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90 Days of Catalan Challenge

Star Date: Dissabte, 12 de novembre de 2022

End Date: Divendres, 10 de febrer de 2023

I've given myself two challenges for learning Catalan. First, I want to focus on studying Catalan for 90 days. Hopefully I can build a solid foundation in the language as a result. I will be using Assimil and Catalan Facil (youtube) as my main resources.

I also have a plan that I put together on a google spreadsheet.

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Glossika Challenge [Extended]

So, I ended up winning the Glossika Challenge last month. What did I win? 3 free months of Glossika!

Last month I managed to reach 3000 reps in one month with Italian. it was nice review for me and I feel like shadowing the native speakers did help with my pronunciation a bit. however, I did not have time to explore the other languages and the other courses. So, I want to take these next three months to explore some of the other languages they have to offer. 

Here’s a rough idea of how I plan to use Glossika:

Italiano (A2+) - Doing the Glossika Challenge with 100 reps of Italian a day was good. The only problem that I had was that I did not maintain 100 reps a day, so I would play catch-up every few days. I don’t want to do 400 reps of just Italian in a day again. I started from zero with Italian instead of doing the placement test. The sentences were pretty much all review but I did shadow along with the speakers and I think that helped my pronunciation a bit. I’ll just continue with the course and continue with shadowing. I’m not sure what my Italian level is. I feel like I can read more than I can produce (write/speak).

中文 (A2) - Why not? This is supposed to be a focus language for me right now anyway. I do have plenty of resources for Mandarin outside of Glossika so I may not keep up with their Mandarin course.

日本語 (A1) - I keep pausing and restarting my Japanese studies. As a result, I feel like nothing really sticks in my brain. Maybe having a small Glossika habit can help me to solidify some Japanese basics and keep a more consistent study routine going until I reach a higher level.

Türkçe (A0/A1) - I don’t know how Turkish found its way into my language studies but I’m having fun with it right now. Might as well do a bit of Glossika while I have it.

한국어 (A0) - I started the Korean course at 25 reps (5 new sentences) a day because I wanted to test out if Glossika could help me solidify Hangul in my mind. Now, I just want to continue to slowly learn Korean.

Irish (A0) - How many resources are out there for learning Irish? Not as many as more popular languages. I plan to learn irish in the future. I plan to take in person classes next year if possible. There’s also the future learn course. But, while I have the next three months of Glossika for free, I want to try out the Irish course.

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Vocab from Cruzando Los Límites

un desguace - a junkyard un cuerno - a horn cretino - cretin (a stupid person) destilando chulería - distilling cockiness/insolence ronronear - to purr baboso - slimy la gravilla = the gravel madrugar - to get up early babear - to drool entregar - to deliver gilipollas - douchebags

estropear - maltratar a alguien; maltratar, deteriorar o afear algo enroscar - poner algo en forma de rosca; reprochar / to screw enfado - anger parpadear - to blink una bronca - a quarrel calzador - a shoehorn veintiún - veintiuno, 21 un coscorrón - a crunch la pantalla - the screen cacerola - pan enfadar - to anger la balanza - the balance alucinante - amazing, awesome el tatuaje - the tattoo tatuar - to tattoo mosqueado - pissed off amedrentar - to intimidate una sonrisa socarrona - a sly smile anudar - to knot coquetear - to flirt la melena oscura - the dark mane la fulana - the whore la paliza - the beating zafarse - to break free borracha - drunk acariciar - to caress el ombligo - the belly button la ceja - the eyebrow resaca - hangover avellana - hazelnut cachondo - horny el respingo - the jump, the start arrepentimiento - remorse, regret, repentance insoportable - unbearable salpicar - to splash rozar - to touch esnob - snob anochecer - to become night agudo - acute sostener - to hold aclaraciones - clarifications puñetazos - punchings pañuelos - scarves enturbiar - hacer o poner turbio algo; clouding la zancada - the stride coña - joke el bofetón - the slap anhelar - to long for, to yearn for estallido de furia - outburst of fury follar - to fuck hondo - deep pavor - dread atizar - to stir maullido - meow asquerosa - disgusting la bofetada - the slap marear - to be dizzy una nube de vaho - a cloud of mist el canalla - the scoundrel el ronroneo - the purring indescifrable - indecipherable ardor - burning fundir - to melt el latigazo - the lash irascible - irascible, irritable, short-tempered la sarta - the string resoplar - to pant averiguar - to find out los peldaños del porche - the porch steps aclarar - to clear out atar - tie trueno - thunder magullado - bruised desequilibrado - unbalanced centellear - to sparkle enredar - to tangle acantilado - cliff, steep la portezuela - the door esbozar - to sketch out infarto - heart attack itinerario - itinerary, route; timetable lograr - to achieve

