Do you get confused when using nouns? Are they countable or uncountable? Should you say 'much' or 'many'? Why do we say 'much fruit' but 'many bananas?' Find out the answer to all these questions in my latest podcast!

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Countable & Uncountable Nouns: much or many?

Expresiones Españolas Desenmascaradas', el podcast donde exploramos las frases hechas y los modismos más coloridos y fascinantes de España. Únete a nosotros mientras desentrañamos el significado y el uso de expresiones que te harán sonar como un verdadero local. Desde 'dormir la mona' hasta 'llevarse el gato al agua', aprenderás a usar estas frases con confianza y estilo.

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Lego -short story. I read a story about Legos that I created on ChatGPT.

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Lego - short story

秋（あき）のスイーツビュッフェに行（い）ってきた

巷（ちまた）で流行（はや）りの生（なま）絞（しぼ）りモンブランも体験（たいけん）し、「いもくりなんきん」以外（いがい）には葡萄（ぶどう）を使（つか）ったスイーツもあって、葡萄が大好（だいす）きな私（わたし）としては大（だい）満足（まんぞく）のラインナップだった。
食（た）べ放題（ほうだい）だからたくさん食べようと思ったが、やはり「いもくりなんきん」。少し食べただけでお腹（なか）が膨（ふく）らみ、思（おも）っていた以上（いじょう）に食べられなかった・・・。もっと食べたかった気持ち（きも）がある一方（いっぽう）、苦（くる）しくて食べられない状況（じょうきょう）に悔（くや）しさがあったが、秋（あき）の味覚（みかく）を堪能（たんのう）できたことは素直（すなお）に嬉（うれ）しい。でももう当分（とうぶん）、「いもくりなんきん」は要（い）らない！

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秋のスイーツビュッフェに行ってきた２【全２話】

Spanish México

LA COMIDA MEXICANA I.

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你听说过“343法则”吗？

343法则
        自我肯定感低的人会没有自信，害怕被别人嫌弃，因此他们总会让自己必须做好一切事，认为自己应该让所有人都喜欢，这让他们非常痛苦。
        在这种情况下，有一种方法可以让自我肯定感低的人变得快乐起来，那就是“343法则”。就是说10个人当中喜欢你的人有3个，不喜欢也不讨厌你的人有4个，不喜欢你的人有3个，也就是说喜欢你和不喜欢也不讨厌你的人一共有7个。
        被所有人喜欢只是一种幻想，不被大家喜欢是很正常的事情。当你对人际关系感到烦恼，想要被人喜欢而觉得非常疲惫时，就想一下“343法则”吧。

边听边说 More than Chinese Listening

第二集  ……（不）被……

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American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once said the "worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to."

Many of us will have experienced this at some point — lying in bed for what feels like hours, trying to fall asleep. But what if there was a way to fall asleep in just five minutes?

Of course, some people take longer to fall asleep than others do. But experts say there are different things we can do to help us fall asleep quicker.

Here are some of them:

Morning light is important
It might sound strange, but according to sleep scientist Russell Foster, getting a good night's sleep starts in the morning. Speaking with The Telegraph, he said it's important to get as much natural light as early as possible.

This can help move our body clock to an earlier time, so that we already feel tired when we get into bed later on.

Don't nap after 4 p.m.
If you've had a long day at work, you may be tempted to have a nap in the afternoon. And while short naps can help us feel less tired during the day, Foster says we shouldn't nap for longer than 20 minutes or less than six hours before going to bed, or we might have difficulty falling asleep later.

Practice mindfulness
"Most people don't have a sleep problem, they have an anxiety problem," Foster says, and he recommends practicing mindfulness as a way to relax before bed.

This means being present with our thoughts, instead of thinking about things that have happened or could happen. You could try reading or doing some breathing exercises as a way to relax, and avoid using your phone.

He adds that important conversations should be saved for when it's light outside, as they could keep your mind active and stop you from falling asleep quickly.