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Non native German. Can you guess where I am from ?
https://voca.ro/1j8xalN27kGB
about my writing skills
hello reddit! i'm used to learn english in school, but that was 2 years ago, i'm not fluent, my pronunciation is not very well, most of my capacity is for writing in english but I don't know how I sound to a native. I'm B1 my brother knows more english than me, he went to an academy and plays csgo and practice english there lol. I'm too shy to speak with strangers, but I know that I need to practice with others... how can I improve my speaking skills furthermore to speak with others? how is my writing skills? I know I could sound better but I don't know how hehe. how can I sound more natural?
Am i just insane or are they pronouncing "forbenius"?
I even left a comment but people didn't listen it You can jump to 3:49 to hear the word
Daily idiom: bet the farm on something
bet the farm on something >!to risk a lot for something!< Examples: - I wouldn't bet the farm on this newsletter if I weren't sure some people need it. - Are you sure you want to bet the farm here? These stocks seems pretty risky to me.
Throw away your flashcards if you really want to speak fluently
I said what I said. I'm a native speaker but, I am also a foreign language learner. Flashcards and repetition give us the illusion of language acquisition. In fact, they're crutches that keep us in our comfort zones. In this TikTok, I go into the crucial real-life connection you need to make in order to truly acquire a language and how to do it. [Throw away your flashcards if you really want to speak English](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMkPqnhUS/)
what's does "land" mean in this context?
I watched [Social Dilemma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Dilemma) today. I'm not 100 percent sure what he is talking about. Basically, a guy in Google thinks that what he's doing or has done is wrong, so he wrote an email to his collegues. "And I sent this presentation to about 15, 20 of my closest colleagues at Google, and I was very nervous about it. I wasn't sure how it was gonna **land**." I can't figure out the precise meaning of "land". In this case, does is just mean how his colleagues will response or think about his presentation? Thank you in advance. It's a little messy, here is more context. \[Tristan\] It basically just said, you know, never before in history have 50 designers-- 20- to 35-year-old white guys in California-- made decisions that would have an impact on two billion people. Two billion people will have thoughts that they didn't intend to have because a designer at Google said, "This is how notifications work on that screen that you wake up to in the morning." **And we have a moral responsibility, as Google, for solving this problem. And I sent this presentation to about 15, 20 of my closest colleagues at Google, and I was very nervous about it. I wasn't sure how it was gonna land.** When I went to work the next day, most of the laptops had the presentation open. Later that day, there was, like, 400 simultaneous viewers, so it just kept growing and growing. I got e-mails from all around the company. I mean, people in every department saying, "I totally agree." "I see this affecting my kids." "I see this affecting the people around me." "We have to do something about this." It felt like I was sort of launching a revolution or something like that. Later, I found out Larry Page had been notified about this presentation -in three separate meetings that day-.
What does “pick up in the current” mean?
https://streamable.com/9zph3u
What’s meaning. b4lls
This title. b4lls What’s meaning. b4lls ? www.youtube.com/shorts/HFRxIbGXV80
can anyone help with specific CASINO vocabulary?
I'm from Argentina and I work on a casino as a cashier and i would like to be prepared if i encounter someone who speaks english and needs helps or directions! Could anyone enlighten me?
Is there a term for keeping track of a process?
Imagine I wanted to upload the whole process of a fruit plant from seed to harvest. What'd be the term for it? I thought it was something like "follow through". Is there a phrase that synthesizes what I mean?