i am allowed to write again here? let's see. I was banned from writing here. but now, let's see if I can post this entry.

name your favorite English language movies, please

An English question on contemplation If you say "it took a while for me to contemplate on an issue or something.", does it mean that some time has elapsed before you start contemplating or the process of contemplation takes a while period of time? Let's put it this way. If you say "it took me 5 minutes for me to get up from bed.", it means getting up from bed took you 5 minutes right?

Is there such word in English? Is there such word in English to describe a scene that resembles Chinese New Year celebration on which you will see a lot of people crowding the street. You hear noisy, but mostly pleasant. Or a scene such as in a festival in which people lined up on the street to see performances of matching bands, carnival dancers, etc. Is there such adjective word in English that describes a lot of people gathering together to have a good time? In Chinese, it's 热闹。 今天是春节，街上有舞狮表演，发鞭炮。 现场人山人海。 真热闹。

grateful vs thankful What's the slight difference between them?

any sites similar to Italki? Does anyone knows any sites similar to Italki? Italki is an awesome site. I like to come here everyday. It was down almost all day today. I was sadden by this disruption. Hope someone knows similar sites like this, so what Italki is down, I will go visit similar sites as alternatives.

Road rage in a city If you are crossing an intersection in an American city, and a car turns and cuts in front of you. You want to curse. How would you curse at the driver? Should I rephrase it as, "a car turns your way..."?

Any good English vocabulary builder for recommendation? Hi, everybody. I am struggling to build up my vocabulary. If you know any good English vocabulary builder software or vocabulary sheet with definitions, please let me know.

Any computer software expert here? I'm running out of space in my C drive, so I would like to look into my compress old files which were compressed by Windows. Does anyone know where to find all those files? I need to see whether I can delete some of them to free up some space in my C drive.