te mantendrás alejado de los problemas y las drogas. ¿De acuerdo? you will stay away from problems and drugs. Agree?

Estrelló un puño contra el volante. He slammed his fist against the wheel.

¿Qué pasa, que esos ricachones no respetan ni el luto? What is it, that those rich people don't even respect mourning?

—Buen apretón —señaló el juez—, fuerte y seguro. Eso dice mucho de un hombre. "Good grip," the judge pointed out. "Strong and confident. That says a lot about a man."

—Eh, Brian, Terry y las chicas quieren ir a los billares, ¿os apuntáis? "Hey, Brian, Terry and the girls want to go to the billiards, you wanna sign up?"

Se giró hacia Mick con un rictus de enojo. He turned to Mick with a fit of anger.

—¡Yo no babeo! "I don't drool!"

¡Venga, admítelo, en el instituto estabas coladita por él! Come on, admit it, in high school you were crushing on him!

Él arqueó las cejas, sorprendido por el esmero que ponía en algo tan insignificante. He raised his eyebrows, surprised by the care she put into something so insignificant.

Los engranajes de su cabeza comenzaron a funcionar. The gears in his head starte working.

Cassie dejó sobre la encimera de la cocina una enorme tarrina de helado de frambuesa. Cassie placed a huge tub of raspberry ice cream on the kitchen counter.

...se recostó en la silla y se quitó las gafas para frotarse los ojos. ...leaned back in the chair and removed his glasses to rub his eyes.

Caleb negó con un gesto y cazó al vuelo un clavo que se le escapó de la mano. Caleb shook his head and snatched up a nail that slipped out of his hand.

Caleb sacudió la cabeza y salpicó el aire de gotitas de agua. Caleb shook his head and splashed the air with droplets of water.

Savannah asintió y soltó una risita. Savannah nodded and giggled.

—Sí, tú habías puesto mermelada en los borradores de la pizarra... "Yes, you had put jam on the drafts of the board..."

—Esa boquita sucia me excita "That dirty mouth turns me on."

Ella posó la mano sobre el tatuaje de su clavícula, acariciando el símbolo que unía su familia a su corazón. She placed her hand on the tattoo on his collarbone, caressing the symbol that linked his family to his heart.

Le mordisqueó el cuello y después la oreja, mientras una mano juguetona se colaba bajo el vestido y le apretaba el muslo—. He nibbled at her neck, then at her ear, as a playful hand slipped under her dress and squeezed her thigh.

Savannah se derritió entre sus brazos. Savannah melted into his arms.

...esbozando una sonrisa malvada. ...outlining an evil smile.

—bromeó Savannah con cara de susto. Savannag teased with a shocked face.

—Vas a provocarme un infarto "You're going to give me a heart attack."

Te he elegido a ti. I have chosen you.

Las arrugas de su rostro se movían al ritmo de los sonidos y las voces que surgían de la grabación. The wrinkles on her face moved to the rhythm of the sounds and voices that emerged from the recording.

Savannah inspiró hondo y sus ojos se humedecieron. Savannah took a deep breath and her eyes moistened.

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Hi everyone! I’ve so enjoyed doing my 2020 quarantine challenge and getting to know so many of you (and discovering your amazing blogs) that i’ve decided to create this new SUMMER STUDYING CHALLENGE! i did consider continuing my other challenge but my school year has now ended and the way i study in the summer and my priorities is very different compared to during school time - which i’m sure is the same for may of you! I’ve created this challenge to try and keep myself motivated during the summer (because i am ridiculously busy XD) but i also want to use this time to get to know many more of you and stay motivated together  💕 

(also i know that many people struggle for ideas of what to post during the summer so hopefully these will give you some ideas. 

