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- Fools and roads
English0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-03-04
55OlgaFools and roads
One classic said: ”There are two troubles in Russia: fools and roads”. This thought is so true, that the expression quickly became a catchphrase. It has recently came to my mind. I just saw how our roads look after winter and understood that it’s really our troubles. For at least two months, as in our case, however usually three-four and sometimes even more months our roads are being subjected to the harsh test of winter. For all this period they’ve been frosting, snowing, sprinkling with sand and reagents, collecting dust and dirt and all these under high traffic. Living in the region with relatively mild winters I managed to forget what the usual spring in Russia is. Oh, how awful it is! It’s so dirty, with bad roads full of cracks and potholes. Everywhere around is dirty melting snow, dust, sand, dirt, shit, rubbish. It seems that people were hoping that the snow will absorb it all forever. What kind of pigs are people must be if they shit under their own feet and what kind of fools they are if they believe that spring won’t return it all back... By spring the best what will be waiting these ”killed roads” is pothole repair, which decides the problem just for a while. And it’s repeating each year, each year the potholes are growing like a snowball. So with such approach it’s not so surprisingly that our roads are bad. Even my garden paths after this hursh winter in some places literally fell into the underworld. But methodical progressive renovation will decide the problem. As Japanese were stubbornly rebuilting their houses, villages, gardens after invasion of the elements, which they often had. They did it calmly, as understood that they just don’t have a choice. So our winters are also our given, it’s what we have and with what we should learn to live, but live good, qualitatively, worthy, without fools and bad roads...
- La primavera
Italiano / Lingua italiana0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-03-03
lakosgaborLa primavera
Tutto fa presagire la primavera. Il calendario, per esempio, segna già marzo. Nei giardini, i bucaneve hanno persino finito di fiorire, e ci sono già nuovi fiori di cui non conosciamo nemmeno il nome. Il sole splende, ci si affaccia sul balcone e si può anche prendere un po’ di sole. Si indossa un cappotto leggero e un cappellino da baseball al posto del cappello spesso che si indossava in inverno, e si va dal parrucchiere. Tutto questo fa bene al corpo e all’anima.
- Весна
Русский язык / Русский0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-03-03lakosgaborВесна
Всё указывает на весну. Календарь, например, уже показывает март. В садах даже подснежники отцвели, и появились новые цветы, названия которых нам даже неизвестны. Светит солнце, стоишь на балконе и даже можешь немного позагорать. Надеваешь лёгкое пальто и бейсболку вместо толстой шапки, которую носила зимой, и отправляешься в парикмахерскую. Всё это полезно для тела и души.
- Frühling
Deutsch0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-03-03lakosgaborFrühling
Alles weist auf einen Frühling hin. Im Kalender sieht man zum Beispiel schon den März. In den Gärten sind die Schneeglöckchen sogar verblüht, und es gibt schon neue Blumen da, deren Namen man nicht einmal weiß. Die Sonne scheint, man stellt sich auf den Balkon und kann sich sogar ein wenig sonnen. Man zieht sich einen Übergangsmantel an mit einer Baseballkappe, statt der im Winter genutzten dicken Mütze, und marschiert zum Friseurladen. Das alles tut Körper und Seele gut.
- Spring is coming - make way for spring!English0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-2855Olga
Spring is coming - make way for spring!
The last day of the winter finally has come. It met us with pleasant warm weather, completely spring one. The sun is shining and the air is filled with the sounds of dripping and birds singing. After unusually long winter we’ve got a lot of snow, real snow mountains. To save my garden from flood I’ve been taking away some of snow. It’s already passed a week of plus temperatures, but the snow mostly just has settled a little. Actually it’s decreased almost three times. But there is still indecently a lot of it. Since I’ve been helping it to leave my garden I already got some completely clear spaces, where the grass and the sprouts of first spring flowers can be seen. The birds are also feeling spring. It seems they are going crazy with it, singing loudly, jumping and looking for food everywhere. Black birds decided that I cleared those some spaces from snow exactly for them, as they again started to scatter everything. I’m not much angry with them, as we are all now too happy with spring to be annoyed. The weather in anticyclone is going to be sunny, warm and dry. It will make to melt the snow slower, but save us from strong flood. The snow is melting in a cloudy, damp weather much better than in a sunny one. It is happening because by the sun rays occurs sublimation of snow, which accompanied by energy consumption and cooling of the upper layer, which leads to saving more low temperature. Although I understand that slow melting of snow is better for us, I still can’t wait when all of it will disappear opening for me green grass and first snowdrops.
