Learning English has uncomfortable moments, but reasonable natives will accept non-natives! Never give up.  Also, I provide commentary on the TOEFL and IELTS exams. I based some of my ideas on "Tower Of Babble: Nonnative Speakers Navigate The World Of 'Good' And 'Bad' English" on NPR (the news company).  

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Uncomfortable Comes with Learning

In modern Chinese, 佛系fó xì refers to a relaxed and non-competitive attitude. It originated from young people’s response to life’s stress, symbolizing an acceptance of "whatever happens, happens."

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佛系fó xì


   a. Better late than never - It's better to do something late than to not do it at all.
      Example: "He finally apologized, saying better late than never."
   b. Kill time - To occupy oneself during a period of waiting or when there's nothing else to do.
      Example: "I usually read a book to kill time during my commute."
   c. Against the clock - To be in a race against time or running out of time.
      Example: "They worked against the clock to finish the project before the deadline."
   d. In the nick of time - Just in time or at the last possible moment.
      Example: "She arrived in the nick of time to catch the train."
   e. Time flies - Time passes quickly.
      Example: "It feels like yesterday, but time flies, and now they're all grown up."


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Time-related idioms

いいにくい（difficult to say）ことばを　いってみましょう！

italkiの「まきせんせい」と　いっしょに　
「かみアニメ」の　はなしを　しました！

「かみアニメ」
みなさんは、いえますか。
まきせんせいは　とても　じょうずでした ^^b

わたしは　あまり　いえていなかったですね ^^;
へたですが、「かみアニメ」と　いうのは、とても　たのしかったです！


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https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/8615225

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

かみアニメ

The Adventures of Captain Underpants” is a popular children's book written by Dav Pilkey. It is about the hilarious adventures of George and Harold as they try to trick their strict principal Mr. Krupp, but their trick ends up backfiring on them!

Send me a message for your free pdf copy of this book to follow along.


The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Chapter 4 Mean Old Mr. Krupp, Chapter 5 One Day Very, Very Soon

In this episode I talk about the syrian education system, different types of schools, and the subjects we study in Syrian schools.

Real Syrian Arabic

 School in Syria المدرسة بسوريا


The Little Prince meets a mysterious snake in the desert. 🐍
Listen in Farsi and learn new words about danger, mystery, and friendship—through this short but powerful episode. 🌙

Once Upon a Time

شازده کوچولو، فصل هفدهم

En este cuento, Luna nos enseña un camino nuevo para reflexionar sobre el valor de las palabras en el día a día y como cada uno va creando el significado de las mismas. 
¡Qué interesante cuando los niños nos permiten ver cosas nuevas!

Audiocuentos 📖

Luna y las palabras 👧🏽

How long do you want a movie to last? When do you start looking at your watch and wonder when you can leave the darkness of the cinema?

Or maybe it doesn't matter because you watch everything on streaming services, and you can pause anytime you like.

But according to a survey from the US, the perfect movie length is 92 minutes — about the same as a soccer match.

A polling company called Talker Research asked 2,000 people how long movies should be.

Only about 2% said they thought movies should be longer than two and a half hours, while just 15% want to watch a movie that's more than two hours long.

Movies like Dodgeball, Kung Fu Panda and Toy Story 2 are all about 92 minutes long.

But data suggests that the most popular movies are getting longer and longer.

A website called What to Watch found that the average length of the most successful movies has increased from 110 minutes in 1981 to 141 minutes in 2022.

The Guardian reports that nine out of the top 10 most successful films of all time are longer than two hours. Three of them are longer than three hours.

However, some say it's not the length of the film that's important, but how good it is.

There are really long films that feel much shorter because they're so interesting, and there are shorter movies that you wish would just end fast!