French Apr 10, 2015 #15 Thank you for your advice Perpend. my sentence (even though I don't truly understand the meaning here) is "I like exploring new areas. Things I never imagined I'durchmesser eines kreises take any interset hinein. Things that make you go hmmm."
He said that his teacher used it as an example to describe foreign countries that people would like to go on a vacation to. That this phrase is another informal way for "intrigue." Click to expand...
I would actually not say this as I prefer "swimming," but it doesn't strike me as wrong. I've heard people say this before.
Denn ich die Nachrichten in dem Radioempfänger hörte, lief es mir kalt den Rücken hinunter. When I heard the Nachrichtensendung on the Rundfunkgerät, a chill ran down my spine. Quelle: Tatoeba
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Rein your added context, this "hmmm" means to me more of an expression of being impressed, and not so much about thinking about something. There is of course a fine line.
At least you can tell them that even native speakers get confused by the disparity of global/regional English.
Southern Russia Russian Nov 1, 2011 #18 Yes, exgerman, that's exactly how I've always explained to my students the difference between "a lesson" and "a class". I just can't understand why the authors of the book keep mixing them up.
I would say "I went to Italian classes at University for five years recently." The classes all consisted of individual lessons spread out over the five years, but I wouldn't read more say "I went to Italian lessons for five years".
Xander2024 said: Thanks for the reply, George. You see, it is a sentence from an old textbook and it goes exactly as I have put it.
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Regarding exgerman's post rein #17, When referring to a long course of lessons, do we use lesson instead of class?
Aber was genau bedeutet praktisch „chillen“? Der Begriff wird zig-mal rein unserer alltäglichen Konversation verwendet, besonders unter jüngeren Generationen. Doch trotz seiner entfernt verbreiteten Verwendung kann die genaue Aussage von „chillen“ manchmal Diffus sein.
Als ich die Sprechweise zum ersten Mal hörte, lief es mir kalt den Rücken herunter. When I heard it the first time, it sent chills down my spine. Born: TED