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What topics are good for an icebreaker?

The other day I heard an interesting story from a person coming from an English speaking country. According to him, he is often asked fr...
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Oct 27th 2010 10:45
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A short quiz to test your brain

I found an interesting article concerning the Middle-Aged Brain. Here's the address: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?s...
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Apr 22nd 2010 20:15
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New expression I learned

I learned new expression yesterday; it's " on one's(its) last legs." In some one's blog, it says," My cold is...
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Apr 17th 2010 10:07
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A senior moment?

This morning, I put in my contact lens as usual after washing my face. It hurt slightly, so I took them out from my eyes, and put them b...
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Apr 16th 2010 10:08
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New expressions I learned

I learned few new expressions from a blog I've been reading. I checked each phrase's meaning, but I'm afraid it's a bit...
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Apr 14th 2010 10:35
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Children's book

When you were a child, you might have read a lot of books and might have enjoyed those world. There are a lot of books which are called&...
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Apr 12th 2010 15:58
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Cherry blossom viewing

It's windy and is raining a little bit at the moment in my area. The weather is going downhill, so last weekend might have been(←Doe...
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Apr 12th 2010 08:26
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Starting from the street

The other day, when I went to Nagoya station,the center of Nagoya city, I came across a young guy singing songs. I listened to his sons ...
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Apr 10th 2010 11:01
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Beautiful nature?

Yesterday my friend and I hung out and she talked about her trip. She explained how beautiful the place she had visited. Her words were ...
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Apr 09th 2010 07:42
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The expression of ”田舎."

I found an interesting expression in an English book. It is related to " いなか(田舎); My house is in the middle of nowhere.(私のうちはすごい田舎...
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Apr 08th 2010 23:10
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Facebook

Are you joining Facebook? Are you doing Twittering? These couple of days I've been talking about them with my friends. I know thes...
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Apr 07th 2010 23:53
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How can I express"~の反対側”?

Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom around here in my area in Japan. There is a small park at the opposite side of the street from my hous...
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Apr 05th 2010 08:43
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What is the difference between two sentence?

April means the new season for Japanese; school, offices and some other occasions. I guess you often have an opportunity to say" Con...
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Apr 02nd 2010 10:36
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When do you draw a line between 'play' and 'hang out'?

I learned that 'hang out' was used when you meant '遊ぶ' in Japanese if you were not a child. If you would use 'play&#...
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Apr 01st 2010 15:37
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What makes me forget the time.

Do you like watching videos on You Tube? I sometimes watch them and really like listening to song, interviews, and other ones, whatever ...
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Mar 31st 2010 11:05
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What is the difference between "my comment " and " the comment"?

Some native speaker kindly corrected my sentence and I'm still wondering if there are another options or not. My sentences are.........
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Mar 27th 2010 10:18
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A wonderful video

It's been about twenty days since the winners of Academy Awards announced. All the winners deserve to get this awards? Meryl Streep ...
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Mar 26th 2010 20:07
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Would you check my sentences? No.2

Would you check my sentences below? 1.>situation--- A new employee says something " greeting" to his boss at the office. *「私...
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Mar 26th 2010 17:12
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Would you check my sentences?

Would you check sentences below? 1.Key point-- the way to translate"は” and "が." *昔々(むかしむかし)、おじいさんとおばあさんがいました。  Once upo...
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Mar 25th 2010 12:22
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Cherry blossom

These couple of days you hear the cherry blossom reports on TV and read them in the newspaper in Japan. Speaking of flowers, "flowe...
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Mar 23rd 2010 10:23
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