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  • What is peak my interest? Help me understand it

    Hi everybody! What is the meaning of peak my interest? Is it an idiom?


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    Hi! primarily, it is informal English and It is used to express that something catches your attention ,or arise your interest and curiosity. for instance, "The Bluefish obviously piqued my interest a lot," he said. Thank you for asking and remember "happy learning".

  • hello, i can teach students in english nd urdu ...from where ill start
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    Hi Umma once your profile is up you can start right away. The best ways to promote yourself to gain students is to keep active on the format and keep your schedule flexible and open as far as timeframe. You can as well use social media to promote and advertise as well, if you need help with that I be more than happy to help! hope this has been informative and best of luck and wishes to you:)

  • Hi everyone. I'm here to coach in English as well as French. Where do I start to meet students ?
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    MiRinda
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    Hello Cheyi.... It can take some time for students to find your profile and purchase lessons with you. There are some basics how to attract students (from profile picture/video to description and /or being active on the livexp. Good luck MiRinda

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  • Hi I am here to teach both Arabic and English,where can I find the students?
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    Welcome Fatima! It takes some time for students to find you and purchase a class. Good luck!

  • Rules for sequence of tenses
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    The main rule is to use logic to make sentences that make sense :D (if you are a beginner when you are talking in the past use only tenses in past for start, present for present, and future for future) Then take time and look at types of tenses ( Past, Present, Future, Simple/Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect continuous) 12 in total, and that is it it will take some time but there is no cheating in learning. Good luck :D

  • You made my day and you have made my day - what's the difference?

    Do i need to use present perfect in this phrase “You have made my day”? Or it is used in past simple “You made my day”? Which of them is correct?


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    If you used present perfect tense instead of past simple, it means that somebody did something excellent for you and it is connected to your present. If it is not connected to your present anymore, than you should use past simple. So, it depends on the context.

  • Is “potato” a slang?

    Hello! I heard when someone used the word “ potato” in a strange context. Does this word has another meaning? Is it also a slang,not only a vegetable?


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    Hello Shinigami, 1) Potato : Other than being a vegetable, the word potato has several slang meanings. 2) Potato (Slang Meaning) : In a slang, potato is someone uninteresting, dull, strange, ugly, or fat. 3) Holy Potato : This means "Surprise" 4) Potato (In gaming) : This means "Bad Player" 5) Couch Potato : This means someone who is too lazy to do anything. Too lazy to get off the couch (or his butt) to do anything. Hope I answered your question Shinigami, Best Regards, Georges Khoury

  • how correct nosy or nosey?

    i dont understand two words nosy and nosey. how to say correct?


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    Nosy” is the most common form in both American English or British English, but “nosey” is still correct, though less common. When a word ends on a silent “e,” we generally drop the “e” before adding a suffix that starts with a vowel, but we keep it when adding one with a consonant.

  • What is “no pun intended”?

    Dear tutors, could you please explain to me the meaning of this phrase: “no pun intended”? I don’t understand it at all. Thanks in advance.


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    Great question. Simply, this is something you say after you have inadvertently or 'accidentally' created a play on word. A play on word is when you use words to be clever or witty for comedic purposes. So a pun is a joke that makes a play on words. So you say 'no pun intended' when you accidentally used a word in a sentence and is usually followed with a laugh from the other. Hopefully this isn't too complicated for you; this is actually a great question that a lot of native speakers probably don't think about much. You will just understand more, the more you are exposed to it in real life conversations/situations etc. Example: A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired. hjaha 'no pun intended'. A pessimist's blood type is always B-negative. haha 'no pun intended' etc.. You can also say 'pun intended' to be a real wise ass (someone being clever or too confident) -:) I do this a lot haha

  • Title: Problems with speaking

    Hello folk! I'd like to know how can I improve my speaking skills. When it comes to chatting with the help of messengers there's no problem. The main issue is picking up needed words from my brain. I know most of them and can guess most of them and fathom them and understand. Maybe it's due to my memory abilities, or age, I'm 63 and my English is learnt by myself. I haven't graduated any university or school. Just my secondary school knowledge maybe. I'm Russian citizen though I'm not Russian by nationality, I'm avar, it's in South. I need a person who would spent his time becoming me a friend, of course I'm ready to pay. But close friend will be better. So, what would you advise me? Thank you


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    Hi there. It's very nice to meet you. I have a few suggestions that you might like to try. If I understand the problem correctly, it's that you don't recall words when you are having a conversation or when you need them. The only way to improve this is to use these words more regularly. 1) Don't just read articles and watch movies. Take the time afterwards to describe / tell yourself what you've read or watched. Obviously you should deacribe it in English. It's better to do it aloud but you can do it in your head as well if that'll make you feel silly. 2) Find a magazine you like or instagram page with photographs of many different things. Describe them in English to yourseld as well. 3) You can record youself while speaking about a topic and then listen to it later and try and identify mistakes you made or words you should have used. 4) Try to read, watch, listen and speak about as many different topics you like and not necessarily the ones you like. -Nix