I want to improve my english ..

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VeraBien à dit:
I have to go, for my job, in Asia in january. And I'm very very stressed because my english is very very poor... except when I'm drunk^^ But it's not possible : I'm supposed to represent french professionals of toys market at an international round table about the digital and the toys retailers...

Bon bah, a priori, je vais encore renforcer les clichés (pas que faux dans mon cas) sur les Français quiches en langue étrangère
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Why dont you just drink a whole bottle of your favorite wine just before sitting at the table ? :D
That would be another cliché to confirm haha

Or take me with you, I'll translate :intello:
 
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Jazz16 à dit:
Hello everybody , I'am here in order to improve my english , I'am trying to do it but i have big difficulties in grammar and also in conjucation ( Past perfect continous , present perfect ... Ect ) Please can i found here someone to help me , i will be thankful to YOU ! :)
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Well... For the title, you either write "I wanna" or "I want to" because " wanna = want to". ;)
There are no secrets for madtering grammar, get yourself a good grammar texbook like "cambridge grammari' use", they have many editions depending on your level, your English is pretty good so chose the intermediate edition.
You should also read a lot in english... Bear with difficult vocabulary even if that means explaining the every single page in that book.
Many people will say try this method or that method but trust me, the only method to master grammar is by working on it through exercises and reading, the latter allows you to recognize grammatical constructions i' various situations, it's the best way to assimilate it.
Good luck. ;)
 
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didadoune à dit:
How was your "trade meeting"?
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Fun but tiring : the jetlag (I'm too old to watch TV in plane during 13 hours (but I've seen all the season of Game of thrones)... and not young enough to sleep on demand...) and the fact of listen and talk english all the time.

First, I opted for the "big smile" strategy, but everyone came to talk with me... and with their chinese accent, I understood one word on three and with my very dirty french accent, I had to repeat everything three times :desole:
After, I pretended anything to don't have to speak...

Conclusion : I have to improove my english...

Ah si, y'a un truc qui m'a bien fait marrer (un peu jaune) : je crois m'être fait draguer par une avenante Australienne qui m'a dit que "you look like a big moutain". Je lui ai fait répété 3 fois tellement je comprenais rien. Apparemment c'était bien ça.
Bon, je sais pas trop ce que cela voulait vraiment dire (je suis grand, OK, mais loin de la "montagne de muscles"). Mais depuis, je roule des mécaniques devant ma femme^^
 
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VeraBien à dit:
Fun but tiring : the jetlag (I'm too old to watch TV in plane during 13 hours (but I've seen all the season of Game of thrones)... and not young enough to sleep on demand...) and the fact of listen and talk english all the time.

First, I opted for the "big smile" strategy, but everyone came to talk with me... and with their chinese accent, I understood one word on three and with my very dirty french accent, I had to repeat everything three times :desole:
After, I pretended anything to don't have to speak...

Conclusion : I have to improove my english...

Ah si, y'a un truc qui m'a bien fait marrer (un peu jaune) : je crois m'être fait draguer par une avenante Australienne qui m'a dit que "you look like a big moutain". Je lui ai fait répété 3 fois tellement je comprenais rien. Apparemment c'était bien ça.
Bon, je sais pas trop ce que cela voulait vraiment dire (je suis grand, OK, mais loin de la "montagne de muscles"). Mais depuis, je roule des mécaniques devant ma femme^^
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Awkward time, is this how you do business? At least you look like a big mountain and it was funny:D

Next time don't forget to accept the offer from @PureMinded lol
 
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VeraBien à dit:
Fun but tiring : the jetlag (I'm too old to watch TV in plane during 13 hours (but I've seen all the season of Game of thrones)... and not young enough to sleep on demand...) and the fact of listen and talk english all the time.

First, I opted for the "big smile" strategy, but everyone came to talk with me... and with their chinese accent, I understood one word on three and with my very dirty french accent, I had to repeat everything three times :desole:
After, I pretended anything to don't have to speak...

Conclusion : I have to improove my english...