✨ Info ✨

This challenge will run from Monday 13th July 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020, which is two months.  However, please feel free to join in and start any time if you come across this challenge after the 13th July because i want this challenge to be accessible for everyone! 

I have daily prompts for each of this entire time. You don’t have to post every day (you could, for example, cover all the prompts in one post at the end of the week) and you also don’t have to post for the entirety of the challenge (for example if your summer break ends before the 6th September). But i will be posting every day for the whole time and want to interact with as many of you as possible!!!

I want to see what you are posting so please use the tag #summer studying challenge and I’ll track this tag and reblog as much as possible!

On this note, I will reblog basically everything even if you don’t think it is ‘aesthetic’ cause I love seeing how everyone does their notes and stuff so please get involved 💕

✨ Prompts ✨

13th July -  What are your plans for this summer?

14th July - Have your plans changed at all because of the pandemic?

15th July - Do you have a specific goal for this summer?

16th July - Do you have a lot of work to do for school or university or your job this summer?

17th July - What is the most important task that you need to complete this summer?

18th July - What do you usually do during the summer?

19th July - What did you do during the summer when you were a young child?

20th July - Do you usually go on vacation during the summer?

21st July - What is the best vacation you have ever been on? (note: does not have to have been during summer)

22nd July -  What is your dream vacation?

23rd July - What is the worst vacation you have ever been on?

24th July - What is your favourite vacation memory?

25th July - What was is your favourite event or day in the summer?   Are you a ‘summer person’ or do you prefer it when it is colder?

26th July - What is your typical daily routine in the summer?

27th July -  Do you stay indoors or outdoors more in the summer?

28th July - How do you stay motivated to study during the summer? 

29th July - Have you done or are you planning to do any activities (such as work experience, summer schools or watching lectures) other than normal work during the summer? 

30th July - Beach or Swimming pool?

31st July - What do you like most about the beach?

1st August - What is your least favourite thing about the beach?

2nd August - What is your song of the summer this year?

3rd August - What is your ultimate summertime song?

4th August - What is your favourite summertime movie?

5th August - Do you read a lot in the summer?

6th August - What book are you currently reading?

7th August - What is your favourite summer ‘beach read’ book? 

8th August - What TV show are you currently watching?

9th August - What was the last movie you watched?

10th August - What is your favourite summertime snack?

11th August - What is your favourite meal to have on the beach?

12th August - What is an unpopular opinion that you have about summer?

13th August - What is your favourite ice cream flavour?

14th August - What is your favourite summer clothing?

15th August - What’s your favourite summer drink?

16th August - Daytime or night time – what’s your favourite time during summer?

17th August - What is your favourite seasonal fruit to eat during the summer?

18th August - Would you prefer your summer to be shorter or longer?

19th August - How does summer feel in your region?

20th August -  If you could make up a new ice cream flavour, what ingredients would you use? What would you call it?

21st August - If there was a tropical island made just for you, what would you find on it?

22nd August -  Imagine that you could fill a swimming pool with anything except water and swim in it. What would your pool be filled with?

23rd August - Do you miss school/university/work during the summer?

24th August - Do you like wearing sunglasses?

25th August - Do you wear sunscreen?

26th August - Have you ever been really badly sunburnt? 

27th August - Do your sleeping habits change during summer?

28th August - Do your eating habits change during summer?

29th August - What is the thing that annoys you the most during summer?

30th August - What colour do you associate with summer?

31st August - When you hear the word ‘summer’, what is the first thing that you think of?

1st September  - Have you managed to complete you main task and goal for the summer?

2nd September - Are you looking forward to returning to school/university?

3rd September - How have you prepared to return to school/university?

4th September - When you remember this summer, what three adjectives will you think of that define your summer?

5th September - What did you learn over the summer? (note: this doesn’t have to be academic-related)

6th September - What was your favourite memory from this summer?

