Help me to learn English Like a native
Hi, I would like to learn English but in our country and in our schools they really don't teach us English! just a little about grammatical rules 
I learned a little by myself ! but still I have some problems
I just need you guys come here some times and help me to find out some of my questions about this language
thanks
I learned a little by myself ! but still I have some problemsI just need you guys come here some times and help me to find out some of my questions about this language
thanks
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we had a run-in
pull through
"we" encountered "something"
A run-in is an encounter.
As for pull through, it depends on context. It could mean "to get well"
Be sure to ask more questions when you have them! Good luck! Your English is pretty good for someone who's self taught.
I was hoping for an opportunity to get rich quick, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.
My vocabulary holds around 4000 words, I tried to learn more but it's so hard
I want to know which words are more important in this language
Could you refer some of them ?
Thanks but I just need English
I'm still a beginner
15000 Words would be good for me
You may want to spend some time looking over the Simple English version of Wikipedia, where people try to write in simple, common words. See if you can understand the articles there.
There is also Ogden's List of 850 basic English words, that he thought were most important, but that was back in 1930, so it is a bit out of date. You can still see if you understand them all.
However, seriously, please do. You'll end up sounding better than most.
I'd actually suggest reading children's books (not necessarily the illustrated kind. Could be short novels). If you've got gaps in words that you should know then it's a good way to correct that because you've got all the time you need to look up that word. And since it's fiction, it's likely that those same words will show up multiple times within the story so you'll get a bit of practice in.
If you're not a reader, picking an interesting show to watch in English would be a good second option.
I second the idea of trying children's books.
Perhaps try books you've already read in your native tongue, so that you can get the general gist of the story. That'll help you puzzle out the meaning of words on your own. I'd say the Harry Potter books might be worth a try, seeing as each book becomes more complex than the previous one, which may help you build up your language skills.
No it isn't.
I'm not saying that learning English should be a piece of cake, but Russian is far-far more complicated, and English is incredibly simple in comparison
English doesn't even have a grammatical gender. And that's what kicks a language's arbitrariness way up! In English, rule exceptions in spoken language are relatively seldom; analogy is the right path 90% of the time. The hard part is the arbitrary spelling, particularly the defunct spoken/written vowel sound/letter connection. But that's about it.
http://mylanguages.org/difficult_languages.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difficulty_of_learning_languages
http://www.lexiophiles.com/featured-articles/top-list-of-the-hardest-languages-to-learn
http://www.fluentin3months.com/most-difficult-language/
english here
n7 iknow that we dont have a good books but we have english class and you know it too.
but if you want you can خواستن توانستن هست
im happy that i can found one of my compatriot
im going to say something about a people who think iran is Arab
ok forget that. we are not arab we are persian
True, but I never really had problems with genders. I guess it's something else to learn, but once you get the hang of them, words just look "right". Maybe that's just me, I have a pretty good memory. It's really the fluidity of the spoken sentences that is the hardest in English I suppose. You could have two synonyms, but one is never used in a particular sentence and there is no way to know that but practise(a lot of languages are similar, but boy do we love our synonyms). I work with a dude who's native French, but has spoken fluent English for 15 years.... and every now and then there's still a slip.
And they'll make you want to learn lots of profanities.
I know what is mean of this sentence, I just would to know when should we use such a sentence like this ?
A business example: In the past year, two social media companies, Zynga and Facebook, have "gone public" (meaning they issued stock for public trading for the first time). In both cases, the value of the stock has gone way down since it was issued. Say some third social media company has an idea to go public now. We've been down that road before.
Relationship example: A man and a woman have two children, but the man and the woman fight a lot. The woman wants to stop fighting and suggests to the man that having another child might bring them closer together. The man could say, "We've been down that road before," meaning it didn't work the last two times. Everyone else would just scream "NO!" at them.
Thanks a lot, it was a complete description
I have two more questions
first:
What is mean of sidelines ? for example she's staying on the sidelines
second:
When should we use "pieced together" ?
for example "Have you pieced together how should we do that ?"
I mean when people use this
is it general ?
Pieced together is like a puzzle, where you have to put pieces together to finish the puzzle. It just means you need to work to figure out the solution.
