Cambridge exams Is there anybody who is going to take the FCE? I need a partner to practise Speaking Part. Perhaps, we could help each other in another parts of the exam as well. If you are interested in this activity, contact me, please. Additionally, I would like to know your experience, if you had passed the exam. Maybe you could share some information referring the FCE or give me a piece of advice. Thanks for your attention. :)Oops, mistakes * help each other with * referring to the FCE

С Новым Годом! Я желаю всем в Новом Году найти что-то самое ценное, не упустить чего-то самого важного, приобрести лучшее, получить приятное, сохранить самое дорогое, потерять самое ненужное, отпустить уходящее, простить несправедливое, забыть грустное. Всем счастья в Новом Году!

Merry Christmas! May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love. May this Christmas bring Peace and Joy for you and your family! Merry Christmas to Everyone!

TOO, TOO MUCH\MANY, VERY or ENOUGH Generally, I hope I understand the meaning of these words. :) Although, I have some difficulties in usage of them. I need to correct sentences with TOO, TOO MANY, TOO MUCH,ENOUGH and VERY. There are examples of corrected sentences: 1. I liked the restaurant but the food wasn't enough. => I liked the restaurant but there wasn't enough food. 2. Experts say that fast food is not too much good for you. => Experts say that fast food is not very good for you. Following sentences are with mistakes about TOO, TOO MANY, TOO MUCH,ENOUGH and VERY. 3. I don't have money enough to pay for your dinner. => I don't have enough money to pay for your dinner. 4. We didn't like the hotel because it wasn't enough comfortable. => We didn't like the hotel because it wasn't comfortable enough. 5. The food takes too much long to prepare so customers become impatient. => The food takes too long to prepare so customers become impatient. 6. Some people suffer from doing too hard work. => Some people suffer from doing very hard work. 7. It's too much cruel to keep animals in small cages. => It's too cruel to keep animals in small cages. 8. It's not a sport too difficult, so I think you can learn it quite quickly. => It's not a too difficult sport, so I think you can learn it quite quickly. 9. The bed was not too much comfortable. => The bed was not comfortable enough. 10. I'm afraid the meal was too much expensive. => I'm afraid the meal was too expensive. Please, could you help me with these sentences? What's the difference between "too" and "very"? Does "Too"exaggerate following adjectives\adverbs more than "very"? If I accidently corrected accurately I would be glad to learn more about cases in the 6th and the 7th sentences. I'm not sure if I know why I can't say "too hard work", for instance. Thank you for attention!

SOCIABLE and COMMUNICATIVE Hello! I would like to ask you is there a difference between the adjectives SOCIABLE and COMMUNICATIVE if we speak about a person (and what's the difference). Thank you for help!

phrasal verb PICK OFF Meaning: Target individuals to change a group. Example: There were many rebels against the policy, but the government PICKED OFF the leaders. Could you help me to combine the meaning with the example? I am lost in translation. Thank you!

LEARNED and LEARNT I will quote a part of the "text" before my question: "Darren: Reading “learnt” and “amongst” is like listening to someone scrape his fingernails across a chalkboard. Robert: Not if you are British or Australian, learned has a different meaning." Thereby, could you answer my following questions: What's "the different meaning"? What's the difference between meanings of "learned" and "learnt" (Past Indefinite and Past Participle forms of the verb "learn")? Thank you!

Do you have any plans for the 20th of December? According the Mayan Calendar the world will end of the 21st of December 2012. There were many documentary videos, scientific articles, the feature film "2012". So you pretty know about what my speech is. Actually, my classmate has inspired me to write some words here. She has recently held a poll to find out if people really think about the End of the World. She told that it was such an agiotage in St. Petersburg, people had been preparing for natural disasters on the 21th of December, buying necessary equipment (such as sleeping bags, oil stoves and so on), some food (flour, different kinds of grain, canned food, etc.), taking special courses of surviving. I have not noticed any commotion about that in my city. Perhaps, the End of the Days is cancelled here. :) As for me, I don't prepare. I’m not sure if it's possible to get ready for something unknown. It means you should consider all variants of a global cataclysm. I'm going to spend time of the day in my usual mode. So do you have any plans for the 20th of December (Day before the World Ends)? Generally, do you believe the world could end soon?

The difference between British and American spelling Surfing on the Internet I discovered the table which I place right here. It's the first time I've met such variants of spelling words as "connexion" or "oecology". It made me think about few questions. Are these words still used in British English? Could you make other examples of words with "-xion"? Is it correct to use words with American spelling in British English? Any comments to the table and this topic are appriciated.