Ah si, y'a un truc qui m'a bien fait marrer (un peu jaune) : je crois m'être fait draguer par une avenante Australienne qui m'a dit que "you look like a big moutain". Je lui ai fait répété 3 fois tellement je comprenais rien. Apparemment c'était bien ça.
Bon, je sais pas trop ce que cela voulait vraiment dire (je suis grand, OK, mais loin de la "montagne de muscles"). Mais depuis, je roule des mécaniques devant ma femme^^
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A big mountain ? o_O
Tu lui a repondu quoi ? Is that supposed to be a compliment ? lol
 
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Ebion à dit:
Hello krazy @VeraBien

I hope you enjoyed your trip all the same.

Quick tip :

Don’t say :

I pretended anything to don’t have to speak.

That sentence is not up to much, its grammar is incorrect.

Better say something like :

I made up any excuse to avoid having to speak.

But I look up to @alicemoitronkil for still better tips.
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Good morning Ebion, sorry, but this weekend i really have other things to do, but will be sure to look at this on Monday or Tuesday..
 
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misspopotte à dit:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
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I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
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How many boards
Could the Mongols hoard
If the Mongol hordes got bored?
from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterson
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How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
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Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
by Raymond Weisling
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Denise sees the fleece,
Denise sees the fleas.
At least Denise could sneeze
and feed and freeze the fleas.
7
Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
by Pierre Abbat
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Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
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The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
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Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
by Meaghan Desbiens
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Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
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Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.
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You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!
from a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson
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Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
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Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
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Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
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I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
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Stupid superstition!
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There was a fisherman named Fisher
who fished for some fish in a fissure.
Till a fish with a grin,
pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.
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World Wide Web
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To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
A dull, dark dock, a life-long lock,
A short, sharp shock, a big black block!
To sit in solemn silence in a pestilential prison,
And awaiting the sensation
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan from The Mikado
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Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
from a commercial
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If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
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Luke Luck likes lakes.
Luke's duck likes lakes.
Luke Luck licks lakes.
Luck's duck licks lakes.
Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.
Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
from Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks
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Seventy seven benevolent elephants
harder than it seems
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There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.
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Santa's Short Suit Shrunk
name of a children's book
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I was born on a pirate ship
Hold your tounge while saying it.
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!
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Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
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In 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen.




Very very very difficult
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You forgot... How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood...
 
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Nothing special, how about u?
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Hello,

I have been putting in much more energy into Spanish than into English for more than two years, so I feel I am a bit rusty. I should take English more seriously.
 
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didadoune à dit:
Hi
It’s a good thing to learn spanish e-bonito.
You are a fluent English speaker. Do you leave near English speaking part of Canada?
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Hello,

No, I am not fluent, not yet. It could take me a few more months of hard work.

I don’t live near the borders with Ontario or the US. In my city, very few people use English at home or on the street.

Be careful not to mix up “leave” and “live”.
 
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Ebion à dit:
Hello,

No, I am not fluent, not yet. It could take me a few more months of hard work.

I don’t live near the borders with Ontario or the US. In my city, very few people use English at home or on the street.

Be careful not to mix up “leave” and “live”.
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Hi,

Don't worry, we're going to practise on Bladi:p

Leave lool, thank you for correcting me :cool:
 
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Hi ! Today i had a great idea ...listening english stories while driving ...
I m going to give u the link ..
Today i 've listened the jane eyre story , i really enjoy ..
Ok it is quite easy, it 's not a high level...
 
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Jazz16 à dit:
Hello everybody , I'am here in order to improve my english , I'am trying to do it but i have big difficulties in grammar and also in conjucation ( Past perfect continous , present perfect ... Ect ) Please can i found here someone to help me , i will be thankful to YOU ! :)
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For my case I have good writing and reading skills (according some persons) but it the other hand I really need to perform my oral skills even if some persons told me that my speaking english is not bad.

What I advise to myself and to you :

They are probably some American films you loved it so much and you have seen them so many times until you know some lyrics by heart.
You should see them again in their original version with english subtitles.
This method is very strong and I used it few times.

Cheers.
 
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