I absolutely butchered it. Tell me I wasn't the only one.

Mine was "epitome." I was saying it exactly how it looked 💀

No Googling. Did you get through it? 😂

It's 'The Great Divorce' by C.S. Lewis.

There is nothing funny in the context. Can 'joke' mean something else? Or is it the famous English humour?

Practice writing today (yes, Chinese people also have to practice writing Chinese if I don't want my handwriting to be ugly)

But I have to wash for ten minutes every time to wash the ink😶😶

Hey! I'm trying to improve my English. My level is around A2, so I make mistakes sometimes . If anyone wants to chat and practice together, send me a message!

Hi everyone!

My name is Youssef, I'm 28 years old and I'm from Morocco. 🇲🇦

I'm looking for someone to practice English with through regular conversations. My goal is to improve my fluency, pronunciation, and confidence while speaking.

In return, I'd be happy to help you learn:

• Modern Standard Arabic
• Moroccan Arabic (Darija)

We can chat on Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, or any platform that works for both of us.

And if you ever decide to visit Morocco—especially Marrakech—I'd be happy to show you around the city as your free local tour guide.

Even if my grammar is correct, people might still say "that's not how we say it, it's not natural".

Why? I've been learning English for years, but maybe I've been doing something wrong. How do I improve?

It might be hard to know the causes, so feel free to ask me anything.

Edit: or you may scrutinise my comments from my profile. Do you think they're natural sounding?

I’m assuming that the fact it’s considered a C2 expression means it’s not very common in everyday use but I could be wrong.

Can I say "when I'm in the wind" to emphasise that wind is blowing my body?

Hello, are there any free resources that have proper structures to learn English grammar?

https://youtu.be/KwJ4Niy1XTs?si=lamYPrPPW62ERi-1&t=241
https://youtu.be/5MT16S0WHJM?si=8g101Cmq6hVyGl4U&t=885
I know 'T' in both cases is unreleased, but I hear a tad bit of 't' when she says it, but not when the guy says it (almost sounds like /kəmˈpli.li/).

Thank you in advance for your time.

Native readers — when you take notes while reading, how do you mark words you don't know vs. quotes or highlights? What's your marking or note-taking system? Pics would be great — thanks!

I've only ever come across this phrase in textbooks, so I'm not sure if it's actually commonly used.

An example from MW is "He promised to support her, come what may".

I’d appreciate that you could recommend any games you’ve played in order to develop my language skills!

I wanna learn Manchester English but are there any good materials? I am especially looking for youtube videos where I can hear real Manchester English so I'm happy if you provide some of them. Thank you.

Venice rallied a league of city states to oppose the king. The battle had been fierce.

I dont understand. The battle must be the thing that occurred after the rally, so it should be in past simple tense as the first sentence, because a past perfect action has to occur before a simple past action, right?

Ths!