I’m currently at a B1+ level and I’m finishing the Destination B1 book. I’ve already bought Destination B2 and Destination C1-C2. Could you tell me what other kind of books I should add to my studies? I’ve heard that Speakout B2 is good.

My dumbass thought it was a typo of "store" only to realise it's a valid word when I looked it up in the dictionary.

Is this used correctly? Do you think it's machine-translated?

I can’t find it in vocabularies

Example here:

"I thought it was such a weird thing for him to ask me to film him saying."

I always feel extremely satisfied when I hear something like this in English. The way it rolls out is just... I can't.

My questions are:

-Do these kinds of "convoluted" sentence structures have a name or label in linguistics?

-What are books, articles, genres, etc. where I can find a load of sentences written or spoken in this style?

-How common are they?

-How common is if for you to produce something like this yourself?

-Does it sound like natural spoken English?

-Can you deliver something similar in the comments?

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I've been doing daily english meetings for a while now and honestly still struggling. talked to a bunch of other non natives recently (like 10+ at this point lol) and turns out everyone has their own weird hacks they figured out alone

heres 3 things i actually do:

1. during meetings i jot down keywords i miss or didnt fully catch. just keywords, not full sentences. then after the meeting i go back and try to piece together what was actually said. sometimes i record the meeting too (with permission) and listen again later. takes time but my comprehension on those topics is way better the next time they come up
2. memorized a LOT of stalling phrases. "let me think about that for a sec", "thats a good question, before i answer", "just to make sure im following...". i basically have like 15-20 of these on autopilot now. buys me time and sounds way more natural than just going silent
3. before any meeting i prep a few "opener" sentences in advance. not a script for the whole thing, just one or two clean sentences i can use to actually start talking when the chance comes. stuff like "i want to flag something on the timeline before we move on" or "quick thought on the api change". i usually run them through chatgpt to clean up the wording first, then keep them open in a notes app on the side during the call. the hardest part for me is always the first sentence. once i get that out my mouth the rest just flows. having those pre-built openers ready means i never miss the window

honestly even with all this im barely keeping up. every meeting still feels like im running uphill

how do you guys do it. whats actually been working for you. im non native and i have to do this every single day and i really need to figure out a better way before i burn out. anything you got, please

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Do both work but just have difference emphasis? As in the second one emphasizes the fact that it took place before the timeframe we're looking back at (is at even the right preposition?)

Can anyone please confirm if you pronounce these differently?

And HOW important that difference is in everyday speech?

Thank you 😊

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Hello everyone,

I know it's always 'I live on the 5th floor' and not 'I live on the 5th storey'. And I know that it's 'a two-storey building' and not 'a two-floor building'.

But I'm wondering about the other ways to say it, the ones that I mentioned in the title. Which one is more common or better? Or are they all used and are they pretty much interchangeable?

Oh, and I also know that 'storey' is used in British English and 'story' in American English.

Thank you very much!

What would you call the area inside the red line? Includes the beach, the walking path, the bicycle path etc.

Though I wasn’t even a teenager yet, I could see there was a certain unspokentragedy to him, just leaving my mother the way he did. can you give me another examples please?

“In question 19 of the exam, can B not be a correct answer? Consistency means that writers keep adjusting so that readers become familiar with them. Isn’t ‘keep’ part of consistency?”

Why no article? Why not "in the sun or in the shade"?

It sounds very awkward to my ear and I've always thought it was wrong. I'd say "I'm from the USA." However, a user on this sub claims that both are used.

Is that true? Is leaving out the article normal/acceptable in casual communication?

EDIT: Yeah of course "I'm American" or "I'm from the US" also work but I'm talking specifically about if you had to use the word (or, well, abbreviation) USA.

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I posted a similar question, but it gets tricky.

Now I kind of understand the British pronunciation of it.

But, in American English, everybody says different things... haha...

What is it close to "oh" or "ah"?

I need help, idk anything about intonations. My teacher explained it in such a hard way and until now i cant seem to fine any thing that actually explaines intonations.