✨ So this is the challenge! I hope that you will join it and enjoy doing it during the summer! please message me or send me asks if you have any questions about it or just want to have a chat <3 ✨

[i am tagging mutuals and others who took part in the 2020 quarantine challenge beneath the cut]

Continua a leggere

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Indicating scheduled activities

Short present verb + よてい（予定）です to say what you are scheduled to do

Eg.　私は今度の週末に韓国に行く予定です　－　I'm scheduled to go to Korea this coming weekend

Eg.　私の兄は九月に結婚する予定です　－　my big brother is scheduled to get married this September

Short negative verb + 予定です to say what you are scheduled to not do

Not quite what you aren't scheduled to do, but instead things you plan on not doing

Eg.　明日は学校に来ない予定です　－　I'm not planning to come to school tomorrow

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multilingual basic vocabulary spreadsheet

Quite a handful of folks were interested in the list from my previous post, so here it is finished and organized!! 700+ words of basic vocabulary (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) translated into Japanese, Russian, Spanish, German and Korean. Along with French verbs generously contributed by @adventuretaryn​!! 

Before you use, please read the comment at the very top. This is by no means perfect or a definitive list. This is just my little list, and I am just a student. This is a work in progress and I would be so incredibly thankful for corrections so I can learn moving forward. With that said, please please please double check as you go. I hope this is useful even just a little bit ♡

Take care and happy learning xo

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Hiya! Love you blog! Would you mind talking about the use of “todavía”, “ya”, and “aún”. Me cuestan mucho!

Thanks partner! Glad you enjoy it. 

Todavía vs Aún

So todavía and aún are essentially synonymous. I’d say that todavía is probably used more than aún but they are both used a lot. Note: aun without the accent make means even like in:

 She even brought her kangaroo to school on Thursday.  Ella aun llevó su canguro al colegio el jueves

If you wanted to say, for example, There’s still 3 seats open on the plane, you could say either one of the examples below and they’d both be perfectly acceptable.

Hay aún 3 asientos disponibles en el avión.  Hay todavía 3 asientos disponibles en el avión. 

Moving on to ya...

The primary meaning of ya  is already. However, it also carries a few other meanings as well which take a bit of time to get used to if you’re not used to hearing these. Por ejemplo: Ya comí - I already ate

ya - now “¡Necesito que lo hagas ya!” - I need you to do it now

ya - soon  “Ya van a llegar los resultados” - The results will get here soon.

ya - okay/sure “Mi hermano me llamó ayer diciendo que no podrá hacerlo mañana”.- ‘Mmm ya. Está bien” -My brother called and said he won’t be able to do it tomorrow. - “Oh okay. That’s fine.”

(basta) ya/ya (basta) - enough *This one is usually accompanied by basta either before or after but it can stand alone* “¡Ya! ¡Basta!” - Enough! Stop it!

ya - whether it be/be it “Mi perro siempre está feliz de estar conmigo ya en el carro o en la casa.” - My dog is always happy to be with me whether it be in the car or at home.

Hope this helps. If not, I’d be happy to help you understand it via message.

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Not Anon from the last ask, but what are some podcasts in Spanish?

I believe Duolingo has a Spanish podcast that’s more on the learning side.

There’s also News in Slow Spanish.

Otherwise I sometimes listen to Radio Ambulante, 15 Minute Spanish for Your Job, Fallo de sistema, Nómadas, or Coffee Break Spanish

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I'm jealous!

books i’ve accumulated over the years. i haven’t read all of them yet though (beside the text books, they look worn for a reason)

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[Intermediate Listening Resources]:  Chinese TV Show recommendations!

Hi all. Lately with the virus here in China I have been stuck inside studying. I am also been watching a few new shows in my spare time lately. Here are some of my favourite for intermediate-lower advanced listeners.

Firstly, where can you watch shows?

There are an abundance of places to watch shows, especially within China but you can often find shows on Youtube or on various C/K/J-drama sites outside (though if you can it’s best to watch with only Chinese subtitles). 

Tip: If you can’t understand everything, watch once with English subs, and re-watch again with Chinese subs only!

Anyway, on to my list, I have split these between TV series and reality shows:

TV Series

1. 都挺好 

https://youtu.be/Y8r6WW0n_uI

This is a story about family life and the burden children may feel of their parents, it reflects modern day Chinese social issues. I really enjoyed this drama

2. 亲爱的，热爱的

I have just started watching this one. It is a love story and the main character became really popular in China last year!

