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if "haha" is the sounds of laughing, then what's the sounds of crying? Never heard before

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I bought a voice recorder for studying English. I record my English lesson and I listen my speaking again later. It is useful for checking my ability of speaking English, I can find my weak points and mistakes what I often make. Actually I used to use my phone for recording, but the sounds were unclear. So, now I dot have any stress for recording with this, I’m satisfied!

1. How and why should I use "being"? I really want to add it to my toolbox in writing but can't comprehend the usage. 2. I really fall in love with gerunds and want to develop a natural usage of them in my writing. However, there are so much cases in which I can use gerunds that I just don't know where I should began. I know I can use them as subject/object, with certain verbs and prepositions, and also as a participle e.g. "The children playing in the park are screaming loudly." All the same, in books I constantly meet other usages. Can anyone provide me with a appropriate textbook or any explanation of usage? I would be grateful.

Last week additional cell phone price surveys. I applied too, but I missed all of them. The wage was 8,000 yen per store, so it seems there were a lot of applicants. It was probably because my reports were not very accurate. I was very disappointed because I was very determined to do the job. Then I prepared my tax return documents. I calculated the income I earned from working from January to December last year, minus the cost of gasoline as an expense. In the end, my profit was not even 500,000. Since I had breast cancer last August, I had been lazy and had not worked, so my income was very small. Last Thursday, I went to city hall and filed my tax return and it was tax exempt. I was relieved to find out that I don't have to pay income tax.