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196+ countries, newspapers, and letters | Day 40 Burkina Faso - French.

196+ countries, newspapers, and letters | Day 40 Burkina Faso - French. When I picked up French a few years ago, I didn’t expect that I would use the language to learn more personally about the lives
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May 26 - 1 min. read

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196+ countries, newspapers, and letters | Day 39 Saint Helena (part of the British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean) - English

196+ countries, newspapers, and letters | Day 39 Saint Helena (part of the British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean) - English. I’d heard of Saint Helena only concerning Napoleon’s
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May 16 - 2 min. read

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『시간을 파는 상점 (The Shop That Sells Time)』

『시간을 파는 상점 (The Shop That Sells Time)』 is a 2012 novel by Seon-Yeong Kim that won the previous year's Jaum & Moum Award for Young People's Literature. It follows the journey of a high school girl
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Feb 21 - 2 min. read

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A Very Private France (2019) by Aurélien Loubert

『지극히 사적인 프랑스』 (A Very Private France, or An Exceedingly Private France, 2019) is a book written by Aurélien Loubert, a native French professor and a TV personality currently residing in Korea. It
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Feb 17 - 3 min. read

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The Cat Office: 宮沢賢治の「猫の事務省」

宮沢賢治の短編小説「猫の事務省」（１９２６）は猫の歴史と地理を調べてくれる猫の事務省の話です。黒い繻子（しゅす）の服を着て、字のうまく詩の読める四匹しか選ばないので、とても尊敬される職場です。しかしある日、こんなに上品な所に、窯猫（かまねこ）が書記に入ることになります。他の猫達は煤（すす）があちこちついて汚い窯猫が一緒にあるのも嫌いなのに、窯猫が自分達より優秀だということを知ってからは憎くてたまり
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Feb 15 - 1 min. read

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The Uncanny Convenience Store (불편한 편의점) by Ho-yeon Kim (2021)

The protagonist of <불편한 편의점> (The Uncanny Convenience Store in English, but literally, “uncomfortable/inconvenient convenience store”) is a middle-aged homeless man suffering from alcohol-induced
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Feb 14 - 2 min. read

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The Golden Hairpin by Qinghan Cece

SPOILER ALERT. I finished reading a Chinese historical mystery romance novel called The Golden Hairpin (잠중록) by Qinghan Cece (2015). I guess it's the longest book (about 2,200 pages?) I've read in
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Feb 13 - 2 min. read

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Ich möchte wissen, wovor ich Angst habe.

Ich möchte wissen, wovor ich Angst habe. Es gibt viele Male, wenn ich bestimmt Dinge nicht tun möchte. Das ist seltsam, weil ich weiß, dass ich diese Dinge genieße, wenn ich sie tatsächlich tue.
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Feb 11 - 1 min. read

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The Screwtape Letters* (1942) by C. S. Lewis

*The Screwtape Letters* (1942) by C. S. Lewis is a satirical, epistolary fiction about a senior demon Screwtape writing advisory letters to his nephew Wormwood, an apprentice demon trying to tempt a
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Feb 10 - 3 min. read

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長めの一回休みより短く何回か休みたいです。

長めの一回休みより短く何回か休みたいです。 午後三時を過ぎてからゆっくり休むと、直後の体の具合はいいかも 知りませんが、夜の寝付きが悪くなりますね。 短くても深く、数回休んだらどうかなと思います。 今日はせめてこのように三回は休んでみようと思います。
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Feb 8 - 1 min. read

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I want to spend more time genuinely learning than browsing and planning for language learning.

I want to spend more time genuinely learning rather than browsing and planning for language learning. On one hand, making a plan that works for me is critical for motivation, exploration, and
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Feb 7 - 1 min. read

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Ich möchte früh schlafen.

Ich möchte früh schlafen. Je später ich schlafe, desto schlechter ist meine Schlafqualität. Wenn ich nachts nicht früh schlafe, esse und trinke ich mehr und habe ich deshalb Magenschmerzen. Deshalb
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Feb 6 - 1 min. read

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One day your dog starts talking and suggests changing places with you.

Day 18 of the 3000-word creative writing challenge by @languageapothecary on Instagram Du: Ich bin müde... Hund: Willkommen zu Hause! Du: Mimir! Du kannst sprechen? Hund: Nur für 24 Stunden. Ich
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Nov 18 - 1 min. read

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If you could become another person for a day

Wenn du für einen Tag eine andere Person werden könntest Zuerst dachte ich, vielleicht möchte ich eine Person sein, die so viel essen, sprechen und sich bewegen kann, wie sie mag. Dann ich erkannte,
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Nov 17 - 1 min. read

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Parents travel into the future to see what their son is like, but the results are not that great.

Day 14 of 3000-Word Creative Writing Challenge by @languageapothecary on Instagram. Mutter und Vater machen sich Sorgen um ihren jungen Sohn. Er kommt spät nach Haus. Er nicht antwortet die Fragen
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Nov 14 - 1 min. read

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I became an interpreter for Trolls, but I don't speak their language.

Was habe ich getan? Ich wollte einen Job, weil ich Gelde brauchte. Ich brauchte jeden Job. Das war bestimmt das Problem. Ich wurde Dolmetscher für Trolle. Sie leben in hohen Bergen. Aber sie wollen
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Nov 12 - 1 min. read

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