3. 欢乐颂

This is sometimes called the Sex and the City of China, its about working women in the city of Shanghai!

Variety/reality

1. 爱情保卫战

This is one of my favourites! It’s a talk show where two people go on to solve their romantic issues and four ‘experts’ give them advice. Its spoken in very natural Chinese and is very interesting to see people arguing about “He was looking at another girl” or “he has changed since we first met” haha! 

2. 非诚勿扰

This is the ‘Take me out’ of China, kinda… It’s essentially the same format without the crude jokes, tho. Sometimes they have foreigners on the show looking for love too.

3. 外国人在中国

This show is good for intermediates as there are foreigners speaking, the level is easier to understand in general and discusses basic things such as daily life. It also can give you a glimpse into people’s lives who are here studying too!

What are you favourite shows? Share them with us below! 

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14 Day Langblr/ Languages Challenge by lass-uns-studieren

On a whim one lazy morning, I thought I ought to create a langblr challenge. You don’t see many of these around as you do regular studyblr challenges so I felt like making one specifically for all the langblrs out there. Have fun!

Your target languages and why you want to learn them

Favourite word in your target language(s)

Post a progress pic from Duolingo or Memrise or Quizlet

Make a recipe in your target language. If you can’t do that, translate a recipe from your native to your targer ot vice versa

Fave quote in your target language(s)

Show us your language resources/ exercise books

Hardest thing about your target language(s)

Your favourite songs/bands in your target language(s)

Show us how you write in your target language(s); in any alphabet

If your native language wasn’t x, what’d you want it to be and why? If you like your native language, why would you stick with it? 

If you could wake up one day speaking another foreign language, what’d it be? (it can’t be any of the ones you’re currently studying!)

Read the news in your target language(s) and summarise what you’ve learnt of current events

What is your favourite untranslatable word/phrase and why?

Write out something random in your target language(s), in any level of proficiency. Just go random!

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Chinese-speaking Youtubers

Hey everyone! Here are some Chinese-speaking youtubers. I think watching youtube helps a lot with listening comprehension and improving pronunciation, I highly recommend it! It’s just a small collection, so feel free to add more! 冏星人 Mostly book and movie reviews, other topics include mental health, psychology, or current ‘hot topics’ in Taiwanese society. Weekly updates, soothing voice, great fake beard! ��星人今天沒吃藥 冏星人’s side channel for random stuff. Yale Chen Lifestyle, life advice, random stuff. Updates weekly, super cute voice and face! Lexie Tai Mostly feminism and LGBTQ+ topics with random stuff in between, doesn’t update that regularly. Cute personality, awesome dimples! 同志道合Lesbianingtogayther Another channel by Lexie Tai, this one’s for LGBTQ+ topics only. Hasn’t been updated in a while, so just look through the videos that are up there, they’re very useful for learning LGBTQ+ related vocabulary! 安慰记心理小店 As the title suggests: Psychology and mental health! Very informative, updates multiple times a month, and - I know I keep saying this - nice voices. 加菲猫Maya Beauty and lifestyle. Hasn’t been updated in a while. 黃阿瑪的後宮生活 Ummm… cats. Just cats. They have 7 cats. Some of them quite fat, I might add. Pretty annoying background music, but hey. Cats!

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I started dabbling in Mongolian yesterday. It's a language that I've considered studying so I wanted to get a better feel for the language. Oh man, Mongolian is very challenging. I haven't even gotten into the grammar too deeply but I can already tell the pronunciation alone is going to be a challenge for me.

So, I'm not dabbling anymore. I was gonna do a 24 hour dabble session while I was fasting but forget that lol.

I did download Survival Mongolian on kindle unlimited though. The book has audio files embedded into it. It's worth checking out.

