Why am I here? I''ve been accessing Italki for over twenty months and finding here a lot of tips and useful information that are so helpful for who really want to improve their language skills. During these months I´ve learned English and Spanish, especially English, and I´ve made virtual friends who have helped me as well. Therefore I´ve very much enjoyed being a Italki user. In my daily life I don´t meet people who speak English or Spanish therefore in my opinion Italki is a good tools for contacting people who speak them. Besides Italki I usually acess anothers free websites like BBC, WordReference, EnglishPage etc. I also watch videos, movies and read articles in English and Spanish in my spare time. Although I am aware that it´s essential to have speaking practice for improving any skill language, I didn´t have this experience in Italki yet. Actually I´ve tried talking to a Italki friend months ago but unfortunately my microfone was out of order. By the way, I´d like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all of people who have replied my questions and corrected my English mistakes in Italki. In my opinion they do a great job helping us learning a second language. I would like to conclude this text saying that my mainly objective here is not speak like a native speaker or without a foreign accent but feel confident and comfortable speaking a foreign language in the future.

The expression "It´s about time" . Hello all ! I would like to know the meaning of "It´s about time" in each sentence. Besides I am not sure whether all of them are correct. Thanks for helping me! :) It is about time for her to go home. It is about time she went home. It is about time she goes home. It is about time to go home. It´s about time to went home. It is about time you sell your car. It is about time you sold your car.

Do "You seem a friendly person" and "You seem like a friendly person" have the same meaning? Do these sentences below have the same meaning? 1)"You seem a friendly person" "You seem like a friendly person" *** If they don´t have the same meaning wich one I can use, for example, when I met someone for the first time and I think it´s a good person? 2)"It seemed a good idea." "It seemed like a good idea." ----------- Please correct my English mistakes.Thank you so much for helping me. :))

Could you please tell me the meaning of " I don´t mind <XXXX>" ? Could you please tell me the meaning of " I don´t mind <XXXX>" ? For example :" I don´t mind coffe", " I don´t mind the smeel of coffe" "I don´t mind him" , "I don´t mind learning Math". Could you give please another examples? Thanks for helping me. :-) I don't mind a rainy day. There are blackbirds in rows behind the clouds Pecking at the clouds Poking holes in the clouds Rain pours out of the holes in the clouds When the clouds are empty The birds climb inside and singI don't mind going under the rain at all. What does "I don´t mind him" mean?

I would like to know the meaning of the phrase "where are you waiting for?" ? Hello everyone. I would like to know the meaning of the phrase "where are you waiting for?" ? I also would like to know if "where are you waiting for ? " has the same meaning of (as?) " What are you waiting for? . Thank you for helping me. :-) **** I am not sure if the correct is "meaning OF" OR "meaning AS" ..? Could you tell me, please the right answer? thanks. :)

I´d like to know the meaning of "prestaged /prestaging" in this context. I´d like to know the meaning of "prestaged /prestaging" in this sentence: "The master gets a tape label and the file name of the next file to be prestaged from the queue-file and start prestaging. " Thank you so much for helping me! :-)

Could you please tell me the meaning of the phrase "Glad you could make it out"? Hello, Could you please tell me the meaning of the phrase "Glad you could make it out"? Are there another way to say it? Thank you for helping me! :-)

Could you please tell me if there are polite ways to say "What do I care?"/ "Why should I care?" Hello everyone. "What do I care?" and "Why should I care?" are rude expressions aren´t they? I think so! :-) Therefore, could you please tell me if there are polite ways to say them? I have the same question about " It´s not my business.". Could you also answer me this question, please? Thank you for your help!

Has "Birthday Town" the same meaning as "Hometown" ? Could you please help me? I've been trying to find out the difference between "Birthday Town" and "Hometown" in Google, however I can´t get it. So, could you please help me? What does "Birthday Town" mean? I´ve never heard this expression before. If they don´t have the same meaning, could please give me a short explain about the differences? Thanks for your hekp! :-)Correcting my English mistake!! **** If they don´t have the same meaning, could YOU please give me a short EXPLANATION about the differences?