Think in English! Now! I heard an advise recently about learning languages. You have to think in a language that you learn. Everyone has the inner dialogue in his or her brain. This dialogue is permanent. No matter how bad you know foreign language. If you're only a beginer you can insert single words in the inner dialogue. If your level is higher you can use simple sentences in your brain. I think this is interesting idea. Now I'm trying to think in English. But there is a problem in this acting. I always forget about that and begin to think in my native language - in Russian. But I don't want to give up. When I recognize that I think in Russian I switch on English time and again. I'll see if it work out.

dot the eye with the fists... What does it mean? Context: Up until now, most of us accepted ourselves without any examination. We did not know who we were, or whence we came, but if anyone dared to challenge the pseudo-reality of our existence, we had recourse to a game of dotting the challenger's eyes with the fists, and followed this by asking the educated recipient for the identity of the person who dotted his eyes. This is a little trick known as parrying a question with a question. We accept much. We like to call it faith. But faith is a carry-over from the trusting days of childhood when we had no alternative to trust. Want is meant by "dotting the challenger's eyes with the fists"? Does it mean to beat? And what all this part of sentence mean? "...but if anyone dared to challenge the pseudo-reality of our existence, we had recourse to a game of dotting the challenger's eyes with the fists, and followed this by asking the educated recipient for the identity of the person who dotted his eyes." Thank you!

haphazard jurisprudence... What does it mean? Context: Perhaps you think that we do not live under abuse. If you have this attitude, it may mean that your turn has not yet come. You have not yet been sentenced by a jury of peers. And of course no one is sentenced by peers. . . peers do not condemn, they commiserate. While the actor, who plays the part of beater, beats us, he consoles us by telling us that we have rights. This makes us feel that the beating has some meaning. Haphazard jurisprudence now has a meaning. But any of us can, within a half-hour after leaving our homes, find that our vast catalogue of rights has dwindled down to one last rite . . . and it is handed to us as a beneficence. It is the right to make a phone call after being arrested.

so intoxicated in fact that he has been known to change religion... What does it mean? Context: Perfume and suggestive clothing contribute to cranial confusion, both in the wearer and in the observer. The one who plays the act, and poses, is intoxicated by flattery, and he or she who receives the flattery interprets the flattery as a fiat of validity for the act of pretence. Sometimes the observer is likewise intoxicated, so intoxicated in fact that he has been known to change religion, philosophy, or his way of life, in the twinkling of an eye, and even risk his life in the process of encouraging the make-believe and in enforcing it upon his fellows. ---- I don't understand after words "Sometimes the observer is likewise intoxicated..." What does it mean? "so intoxicated in fact that he has been known to change religion" Thank you!

Hermitage Museum Hello! Recently I moved to Saint-Petersburg. It's a beautiful city where several millions people live. I've heard today that Hermitage museum which placed in the center of the city was recognized the best museum of the Europe. Collection of the museum includes enormous number of paintings and other work of art from all over the world from the stone age to the end of twenties century. I was particularly interested in collection of works of such impressionists as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and abstract paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

Introduction Hello! My name is Ivan. I live in Perm, Russia. I work as a design engineer in a company that produces special equipments for petrolium production. I like to watch art house movies and listen to experimental music.

Conditional clauses. Part 2 1. What would you do, if you won a million dollars. 2. If we had more money, we could buy a couch better than that. 3. If Timur hadn't a headache, he would help me. 4. If Timur slept enough, he wouldn't have a headache. 5. Were Liza my friend, she would help me. 6. If my PC had more RAM memory, it wouldn't be frozen. 7. I would be very glad, if you came. 8. I would tell you, if I knew the truth. 9. I would buy a Hi-end audio system, if I had enough money. 10. We wouldn't make this component, if we hadn't special tools. 1. Что бы ты делал, если бы выиграл миллион долларов? 2. Если бы у нас было больше денег, мы купили бы диван получше этого. 3. Если бы у Тимура не болела голова, он бы мне помог. 4. Если бы Тимур выспался, у него не болела бы голова. 5. Была бы Лиза моей подругой, она бы мне помогла. 6. Если бы в моём компьютере было бы больше оперативной памяти, он бы не завис. 7. Я был бы очень рад, если б ты пришел. 8. Я бы тебе рассказал, если бы знал правду. 9. Я бы себе купил аудио систему класса Hi-Fi, если бы у меня было достаточно денег. 10. Мы бы не сделали эту деталь, если бы у нас не было этого инструмента.

Conditional clauses. Part 1 1. What will you do, if you would have more free time? 2. If you bake a cake, I will be very glad. 3. You should make yourself of service, if you want to succeed. 4. If you don't put on the scarf, you may to catch a cold. 5. I will visit my parents, if my chieff let me go. 6. If you don't tell her the truth, I will do. 7. We'll arrive early morning, if I have time to buy the tickets. 8. If he eat many sweets, he'll fall sick of pancreatic diabetes. 9. If she arrive, I won't stay here. 10. If you study steadily, you'll achieve good results. By the way, I used a phrase "make yourself of service" on the sentence No. 3. It's the phrase from a book. Do I understand it correct? Does it mean "to help people"? In Russian: 1. Что бы ты делал, если бы у тебя было больше свободного времени? 2. Если ты испечёшь пирог, я буду очень рад. 3. Служи людям, если хочешь добиться успеха. 4. Если ты не наденешь шарф, ты можешь простудиться. 5. Я поеду к родителям, если мой начальник отпустит меня. 6. Если ты не скажешь ей правду, я скажу. 7. Мы приедем рано утром, если я успею купить билеты. 8. Если он будет есть много сладкого, он заболеет сахарным диабетом. 9. Если она придёт, я здесь не останусь. 10. Если ты будешь непрерывно заниматься, ты достигнешь хороших результатов.

"...with little being said beyond the necessities of the task". What does it mean? Hi! Can you explain me a following phrase? "...with little being said beyond the necessities of the task". Context: When I pulled into the parking area, Rose got out of the car and without another word headed towards the road that led up the hill to where the work was going on. I followed, and we found the others already sinking posts and unrolling wire fence. Rose continued to be somewhat distant as we worked and soon everyone fell into the same mood. We worked steadily all morning with little being said beyond the necessities of the task. Along about noon the sky darkened and a cold rain began to fall. We gathered up our tools and headed for the house.