- 日本語を勉強します
日本語0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-25
mikolife日本語を勉強します
まず、毎朝、朝ご飯を食べながら、漢字を勉強しています。この新しい方法は良いです。大学の授業がないとき、７時間に起きます。朝ご飯や漢字のあとで、たくさん練習を続けています。 次に、日本語の記事を読むように、Todaiiのアプリを使います。新しい単語や漢字や文法をメーもしています。記事を選んで、書いて、翻訳しています。もっと、漢字が覚えて、日本語の記事を読む安いです。この方法と、日本語が分かるやすいです。 毎日、できるだけ勉強しています。日本語は複雑で、私は熱心しています。集中は大切ように、日本語を勉強します。 研究者になるために、一生懸命日本語を勉強しています。
- Farewell with winterEnglish0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-2255Olga
Farewell with winter
Today in Russia we are celebrating apogee of Maslenitsa (Carnival). Actually these celebrations last the whole week, but the main ones fall on Forgiveness Sunday. This year Maslenitsa got a special meaning in my region and particularly for me. Our winter was incredibly harsh. The temperature was never going into plus almost for two months! Often we got temperatures near -10 C, -20 C and even lower. The white blanket lays on the ground for all this period, its level reached a half of a metre. All this is very unusual for my region, which get used to much softer winters, with the average temperatures near from +5 C to -5 C. In general, winter was desperately fierce this year. So it’s why Maslenitsa, which the main meaning is farewell with winter, got its special meaning for me. The main topic of this week was something like ”Who needs to be burned there to give the way for the spring?”. Now then, as it was yet in pagan times, the effigy of winter should be burnt on the last day of the Maslenitsa week. Also during this whole week we are baking and eating pancakes - hot, yellow circles which symbolises the sun. So it seems I have firmly believed to my ancient Slavic ancestors and decided that it’s the only hope to overthrow the winter. So the whole week I eat pancakes and today for the first time in my life I myself have made the effigy of Maslenitsa and burnt it. It was very funny! Afterwards I sprinkled its ashes onto my garden beds, the same as Slavic sprinkled their fields. It’s symbolic that this week became much warmer and today the temperature finally went into plus! It seems we managed to appease the sun! I’m so happy today and completely drunk by this spring like warm wet air!
- Piece and quietEnglish0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-2055Olga
Piece and quiet
Some people can’t live without TV or YouTube, news and social networks. Do you? I just hate it all. My boyfriend is very annoyed when I ask him to turn off TV or watch YouTube in earphones. It so disgusting all these stupid programs, news, advertising, silly videos. I’m fond of silents. Nothing can be better then natural sounds, piece and quiet. My best ”TV” is the sea, it’s so different each time, calming or exciting, but always so lovely and beautiful. In the winter time I also follow ”TV series” which almost each evening shows to me my fireplace. No video or TV series can be more entertaining than my fire one. As it’s well known «There are three things you can watch forever: fire, water, and other people working». I like the most the first two, the third I’d exchange for something like ”pedaling your bike”, ”swimming in the sea” or ”reading a book”. My another kind of TV is birds, which I attracted to my windows by hanging a bird feeder. These friends of mine are so funny, cheerful and hungry. A lot of birds now are hanging out around my apple tree, where I put food for them. They chirp cheerfully and don’t lose heart even in the most severe cold. And I’m glad to see them so close, they help me to believe that the spring soon will arrive. So soon that through this thick white blanket of snow it’s difficult to believe that it really will arrive. But already today almost for the first time in this harsh January and February I wore my windbreaker instead of my warm ski jacket.. Soon, soon it will arrive, I already can feel it flying in the air!
- A bohemian’s life in London n°16English0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-19
RuaA bohemian’s life in London n°16
The moment of doubt passed, he stood up and smilling, he exclaimed :”Oh ! la ! la !...Martial, I would not have recognized you with a beard. For a surprise, It’s a surprise, I was far from thinking of you. After a long hug, in front of a good beer ,they evoked memories, among others, one fromSaint- Jean in French Guiana, the other from Anse Mitan in Martinique During their discussion they came to their presence on the ferry and to the future projects in England. For Alexis, things were not yet well defined. For the second, it was quite different, his path was set because he had a position as logistics manager in his poket and accommodation on Manchester side The coasts of Dover being in sight, they decided to continue their travel together.
- a letter English0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-19
Apres-midia letter
I’m going to see Paris for a couple of days. I sincerely wish you were coming with but under mysterious circumstances I’m going alone. I’m going to have a lot of fun while you have to be watching the house. I’m sorry for you but someone has to rest and see the world, for example, me. To guide you through your responsibilities about the house I’m writing a letter for you. The main priority for you now is to remain calm whenever it takes because you concentrate on bad things they will continue happening. So, first of all I’m asking you to cook the supper every single evening. Then you are to empty the dustbin to prevent nasty smell from spreading through the flat at night. Secondly, don’t forget to make the bed to prevent the dust from settling on it. Thirdly, please do the washing up. I don’t want to come back and see the sink piled up high with dirty dishes.
- Enseignement de langue
Français0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-16
MavenEnseignement de langue
Salut, je m’appelle Lawal mais Mes amis s’appellent moi maven. Je pense qui langue c’est tout de pratique. Si vous pratiquez, vous enseignez. Merci
- A Bohémian’s life in London n° 15English0 correctionsLast activity: 2026-02-15Rua
A Bohémian’s life in London n° 15
In large room of the boat, sitting at the table fixed to the ground, to fill out the form, he suddendly felt a hand placed on his shoulder. Turning around looking up, a rather tall bearded man stood in front of him and asked him a question : ”How are you ? Are you going to London ?” Taken aback, he had replled instinctively : ” Yes, I’m going to London, But forgive me, do we known each other ? The stranger, still smilling, retorted ” D’nt you remember me, on the train in Spain and at the airport in Fort de France in Matinique ?” .