Очень рада этому

Спасибо, Виталий. Всегда приятно, когда меня смотрят земляки и оставляют комментарии. Бывает, что и на улицах иногда узнают.

That's true. You are right. We should choose carefully and never "наступать себе на горло!")

Я вижу, что лучше подбирать более медленную начитку для уроков. Потому что с быстрой не все успевают за диктором.

@@okenglish-practice , а с другой стороны, в жизни, действительно быстро говорят )) В любом случае, Елена Викторовна, материал отличный!!!

Можем переводить и так, как вы предложили. Оба варианта здесь подойдут.

@@okenglish-practice спасибо за разъяснение! 🥰

Hi, Dave. Thank you for your support and your motivating words. It's tough but we're keeping up. Overall, it's safe. But the mental pressure is horrible. The first week was the hardest. Now it's better. We decided to stay where we are, where our home is. But some of my relatives and friends freaked out and ran away. Those who are refuges now have their own challenges. It's hard to decide what is worse - being here expecting for the worst to happen every day or being away from your country, your family, without any money. Refuges have to pay for lots of things and volunteers can't give them everything, just the most essential things like shelter. So, now my countrymen have to decide what to do next - go home (it's still unsafe here) or settle down in Europe (lots of them don't know the language and have zero money). I also have problems with my youtube channels and my online courses. Those things happened that I never ever expected to happen. But I'm holding on. I'm with my family, and that's the most important thing in the world for me. After you lose almost everything in one day like business, comfort, security - you look at the world around you from the different perspective. At least I realized that lots of things in my life that I thought were important - they are nothing. And of course I think about why God gave me those challenges. It's so hard! I don't blame God or anyone now, yet I tended to do so at the beginning. It seemed so unfair. Yes, it's really unfair that you don't do any harm and something like war happens in your life. But I believe that God's with me, my family, my relatives and friends who are suffering now, with my countrymen. Well, it happened the way it happened. I pray every day for this horrible situation to end. Let's hope for the better! Sincerely yours, Elena

