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speaks: Portuguese (Brazilian)

learns: English, Spanish

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Mom, my new favorite TV show

A couple of weeks ago, I started to watch the television sitcom"Mom". I'm loving it. The TV series focuses on the life of the main character Christy Plunkett (Anna Faris), who is a single mom and
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Oct 6 - 1 min. read

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The Taste

My last post was about cooked-themed reality competitions and why I like to watch them. Today I'm going to describe my favorite one, The Taste. The Taste is a program created in the USA and it was
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Sep 6 - 2 min. read

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Why cooking-themed reality competition is so good to watch?

I can say that my favorite thing on TV for a long time is cooking-themed reality competitions. One of the things that are appealing to me in this type of program is how people react under pressure.
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Aug 30 - 2 min. read

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Training the past tense

I've studied English since I was a child. I was born in Brazil, so my native language is Portuguese. I have not had contact with English with the same intensity through all these years, in some
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Aug 23 - 1 min. read

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A research abstract

In the last week, I wrote my research abstract. The text has to be simple and a summary of all the research. I have been rewriting several times, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Aug 16 - 1 min. read

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Brazilian Habitacional program

Since its creation by the Federal Government in 2009, the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) is a program that seeks to facilitate access to homeownership for low-income families in Brazil. The program
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Jul 9 - 2 min. read

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Verbs followed by gerund or to + infinitive.

Today I will try to make some examples with verbs followed by a gerund or "to + infinitive" in order to try to memorize their meanings. Stop: stop interrupting me while I am talking. Stop eating so
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Jun 11 - 1 min. read

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How to make better decisions?

Today, I came across this podcast with the Nobel prize Daniel Kahneman about how to make better decisions, how our judgment always has some noise, and other insights (https://fs.blog/knowledge-project
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May 27 - 3 min. read

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My statement of purpose

I entered economics research because I enjoy analyzing public policies and their impacts on the economy and people's lives, especially for developing economies. This interest was confirmed by my
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Apr 30 - 2 min. read

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Learning from Oprah

Oprah is one of my great inspirations when I think about communication and connection to people. I have never watched her program, but I have seen I lot of iinterviews on the internet. The most
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Apr 23 - 2 min. read

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Once you start using Hot Sauce, there's no going back.

Recently, I found a channel on Youtube named "First We Feast" where a person (Sean Evans) interviews celebrities while they eat chicken with hot sauce. The level of spiciness increases during the
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Apr 15 - 2 min. read

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Transcription of the TV series Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Theme Song

Today I will try to do a transcription of the TV series Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Theme Song. Some parts were really difficult to understand, especially when he talks about places and people's names.
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Apr 3 - 1 min. read

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Difference between "as" and "like"

Understand English grammar has not been so difficult during my learning, but what really is a struggle for me is to apply these rules in daily life. In a test, I'm able to remember all rules, but
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Mar 26 - 1 min. read

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How to answer any Question in English (maybe other languages too)

Lately, I watched a video from the channel "Speak English With Tifanni" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmrF_a577eQ) that helped me a lot with the fluency while I am speaking and writing in English.
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Mar 16 - 2 min. read

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Is no one getting married anymore?

Recently, I have visited some apartments in my city and I noticed that they are becoming much smaller than I have ever seen. My city is the biggest city in my country and the real estate sector is
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Mar 1 - 2 min. read

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How do new words get added to Oxford Dictionary?

In my last English class, we saw an interesting video about how new words get added to the Oxford Dictionary. Initially, something that people talk about became a word when a lot of people use it
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Feb 23 - 2 min. read

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Who has to pay for smokers' bills?

Recently in my job, I had to research and write my position about "Who has to pay for smokers' bills?". The government was trying to get compensation for smokers' treatment in the public health
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Feb 16 - 2 min. read

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