mrbankston

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how many foreign languages you know?

baietzika @baietzika (586) • Romania 14 Jan 07

is it important to be able to talk as many foreign languages as possible?

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mrbankston I know English, French and German (I am Italian) and no, it is not important to know a lot of foreign languages. It is important to learn at least one, but so well that you do not need to think of any translations from your own, when you speak it. On the other...

24 Jul 07

Learning foreign languages at home?

thebeing @thebeing (657) • Romania 18 Feb 07

Hello! Do you study, at home, any foreign language? I mean, a language that u didn't study at school at all. I am trying to learn German, i have some proggies, but...without a person to talk to, to conversate with, i think that...

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mrbankston It is very difficult to learn any foreign language on your own and that for different reasons: you get bored. No language can be learned just by listening, you have got to be able to speak. Of course it helps to go to a private school, if for no other reason...

24 Jul 07

what are your first&second foreign languages?what language do you want to learn?

maggie Sun @maggiesunjuan (554) • China 20 Apr 07

I'm Chinese, my first foreign language is English, and I prefer American English 'cause is lively and more flexible. My second foreign language is Japanese, for me it's not very hard to learn 'cause there are many Chinese...

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mrbankston I am Italian. My first foreign language was French, then I learnt English and later German. I am fluent on all of them and love using them, especially German. Because I travel extensively I always feel like I know too few ofthem. For instance, I will be flying...

24 Jul 07

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Which one do you think is the most powerful of all relationships?

ankitshukla1 @ankitshukla1 (54) • India 24 Jul 07

Hey this is a very simple question.. which relationship do you think is the most powerful or bond compared to all other relationships? father-son, father-daughter, mother- son, mother- daughter, brother- bro, bro-sis, sis-sis.....

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mrbankston For me there is nothing stronger than a mother-son relationship. My son is the single most important reason for all of my actions.

24 Jul 07

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Insomniac can't stay up?

TiffanieC @TiffanieC (827) • United States 23 Jul 07

What the heck is going on? Usually I can't ever fall asleep. All of a sudden recently it is a struggle to stay awake past 9-10 o'clock. I can't imagine why this is happened. It's like a total flip. I do still have trouble staying...

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mrbankston I have the same problem. I go to bed at night, read until my eyes can no longer stay open and fall asleep immediately. 15 or 20 minutes later I wake up with my heart pounding and cannot fall asleep for hours. I am under a lot of stress because of an...

24 Jul 07

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What is the most stressful situation that you found yourself in?

kgwat70 @kgwat70 (13387) • United States 23 Jul 07

Have you had any stressful moments? What is the most stressful time that you remember having in your life? Do you have more than one? How did you recover from that moment? I think the most stressful situation that I was in was...

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mrbankston I hope you will never experience anything more stressful than a game. I have been under stress all of my life, with a demanding job, a family to support and a very unsupportive and lazy husband. I supported HIM for about 20 years and then he left with a...

24 Jul 07

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I want to retire and enjoy my hobbies

mrbankston @mrbankston (8) 23 Jul 07

I am almost ready to retire. All of my life I have worked hard as an export consultant. I have raised a family, while practically on the road, I have built a beautiful home with a nice garden, which I can only tend when I am...

i want to retire and stay busy with my hobbies