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Un Trono per Due Sorelle - Capitolo Uno - Random Vocab List

la macina - the millstone

temeva - feared

sbuffava - snorted

spingeva - pushed

scompariva - disappeared

orfane - orphan

peggiori - worse

corvina - jet black

maschera - mask

seccamente - shortly

colto - cultured

ripagare - to pay

debito - debt

orfani - orphans

stupore - amazement

frustava - whipping (frustare - to whip)

selvaggiamente - wildly

suono - sound

spinse - pushed

raccogliere - to collect

eppure - but yet

rintoccare - to ring, to sound

irruppe - broke

cortile - courtyard

rovistava - rummaged (rovistare - to ransack, to rummage through)

brandendo - brandishing

l'attizzatoio - the poker

colpire - to hit

sfrecciavano - darted

scaffali - shelves

pendaglio - pendant

dell'orfanotrofio - orphanage

bloccare - to block

Di tutte le cose da odiare nella Casa degli Indesiderati, la macina era quella che Sofia temeva di più. Sbuffava mentre spingeva contro un braccio connesso a un palo gigante.

Of all of the things to hate in the House of Junkies, the millstone was what Sofia feared the most. She snorted as she pushed against an arm connected to a giant pole.

In questo posto imparate ad essere di valore, cosa che non siete stata per le donne che vi hanno messo al mondo.

In this place you learn to be of value, something which you were not for the woman who brought you into the world.

Voi siete le figlie che nessuno ha voluto. Siete proprietà della Dea Mascherata, che con la sua grazia vi ha dato una casa.

You are the daughters that nobody wanted. You are property of the Masked Goddess, who with her grace has given you a home.

Tanto verrà venduta come una puttana… tanto vale che mi faccia un giro pure io

Many will be sold as a whore… as such might as well take a turn for myself too/I might as well take a ride myself

Tenne sua sorella per mano e corse. E corse. E corse. E nonostante tutto, fece un respiro profondo e sorrise. Per quanto breve potesse essere, avevano trovato la libertà.

She had/took/held her sister by the hand and ran. And ran. And ran. And despite everything, she takes a deep breath and smiles. For however short is was, they had found freedom.

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Un Trono per Due Sorelle - Capitolo Due - Random Vocab List

cicli di preghiera - prayer cycles punizioni - punishments arrampicare - to climb  callosa - calloused muscolosa - muscled medaglia - medal rallentare - to slow down impedirle di correre - to stop her from running passando in mezzo - passing in the middle basso ceto - lower class la folla - the crowd

come nascondiglio - as a hiding place bancarella - stand, stall  reclutatore - recruiter  orfane dal posto - orphans from the place allungarono - lengthened afferrarle - to grab her lottare - to fight picchiava - beat accanto - next raddrizzare una facciata - to straighten (up/oneself out) a facade cadere - to fall ciottoli - pebbles (ciottolo - pebble) offuscava - blurred lassù - up there allungare - to stretch le torri del clericato - the towers of the clergy cerchia di mura - circle of walls incastonato - embedded, set, nestled (inside) svanissero - vanish

...bandiere e pennacchi che fornivano tutta la copertura che si desiderava.

...flags and plumes that provided all the coverage you/one wanted.

Kate stava già aspettando in cima

Kate was already waiting at the top

Si apri un varco davanti a loro

A passage was opened in front of them

Due facce della stessa medaglia, diceva sempre loro madre.

Two sides of the same coin, their mother always said.

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I have a kpop/music journal, a sports journal and a personal/general journal for Spanish. In my music journal I write about my thoughts on new music and some celebrity news. In my personal journal I've written about my life, my opinion on news and other topics based on prompts I e found online or from textbooks. For example, I wrote about cleaning the house once based on a textbook prompt.

does anybody have tips for writing for language practice? i’ve tried having a journal and stuff to practice but i feel like i never know what to write. all i do is work so i feel like there’s going to be very limited stuff from that perspective. is their anything personally you all have tried writing about that you felt was helpful and really helped you practice?

