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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:20 pm
by inflater
Let me see your hand. This won't hurt a bit. Now be a good boy... :twisted: :lol:

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:47 pm
by inflater
I won 1st place in German and 2nd place in English school contest at the same day. If it wasn't for the grammar, I would be first! :D
And, if the winner would be sick on the district contest day, I would replace him. :) Hmmm, should I add smashed school chalks into his drink? :twisted:
... Just kidding...

Regards
inflater

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:41 am
by JamesM
Well done dude! Is that a contest *in your school* or a contest *between schools*?

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:20 am
by inflater
Well... it was in my school. The district contest is the one between schools in the city district. I will be on the German one, after xmas holidays (8. January I believe)

Regards
inflater

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:58 pm
by inflater
Second place again (sorry for a late reply), but all these contests did really paid off. I was accepted in gymnasium without making entrance interviews :D (and I had a big luck though, my girlfriend had a slightly better "note average" on the report cards!)

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:46 am
by cyr1x
inflater wrote:"note average"
Isn't it average mark ?

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:09 am
by inflater
No, by "note average" I meant the sum of all notes divided by their amount. :)

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:55 am
by cyr1x
Huh? A note is a sign in music.
I think that what you mean is a mark (or grade).

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:08 am
by inflater
Note, mark, grade... My translator shows all 8-[

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:17 am
by cyr1x
In German the word "Note" means mark(or grade), but also note(the sign). Maybe this is the same in Slovak? Wierd :D.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:46 am
by inflater
Well, the Slovak word známka has following meanings: mark, grade, note, stamp, sign, symptom, trademark,... gah these ambiguous English words Image

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:14 am
by AJ
Hi,

Have a look at this link. I was going to try and list all the meanings of note for you, but wouldn't have thought of half of these myself!

Cheers,
Adam

Re: Correct me!

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:39 am
by inflater
Reviving an old thread... but just for the sake of curiousity how do you pronounce "free", "three" and "tree"? :-s I can't say "three" properly, because it sounds like "tree"... or like "free".

Re: Correct me!

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:03 am
by AJ
Hi,

There's a pronunciation guide and audio clip here which is probably correct although I am without sound at the moment! Quite a few people learning English as a foriegn language seem to go with "tree". If you live in London, "free" seems to be quite an acceptable pronunciation :wink:

I think the "th" sound is quite popular with the Spanish - at least it sounds that way when a Spaniard is talking, not that I understand any of it!

Cheers,
Adam

Re: Correct me!

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:06 am
by Brynet-Inc
Three sounds nothing like tree or free, if it does... you're saying it wrong. ;)