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Posted on: Funny Business 5
On June 09 at 11:08 AM by go_manly

CPod, There is no vocabulary in the Text Version of the PDF. Read more

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Posted on: Insecticide
On June 09 at 10:48 AM by kimiik

蛇 = 虫 + 它 (it) Read more

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Posted on: Insecticide
On June 09 at 10:13 AM by kimiik

在中国老百姓使用太多杀虫剂 , 常常过度使用消毒 产品 。因为 打蛇不死 --- 后患无穷。That which does not kill it makes it stronger (Friedrich Nietzsche)  ;o) Read more

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Posted on: Talking Numbers
On June 09 at 9:54 AM by DavidXuzhou

There is no difference between 下一位 and 下面一位, same in Shanghainese, 吾一位 and 吾头一位. But 吾头一位 used more often, which is equivalent to 下面一位 in Mandarin. Read more

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On June 09 at 9:34 AM by hamshank

Got one here too....Also with a prize for worst goal difference aka...North Korea or New Zealand. Read more

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On June 09 at 9:32 AM by xiao_liang

有意思!"输给了" So you "give" your loss to someone. There's a lot of talk in the English press today about Rooney's lack of ability to 管自己... Read more

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Posted on: Talking Numbers
On June 09 at 9:30 AM by DavidXuzhou

Hi masterkrang, Get your point, but I think here the proper translation for "闹" should be "给你". If we only look at the dialogue script and take “那,... Read more

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On June 09 at 9:29 AM by bababardwan

oh right,thanks john. Either I haven't come across any of those, or I didn't twig to it at the time as it wasn't pointed out and it didn't present a p... Read more

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On June 09 at 9:28 AM by John

你就知道很有意思的说法! hehe Read more

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On June 09 at 9:26 AM by John

We actually have been doing it for a while... Not every lesson, of course, but there are other examples in the archives. Read more