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“&” (Ampersand) (2024) by Bastille

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Breakfast without the academic stress🌻

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I was a bit stressed about having to wear a dress for my graduation ceremony but mom told me I could just wear pants with a simple black long sleeve blouse with pearls and I’m so relieved

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Another early study session ~ it’s 6am here. Trying to finish this chapter on Capital Budgeting📚❣️

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night time study session ~ it’s been a long day

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cute study pics 💌 a friend and i are meeting once every weekend to study, quiz each other and help other prep for job interviews. ngl it’s just what i needed cuz i’ve been struggling to study on my own

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There's been a lot of PhD reading in may, but also a few nice things! 🌞

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🤏 i’m this close to finishing pride and prejudice. i love how I’m not anxious for the ending cuz i know what to expect

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Negations 101

I don’t like cheese - Je n’aime pas le fromage

I don’t like cheese anymore - Je n’aime plus le fromage

I’ve never liked cheese - Je n’ai jamais aimé le fromage

I don't like cheese yet - Je n'aime pas encore le fromage

I still don't like cheese - Je n'aime toujours pas le fromage

I don't always like cheese - Je n'aime pas toujours le fromage

I don't like cheese that much - Je n'aime pas tant que ça le fromage

I don't necessarily like cheese - Je n'aime pas forcément le fromage

(I only like cheese) - Je n’aime que le fromage

I will never like cheese again - Je n'aimerais plus jamais le fromage

I don’t like cheese nor bread - Je n’aime ni le fromage ni le pain

None of my friends like cheese - Aucun de mes amis n’aime le fromage

I like no one - Je n’aime personne

I like nothing - Je n’aime rien

I never like anything - Je n'aime jamais rien

I no longer like anything - Je n'aime plus rien

He is nowhere - Il n’est nulle part 

There’s nothing to do - Il n’y a rien à faire 

I don’t see anyone - Je ne vois personne

I can't see him - Je n'arrive pas à le voir** 

I see no solution - Je ne vois aucune solution

I never do anything - Je ne fais jamais rien

Don’t go! - Ne pars* pas / Ne partez pas 

Don’t go there! - N’y va pas

*We use Partir rather than Aller which is a transitive verb i.e. requires an object (I'm leaving is an acceptable sentence but I'm going is considered unfinished).

**We don't use Pouvoir (to be able to) as it would refer to one's physical ability to see. My eyes are functional, I just can't spot people.

Learn more about "Ne".

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Accounting and excel studies + some reading ~ June 2nd

My goal this week is to finish the last two modules of the accounting course. Afterwards, it’s just a matter of doing the practice problems and reviewing. I plan on taking a financing modeling course in July, so I need to improve my excel skills asap (boooo 🤧).

📖 Currently reading: Junie by Erin Crosby

I’ve been enjoying this a lot. I’m only 68 pages in, so it’s too soon to recommend, but I feel it’s a good book. There's a repetitive trope I'm hoping the author doesn't fall into, so fingers crossed.

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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i have an italki lesson for this Saturday and Sunday to practice my french speaking. I've been slacking on french and I really feel like speaking it. my tutor this Sunday is a new one so I hope it goes well. I'll just practice my listening this week by watching youtube videos

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i needed to read this today so im sharing it to all of you!!

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shoutout to all the people who are working hard as fuck to heal themselves but can’t fully heal because they’re still stuck in toxic situations or around toxic people. please know you’re doing all that you can. you got this. keep going.

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Dont

Dont is an invariable pronoun with a specificity: it only associates with verbs that require the preposition de.

J'aime le garçon > le garçon que j'aime.

Le garçon m'aime > le garçon qui m'aime.

Je parle du garçon > le garçon dont je parle.

It has five meanings:

Whose/with (portional): l'homme dont les cheveux sont longs - the man whose hair is long/with the long hair

Of which/whom (indirect object complement*): c'est l'appartement dont j'ai parlé - it is the flat of which I spoke about; cette femme, dont le nom m’échappe, est venue ce matin - this lady, the name of whom escapes me, came this morning.

To/from whom (adjective complement): j'ai fait un cadeau à la collègue dont je suis la plus proche - I gave a gift to the colleague to whom I am the closest to

By which/whom: la famille dont il fut entouré - the family by whom he was surrounded.

Including/of whom: il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles - he had ten children, nine of whom being girls.

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-moment expressions

A aucun moment - at no moment

A ce moment là - at that particular moment

A tout moment - at any moment

Au bon moment - at the right moment

Au dernier moment - at the last moment

Au moment opportun - at the appropriate moment

Au moment où - at the moment where

Au moment voulu - at the set moment

A un moment (donné) - at a (given) moment

Ca va prendre un moment - it is going to take a moment

C'est le moment - it is the moment

C'est ton moment - it is your moment

C'est un mauvais moment à passer - it is a bad time to go through (to console someone before a difficult moment)

Dans un moment - in a moment

Du moment que - as long as

D'un moment à l'autre - any minute now

En ce moment - currently

Grand moment de solitude - great moment of solitude (feeling during a humiliation), m

Il y a un moment - a while ago

Il y a un moment où - at some point you need to

Jusqu'au moment où - until

Le moment est venu de - the time has come to

Momentané - brief

Momentanément - momentarily

Moment charnière - pivotal moment, m

Moment-clé - key moment, m

Moment de vérité - moment of truth, m

Par moments - every now and then

Pour le moment - for now

Sur le moment - when it happened, at the time

Un moment - one moment, m

Vivre le moment présent - living in the moment

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