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Ringing in My Ears With native lang

A few days ago, my ears got suddenly started ringing. I've had a ringing in my ears in silence since before, and the sound is very h...
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Jun 16, 2013 15:30
elephanttortoise

Firefly

This morning, a friend of my father-in-law called me and he asked me, "Do your children want to watch firefly?" I answered, &qu...
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Jun 12, 2013 15:46
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The Mark for the Aged Drivers With native lang

In Japan, there's a mark for car drivers who are old. http://file.niseotsuka.blog.shinobi.jp/fe618310.jpeg (The left is newer tha...
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Jun 5, 2013 13:34
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Irresponsible Corrections and Wrong "Perfect"s

This morning, I read some entries in Lang-8. I think one of the attractions of this site is cultural exchange. So I sometimes enjoy read...
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Jun 1, 2013 16:23
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Have you ever heard "六曜（Rokuyo)" ? With native lang

As you know, calenders which many people usually use have seven days, like Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and so on. Japanese calenders have...
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May 29, 2013 20:34
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Music

I usually listen to music on my PC. I like watching and listening it on YouTube or Nico Nico Douga, because it’s free for charge. I alw...
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May 21, 2013 15:32
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Practice 3 : My typical Saturday

These are my writing practice in English. I'll be happy if you fix them. (I'm especially worried the connections between senten...
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May 13, 2013 14:14
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Purple/Violet

My son learned a new word from his new English teacher last week. It was "violet". He said, "It means purple." T...
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May 1, 2013 10:10
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Practice2 : What is your LEAST favorite time of the day/week? Why?

This question is in my new textbook. To practice, I'll try to answer them. I'll be glad if you correct them. Q2: What is you...
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Apr 24, 2013 20:47
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Practice : What is your favorite time of the day/week? Why?

This question is on my new textbook. To practice, I'll try to answer to them. I'm glad if you correct them. Q1:What is your ...
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Apr 24, 2013 16:30
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Practice With native lang

The news of this theme is necessary to watch for me as a housewife and it touched me on the raw.
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Apr 18, 2013 17:07
elephanttortoise

Rubella (German measles)

Rubella, German measles, is spread in Japan recently. This disease is very dangerous for pregnant women because her baby may be suffered...
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Apr 10, 2013 14:28
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Number 10 With native lang

Last night I heard the news that Margaret Thatcher has died. I read some articles about her and U.K. on the Internet news site and Wikip...
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Apr 9, 2013 11:04
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Tokyo Sevens

As I wrote before, my English teacher is from New Zealand. He talked to me that he was planning to watch the Rugby match played by seven...
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Mar 31, 2013 16:47
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Time Setting With native lang

My son, he is eight years old, is limited the time when he can play his portable game machine by me. It's for an hour on weekday, or...
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Mar 30, 2013 19:33
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A Tower of Unnecessary Books

I went out this morning and came home at eleven. I had only an hour before cooking for lunch, but I wanted to put away my children's...
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Mar 28, 2013 17:58
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Cute Resistance With native lang

I'll try to write the following entry without using a dictionary this time. ----- I picked a DS (a portable game machine) away ...
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Mar 26, 2013 00:22
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Phrasal Verb

Please look at this first: http://iknow.jp/shidai This is a list of English words that many Japanese high school students tend to mis...
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Mar 14, 2013 17:31
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Soccer Games Have been Canceled.

I can't still believe that the weather has suddenly changed after I wrote my previous entry 2 hours ago. It's horribly windy and...
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Mar 10, 2013 13:43
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I'm going to root for my son's soccer team in this afternoon.

I'm going to root for my son's soccer team in this afternoon. It's very warm and not windy, so it's good to do it. I ju...
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Mar 10, 2013 10:58