Many sports use a field, and the edges of the field are usually marked by lines. The sidelines refer to the lines which run from one goal to the other; while goal lines are the lines on either edge of the field which is nearest to either goal. "Staying (or sitting) on the sidelines" refers to watching the game without actually being a part of playing it.
This, in common (non-sports-related) usage, means to deliberately not get involved in a situation more than to just watch what is happening.
When you think "pieced together", think of something you have to fix, like a jigsaw puzzle:
So, "piecing (something) together" basically means solving a problem by looking at the different things involved in the problem and figuring out how they fit together.
thanks
I'll come back with more questions
1: What is mean of "surged" ?
for example "they surged through the relays and hit Arcturus station"
this sentence is from Mass Effect3
2: What is mean of "I'm flattered" ?
3: In this sentence what's mean of "principle"?(it's the larger principle that matters
)
4: what's mean of "I'll hammer them " ?
for example "I'll hammer them with every soldier, ship, and bullet we've got"
it's from ME3 too
5: What does mean bold section in the bottom sentence ?
How long can we keep that up ?
6: What does mean blod section in the bottom sentence ?
I'm buying us time, keeping us in the game while you gather what we need for this Prothean device
this sentence is from ME3 too
7: and finally what is mean of "So keep at it" ?
thanks a lot
2) I'm Flattered. If you flatter someone, you compliment them - for example, I could say that you wanting to learn more about English shows you are eager and willing to learn. That would be praise / flattery. Saying "I'm flattered" means that you accept the praise and appreciate it.
3) Principle. "It's the larger principle that matters." Hmm. Not sure.
I'd need more context to explain this one. Can someone else help?
4) I'll Hammer Them. In this case, it would mean that they will attack with every soldier, ship and bullet they've got. When you use a hammer, you smash it against something (usually a nail) with great force. 'Hammer Them' is another way of saying Smash Them, or Attack Them.
5) Keep That Up. 'How long can we keep that up' is another way of saying 'how long can we keep doing this'.
6) Keeping Us In The Game. It's another way of saying 'buying us time'. To keep yourself in the game, you need to do things to extend the amount of time you remain in the competition, even if they aren't positive things. You simply do them to prolong the experience.
Say we have a conversation that is supposed to last 5 minutes. But you want to keep it going, so you start talking about, say, Doctor Who. Because I like Doctor Who, I will keep talking for much longer than I intended to. By bringing up Doctor Who, you 'kept yourself in the game', with the game being the current situation - in this case, the conversation.
7) Keep At It. 'Keep doing what you are currently doing'.
Mass Effect 3 is a very wordy game. You're going to be asking us for a help a lot if you're playing it!
(Not that we mind helping you, of course. Just warning you!)
So in the case of "larger principle that matters" you'd be referring to a commonly held founding idea that is more important than the other ideas that have been presented in the conversation.
More correct would be "What does ... mean" or "What is the meaning of ..."
The word 'mean' can be a verb (to mean), a noun (the mean) or an adjective (mean) which are used very differently and have largely varying meanings.
The word 'meaning' is the correct noun to the verb 'to mean' when referring to what a word means.
(Could any of you native speakers please be so kind and make this a bit more understandable? Because reading my post I just realised that I don't understand what I mean here ...)
For N7's benefit, saying "What is the mean of..." actually means something quite different than "What is the meaning of..." We automatically assumed you meant the latter because of context. Asking the "mean of something" generally means that you wish to know the average value of that thing.
Honestly I'm embarrassed to ask more questions, because some of you answering my questions very carefully and because of that It's hard for me to ask more questions
The only thing that I have is just questions and more questions
if it's Ok I would like to ask more questions
abhor
abhorrence
abhorrent
Abhor is a verb. You can abhor something. (I abhor potatoes.)
Abhorrence is a noun. You can call something an abhorrence. (Potatoes are an abhorrence.)
Abhorrent is an adjective. You can only describe an object with the modifier as abhorrent. (That is an abhorrent potato.)
No idea why I chose those.
If anyone has anything else to add, I'd appreciate it. I feel I'm lacking something.