonders why 感冒 gǎnmào to catch a cold wasn't called into use, or some other variant of 感 to indicate catching a (computer) virus. But who really k... Read more

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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 24 at 4:37 AM by sclim

If 毒 in the original meaning was "poison", then 病毒 in the biological sense is true to the original English/Latin derivation of "Virus", meaning toxin... Read more