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Book Vocab from Un bacio per Natale

l'abbraccio - the embrace Sfuggire - to escape Svegliata - waken up la coperta - the blanket si tolse - he took off Spingendoli - driving them Livide - livid la carrozza - the carriage

Diventare - to become Fanciulla - girl Riemergere - to resurface Essere congelata - to be frozen Addirittura - even il cocchiere - the coachman la bufera aumentava - the storm increased Peggiore - to be worse Volteggiare - to twirl Accavallare - to cross tutto le tornasse - everything came back Colpiva - hit Innegabilmente - undeniably Meritava - deserved Intrappolavano - they trapped Ammesso - admitted il bisogno di allontanarsi - the need to get away sarai diseredato - you will be disinherited Villaggio - village Accadesse - happen Esattamente - exactly un sopracciglio - an eyebrow Perplesso - puzzled Donare - to donate un periodo di tristezza e freddezza - a period of sadness and coldness della dote pattuita - of the agreed dowry una canaglia - a rogue un mascalzone - a rascal una smorfia - a frimace osservare lo smisurato affetto - to observe the boundless affection si slanciò - he rushed le basette curate - the cured sideburns Invecchiati - aged un lieve inchino - a slight bow una smorfia maliziosa - a mischievous grimace Colmato - bridged Eccitanti - exciting Stuzzicarla - to tease her aveva commesso restandosene - he had committed by staying away alla fanciulla sfuggì un gemito - a moan escaped the girl il sovrastava - overhung it le palpebre - the eyelids Espirare - to breathe out uno sgabello per riappenderla - a stool to hang it up la ghirlanda - the garland la fanciulla - the girl faceva la fornaia - was the baker Catturare - to catch la pasta lievitasse - the dough leavened essere circondati di gente - to be surrounded by people Esigenze - needs un'ispezione - an inspection Pisolino - nap la vergogna - the shame Accorgesse - notice Esplicita - explicit trascinare il fango - to drag the mud Soddisfare - to satisfy la sporcizia - the dirt Aggrapparsi - to cling un balzo - a leap i rami di agrifoglio - the holly branches uno sgabello - a stool l'arco - the bow il precettore - the tutor Battibeccare - to bicker Vergognare - to shame Consegnare - to deliver era stata ostile e sgradevole - it had been hostile and unpleasant Inseguiva - chased Contrattare - to bargain Lucas non era anisoso di raggiungere la tenuta - Lucas was not anxious to reach the estate l'incolumità - the safety Scoprire - to discover uno zoccolo - a hoof Slogarsi - to sprain Intrecciavano - interwined Ingombravano - littered l'ululato - the howling l'ordine di lasciare - the order to leave Atteggiamento - atitude sprofondare dalla vergogna - to sink into shame aveva completamente dimenticato - he had completely forgotten il maggiordomo - the butler uno squillo - a ring la scalinata - the staircase Circostanze - circumstances Scortese - rude Arruffato - ruffled Suggeriva - suggested Articolare - to be articular Scherma - fencing la scollatura - the neckline Copriva - covered fradicio di pioggia - drenched in rain Deragliare - to derail Sbronza - hangover Martellava - pounding Trascorrere - to spend maledetta carrozza - cursed carriage Disprezzo - contempt Sbollire - to cool down Sgocciolare - to drain off Strappandole - snatching Sospingendola - propelling Togliendosi - taking off la serratura - the lock Allontanavano - receding la fanciulla - the girl Malumore - moodiness Risollevare - to uplift l'adeguata - the proper marito vagabondasse in solitudine - husband wandered in solitude per allentare la morsa - to loosen the vice morbida poltrona - soft armchair Sedersi - to sit stata trattenuta dalla tempesta - been held back by the storm non era naufragata - it was not shipwrecked un fiume melmoso - a muddy river i cottage allagati - flooded cottages Oltrepassare - to overstep Memorizzare - to memorize Scostando - brushing aside la pioggia sfrigolare ed evaporare - the rain to sizzle and to evaporate Pioggerellina - drizzle rovinare per sempre - to ruin forever Esausto - exhausted erano crollate - they had collapsed Fanciulle - ladies, girls un uomo benestante e rispettablie - a wealthy and respectable man avevano condiviso - they had shared Malapena - barely Cresciute - grown Perforare - to drill sul palco rialzato - on the raised stage Sgualcita - creased Eseguire - to execute pezzi più elaborati - more elaborate pieces La folla - the crowd l'arpa - the harp talento allo trumento prescelto - talent to the chosen trophy sovrapponevano la assordavano - they overlapped the deafened her oltremodo afosa - extremely sultry le celebrazioni in onore del debutto in società - celebrations in honor of the debut in society