@@okenglish-practice Absolutely agree with each of your words Elena! I've always looked up to you! You're strong woman, I firmly believe in your forces! Thank you very much for the quick reply, I've guessed you wouldn't be ignoring my message and you haven't let me down in the end! Because indeed I'm really really concerned about your personal and motherland's position and other stuffs at present, it's truth! Despite I'm away from you and can't have the opportunity to help you physically, I'm listening our local radio stations (Hawaii Public Radio 88.1 FM, American BBC 2 60.2 FM, Good morning Honolulu 102.8 FM, Honolulu News Talk 94.5 FM etc) every morning 'n' evening to be aware of some latest news related to war and when the peace is coming! Elena, now I'd like to tell you something that I would never guess to say in another situation... It mightn't be seemed very realistically and seriously but I consider that's kind of my duty, to some degree! Don't judge me for this, don't tell me off, I'm pleading... Listen carefully, please! What if you think over and made up your mind to fly away to me, my city?! I'm not kidding now, of course, no jokes at all... You could take your family, sell the housing sooner then and move out there. Considering that fact you know English perfectly (thanks for your thorough reviewing an Advanced grammar book), it won't even be a big problem to find a good, interesting and surely, well-paid job here in tropical, beautiful and prosperous Hawaiian city Honolulu. I'm living with my family not in the center but not far from the one, it's about four miles (seven kilometers) My district of city is called Ala Moana, you can watch it on the Internet. But on the other side of our island Oahu, I've been owning a fashionable respectful luxury grand house. It has three floors, seventeen living rooms totally, three bathrooms and so on... And one big house belongs to my wife Vanessa, it's hers only. It's near the ocean coast, on the Ala Wai Golf Kai 'a' lua Beach area (don't be shocked at the language I wrote, it was on the national, archaic, old-fashioned Hawaiian language, nobody is using that anymore nowadays but the real natives like me know it quite well) I could provide you with this housing, and necessarily I'd give you a car, any of mine for your daily convenience. I have Audi (several types), Mercedes SLS, Lamborghini Gallardo SE, Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Turbo, Ferrari F430 Maranello, some of old muscle cars like Dodge Challenger, Shelby, Ford Mustang, Dodge Viper, Chevrolet Camaro (three examples in different colour!) What car would you choose to drive every day?! Vanessa (a wife) prefers no sport cars, she doesn't love a super fast driving, she's creeping like a snail, haha!!! A little of humour, don't tell her!) Unlike me enjoying a high speed so much! Do you have a driver licence? If no, it's not a trouble, it's easy to pass the driving exam here, I help you at any rate! Generally, how did you like my offering? I know this will be expensive and overpriced to you but it's safe to live here at least. And furthermore, we've got an absolutely comfortable climate in any season of year whether it's December or July, for instance. The temperature outside is always comfortable which doesn't have a sharp up and down, it's always the same almost. There's no snow and strong tropical rains ever. And the prices at grocery stores are pretty low and loyal to customers. A pack of cigarettes costs about $6.70 or a block of them is about $15.50. I'm not smoking but it's for example. A sedan or a hatchback car costs from $12 000 to $60 000. Of course, if you prefer some sorta Ferrari car, it'll be costing from $250 000 to $1 500 000, it depends on exact model of car only. The usual one-floor house costs about $250 000 to $400 000, it depends on city area where you're buying that. I can help with many things you're not aware of, indeed!❤ And lastly, one thing Elena. I forgot to add it to my previous message but this might be essential to you, my dear grammar Teacher! You included a brilliant phrasal verb into your text which was Keep up with, I love using it, it's so commonly to use it in any kind of conversations. But I'd like to add there's a synonym of this which has the same meaning exactly. It's named Catch up with. Keep up with/Catch up with are absolutely interchangeable and they're both so similar to each other, you know! You can say in either way, as you wish! Your Dave Smith with sincere love and hope for the best! I've got my fingers crossed! May your roads always be light!💖💖💖

@@davesmith6436 Hi, Dave. Thanks for your proposal... but that really sounds crazy. Lots of people have been asking me lately to move somewhere. Well, I made up my mind to stay where I am now. I have several reasons. I don't want to be a refugee, I don't want to be a coward. I have some, let's say, legal issues - with visas, foreign passports. You might be surprised, but people from former Soviet countries can't visit the USA without a visa. We have to obtain а 10 year visa in order to arrive to the US. To get it you should have a guarantor or a relative in the US. Or a strong reason why you need to go to the US. I also have no money for this trip. My business is actually ruined. I don't have cash in my safe (I don't have a safe either). So this bunch or circumstances gives me a clear signal - stay where you are. Maybe if I had, let's say, at least 10-20 thousand dollars\euros and foreign passports for my family, I might go. I still use the word 'might'. I also have nowhere to get the money. So let's hope for the better. Even if something happens to me here, I doubt that people would mourn. I need to stay safe for myself and for my family. That's why I need to hope for the better!

Это устойчивое выражение

@@okenglish-practice устойчивые выражения как раз всегда содержат самое главное, как пословицы. Догадалась, почему их объединили. Помните басню про Лису и Журавля? Здесь то же самое, потому что изначально: pot - горшок, то есть емкость глубокая (как для журавля), а pan - корыто, т.е. наоборот, мелкая (как для лисы). Так что это - две крайности, противоположности. Которые в сумме как бы охватывают весь спектр посуды.

Или плейлист pre-intermediate kzfaq.info/sun/PL7j3OJlBURb68ueMhbAJ5p__D46gFS9hB или материалы на канале ok english elementary kzfaq.info/love/X4_taMVkoAs6Q-SCF1jU8w

It means that you have a good intermediate level.

Уже много раз отвечала на этот вопрос. Смотрите объяснение тут t.me/okenglish_grammar/11

@@okenglish-practice спасибо! Просто, этот момент немного ставит в тупик, когда произношение из начитки и из голоса учителя разное