By Conversations, Football

Right away, it's nearly 11:00 pm. I've just got through replying to a friend , the letter is quite long, so I it took a long time to write. She's Taiwanese, quite nice and very kind. She's extremly curious about Vietnamese culture, activity, attitude with foreigner.......

I am the son of two retired army soldiers. I have traveled to many wonderful places and met some great people along the way. While traveling I been all across Europe and United States; some of the place I have traveled are Germany, France, Italy, Washington, Maryland, North Carolina,...

I am the son of two retired army soldiers. I have traveled to many wonderful places and met some great people along the way. While traveling I been all across Europe and United States; some of the place I have traveled are Germany, France, Italy, Washington, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma,...

CalifJim wrote:If this is taken from some other work, could you give us the sentence before this one and two or more after?This is an odd excerpt. I'm wondering if more context would clarify the ideas better.CJ Thanks, Jim, for your advice. The base sentence is part of the article "The Old...

Hi GDenis I'm very glad too... I am 18 years old and I am student. I love playing football, I have many interests (computers, traveling etc.) but nothing specials i think... this is my email: lord-pointer@o2.pl I think that we should carry on conversation by email... Tell me something about u...

Thank you everyone for your ideas. How about 'turn'? 'He tried to turn the conversation away from the issue of football.' Is this OK?

Also, perhaps: He tried to deflect the conversation away from the issue of football He tried to deviate/digress/diverge/(step aside) from the issue of football

Hello, everybody. I am looking for a verb which works in the following sentence. 'He tried to VERB the conversation away from the issue of football, because the topic reminded him of his failure in a football match and made him feel guilty.' What verb should be used in the VERB? Please...

Hi there all, im new here.I dont really know if its right here to create a straight topic and scream everywhere that im new, loneley, etc.etc.etc.If its wrong (maybe to prevent spamming?) im really sorry and i wasnt pretending to do anything wrong, u can say that im a total noob.So...where was...

of always has the 'v' sound at the end except in (typically faster) informal conversation, where the 'v' is sometimes dropped when the following word begins with a consonant, 'of' then being identical in sound to the word 'a'. Help! Help! An alligator's got a hold of me! (a hold a me) A...