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| #64 (permalink) Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:44 am I really enjoy an atmosphere at this ESL Forum! |
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Hi Michael
Thanks for the explanations. I'm so glad to hear that everything's "nearly fine". 
As to your very good question:
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I could have said something like: "That made me scratch my head" The meaning would be the same.
"It had (somebody) doing (something)" means the same as "It caused somebody to do something" or "It made somebody do something".
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| #69 (permalink) Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:08 am I really enjoy an atmosphere at this ESL Forum! |
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Hi, Michael!
Nice Monday morning, isn’t it? 
(I slept very well – after my relaxing weekends and even after your 258th post )
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As I know, American slang’s equivalent is big enchilada (it comes from some Mexican (?) cookery).
Michael, any my possible helps with your English-Russian book. If you can’t type long fragments in Cyrillic letters, just scan whole pages and send them to me by e-mail.
Also, to copy short fragments or phrases you have difficulties with, you can use online 'electronic keyboards' like http://translit.ru and then copy the resulting texts just to here. And I’ll translate, comment, give equivalents for idioms (if any) or just explain. If Forum’s moderators don’t mind.
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| before you succeded with your ESOL exam! |
I will know the results only in August… but, to be honest, I don't worry very much about. Recently I've had mock exams (for the level I’ll storm in two weeks) and my scores were much higher than I expected. Good ground for my excessive self-confidence!...
Have a nice and safe Monday at your work!
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| #72 (permalink) Tue Jun 20, 2006 21:11 pm I really enjoy an atmosphere at this ESL Forum! |
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Hi Michael, a-horse-lover, a-caterwaul-hater!
Yes, my Great grey Dane Greta does like cats. Especially, jet-black English cats, whose chorus I am still hoping to join my thin little voice soon (Keep your fingers crossed for me.)
My email is now open. For everyone who will take into his/her head the idea to get my translation from good Russian into my immmmmature English
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To be more serious, Michael, I have always disliked people aimed to do 'as small, as possible' – just to satisfy particular requirements, to jump over the mark, to clear the bar, to pass a specific test. etc. Life is much more interesting thing than just a 'success-driven' chase of certificates...
(But certainly, one day my perfectionism will torment me to death )
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Thanks. I very often (fearlessly) use in an hour (a week,…) having in mind during. But I never thought, whether it’s correct to say 'in two weeks' about a particular event (not a lengthy process) which is planned to be on 10th day.
Now I know that there exist people (at least a German man) who can understand that right
See you,
Tamara
P.S. (word of honour) (!)
Michael, you are so kind and warm... Thank you… for being you.
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| #73 (permalink) Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:12 am Midsummer |
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Hi!
Today is the summer solstice, midsummer. The longest day of the year.
Летнее солнцестояние (in Russian).
Wikipedia gives an interesting overview of national traditions and modern Solstitial celebrations in different cultures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer
Have a nice and sunny day!
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| #74 (permalink) Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:20 am I really enjoy an atmosphere at this ESL Forum! |
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Привет,Тамара!Рада тебя слышать!But in Russia summer solstice will be tomorrow
Today is the 21st of June |
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| #75 (permalink) Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:31 am I really enjoy an atmosphere at this ESL Forum! |
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Привет, Pamela!
Ну так... в Росии, как известно, и Рождество Христово своё собственное
But/ as I can see, солнцеворот thus year is also today:
http://www.47news.ru/1/3558/
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Imagine the soccer WM is going on, not looking whether I like that or not! 
Might be as I?m really a big cheese!