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Hello Hela, Thank you! And it's a pleasure to answer your questions! Yes, I expect there'll be a few absences over the summer. But no doubt there'll also be fewer posts to answer, so we'll probably have to invent some for our own amusement... Pity about the internet connection. On the other...

Good morning MrP, It's a real pleasure having you as a teacher. I presume that in July many of you, teachers an moderators, will take some holidays so you won't be online as often as you are now. I'll have a break too, and the thing is that I don't have "le téléphone fixe" -not the mobile-...

1) Is it correct to say "INDUSTRIAL world" or should I say "INDUSTRIALISED world" ? "industrialised" is the standard expression. 2) Is there a difference between "underfed" and "undernourished" ? Yes. If I still feel hungry after eating, I feel underfed! But I'm certainly not undernourished,...

Dear Calif Jim, Thank you for your help. Before studying your translation carefully I have some questions for you, if you wouldn't mind. 1) Is it correct to say "INDUSTRIAL world" or should I say "INDUSTRIALISED world" ? 2) Is there a difference between "underfed" and "undernourished" ? 3) Is...

Eladio, I don't think you need a translation! The first of each pair is impersonal, the second has "I". It's like the difference between "hay que hacer ..." and "tengo que hacer ...", only in question form. You may be bothered by the somewhat idiomatic meaning of "What is there to say?",...

Could anyone tell me the difference between the following two sentences? 1.- What is there to do? (Maybe, this question is related to an answer like this: There are potatoes and chicken, do what you wish) 2.- What do I have to do? (You have to prepare chicken with potatoes) But what about...

Hello Abbie It is nice to hear you live in the northern part of England. I have some troubles about the interpretation of some passages in the Great Curse which was written in 1525 in the Scottish-English language of those days by Gavin Dunbar the Archbishop of Glasgow to condemn the border...

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Hi MrP. Many thanks for your suggestions, some of which were excellent (such as “help to dispel the confusion”). I have some questions about the suggestions and I added other doubts. 1) You suggested: “The analysis of these issues is important because by clearing them up we will gain a better...

fickle? I don't think there really is a good translation for this in one word.