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Is my Brazilian accent hard to understand when I read?
https://voca.ro/13X3AZUlr7Cy
Does she say “no, it does that”? What does this mean? Thanks
https://streamable.com/4b5grg
Is "A aligns with B" equivalent to "B aligns with A"?
I'm writing to express the similarity between the research directions of a professor and mine with "his research aligns with my project". I wonder if this is improper. Does it imply that my project is more important and provides a standard that the professor should "align with"? Should I say "my project aligns with his research" instead? ChatGPT told me the sentence is fine, and suggested using "his research resembles my project" if I want to be more neutral. Is that right? TIA
What's the difference between an Idiom and Expression?
I always get confused between the two. From what I know, Idiom's meaning aren't straight forward but expression's are.
The context is we are talking in a room.
I say 1. “lower your voice. You don’t want the people outside to hear, do you?” 2. “lower your voice. You don’t want the people out there to hear, do you?” Which one sounds natural?
Has anyone reached native level accuracy ?
I have been studying English for a very long time. I think I studied more than five thousand hours dedicated , thousand prive lessons , almost thousand class lesson in the UK ,a alot more self studying every resource on the internet claim that a thousand hours dedicated studying should have enough for C2 level but I feel I am far beyond C2. I don't know even it is archievable anymore , I am not sure if I can maintain my motivation a few thousand hours more before starting this journey I thought two years will enough but now I feel even a decade may not enough, my speaking pace almost as same as my native language and also my listening skilll good however I continuously do gramatical mistakes either on paper or while I speak I would like to hear , If anyone solved their language problem how many years did it take ? What did you throughout journey ?
What does “…HAD me for secret Santa” mean?
https://streamable.com/jc8jov
Anyone please explain me the difference in these words: borough, district, neighborhood.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hyyx5w/anyone_please_explain_me_the_difference_in_these/
Is "own" classifying as a determiner or an adjective?
According to Cambridge Dictionary this meaning of own: "belonging to or done by a particular person or thing" can be "determiner / pronoun" but American Dictionary only "adjective" so why? Also I know that "own" isn't a determiner.
is there difference if i said “is it worth it to buy/buying it” and “is it worth to buy/buying it”
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hyvwoa/is_there_difference_if_i_said_is_it_worth_it_to/