re: english is baffling

In article <0e86b7752c2fd3ef01c68e282f2694ed@xxxxxxxxx>
nomen nescio <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I would like to say 'I feel you pain', but I would be lying. I
grew up in America, thank God. English is supposed to be one of
the hardest languages to learn. So 'hang in there' = don't give

I read somewhere that Chinese has English beat hollow when it comes
to how difficult it is to learn.


up. The best thing for you to do if possible is to get around
english speakers a lot.

Try using some english idiom search sites:

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html

Also, google idioms ('all by myself') and see if there are any
hits. Many times they will be references to music groups, etc.







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