Volunteering at a soup kitchen
Hearing the police car sirens
Animals around the neighborhood

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Life in Kansas

Давайте выучим больше полезных фраз, которые помогут нам увеличить наш словарный запас русского языка!
Let's learn more useful phrases which will widen our russian language!

Russian phrases with Darina

Phrases with Darina: part 2

El concepto de tiempo es tan insensible como flexible y tan justiciero como inofensivo. Es una realidad que no podemos negar y a su vez, es algo tan etéreo como inexpugnable.
¿Cómo puede ser todo tan contradictorio sobre él, verdad? No estoy seguro de poder contestar a esto, pero sí que lo estoy de que se pueden sentir estas contradicciones especialmente en un entorno natural.

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Explore the captivating world of "Slang and Informal Language: Understanding Casual English Conversations" on this episode of English Learners Boost. Decode the secret language that often puzzles learners, from "lit" to practical examples. Gain confidence in casual English interactions, learn about slang's evolution, and strike the ideal balance between informal and formal language. Plus, experience our unique teaching through personalized English lessons on our italki profile. Boost your skills and embrace language's vibrant nuances!

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Slang and Informal Language: Understanding Casual English Conversations 

１年ぐらい勉強をやめていた韓国語の勉強を再開しました！みなさんは、どうやって語学学習のモチベーションを維持していますか？

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＃19 韓国語の勉強を再開した話

Many people are working on intonation and on the rules of reading, let's find out what is really worth working on to reduce the accent 📖

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The key to your better pronunciation

Une sacrée galette
Tous les animaux de la forêt ont l'habitude de se réunir pour fêter les rois. Cette année, c'est Kipic, le hérisson, qui achète la galette.
De sa vie, Kipic n'a jamais eu la fève. Alors il s'est arrangé avec le pâtissier qui en a placé vingt-cinq dans la galette. Le hérisson est certain, cette fois-ci, d'être le roi.
Le sanglier a fait les parts. Le lièvre était caché sous la table. Eh bien, c'est à peine croyable : la chèvre a eu cinq fèves, le lièvre trois, le sanglier six, le cerf quatre, l'ours deux, la souris cinq et Kipic... rien du tout. Quelle malchance !

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 5 - Une sacrée galette

A story written by me. Based on a dream I had.

Calista is surprised when the magician knows her name and asks her to help him with a magic trick in front of the audience.

Vocabulary:
extend: to stretch out
dim: a little dark, not much light
spellbound: fascinated by something
squint: to close your eyes a little because the light is too bright
blush: when your face turns a little red because you like someone
amend: to change something, to improve it

Phrases:
to break the ice: to become comfortable with someone
in my element: to be around something you're completely comfortable with
to seek someone out: to search for a specific person
third wheel: an extra person on a date with the couple
by all means: yes

To read the transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-magicians-performance

The Magician's Performance (short story)

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If you watch ‘the glory' on Netflix, 
you can hear this expression in the first episode.
Yeon-jin’s daughter says this. 

우리 엄마는 주인공이 아니에요. (My mom is not a leading role)
우리 엄마는 부자니까요.(Because she’s rich)
주인공들은 원래 다 가난하니까.(Because the leading roles have always been poor)
You can hear ~~니까 in common. 

In Korean language, there are several expressions meaning “because”.
Some of You may already know about that. 
The basic thing is “~~이기 때문이에요”, “~이기 때문에”
If we replace the lines with ~~이기 때문에, 

우리 엄마는 부자이기 때문이에요. 
주인공들은 원래 다 가난하기 때문에. 
But you can also use “~~니까” instead of ~~때문에

우리 엄마는 부자니까요. 
주인공들은 원래 다 가난하니까. 

Here are other samples. 
사람이니까 실수할 수 있어요. Because you are a human, you can make a mistake.
더우니까 아이스크림을 먹고 싶어요. Because it’s hot, I want to have an Ice-cream.

Don’t forget this. 

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