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I've I finished taking my conversation class today, because my lesson's contract ran out. So, I'm starting to learn English by myself, except I'll also use Poligo's service.

Thanks to Matt, my writing skills have improved very much. I read my writing from when I started writing about more than two years ago. I can't say how much my writing has improved my writings are. From now, I'm planning to classify things: vocabulary, patterns and so on that I learned, into the way they are used, so that these collections are to be (are = be, so be be?) practical.

I hope I can post my own writing without any correction from my editors near in the future. Thank you very much.

Q. I have a question how "end up and turn up" are different.

A. I think you mean 'turn out'. 'Turn up' is very different and means 'arrive' (usually unexpectedly): "He turned up at our house, without calling first." 'Turn out' is a synonym for 'end up'. 'Turn out', however, is usually followed by an adjective. For example "The party [turned out / ended up] better than we had expected." Like 'end up', 'turn out' often means that the result was in some way a surprise.  In some case, 'turn out' can be followed by 'to be': "The children turned out to be doctors."

Q. I'm reading Winnie the Pooh quotes. There is a part of a quote that I don't translate.
" Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave."
-----if I thought you would I'd never leave---
I don't understand this part. what does it mean?

A. Pooh is saying that if you forget him, he will not leave then. He cannot leave, because you might forget him. If you can never forget him, he can go. So he is saying he will always be with you: in your memory, because you will not forget him; or really, because he could not leave you. He wants to be sure you will remember him, because you love him. Does that help?

I like fortune telling, like other girls. It is fun to talk with my friends about what strange things the fortuneteller said. told some strange things with my friends. So, I don't believe them; it is just for fun. But there is one thing I have to believe: whenever I went to there, they told me that I should go to overseas! Or, some say, "You must leave Japan otherwise you will not be happy!!" So maybe it is my fate??

But I have to stop this because my bank account is empty because of this habit. Now I worry about my future since we are not sure we can get our pension when we are getting old.

Q. I made two sentences about "I hope...". I want to make sure about nuance and things that my editor pointed out in my writing. (1) I hope she gets the job soon. (2) She got the job. I hope she gets along with her new job. These two sentences are correct? If I have some misunderstanding points, could you tell me, please?

A. Your sentences are pretty good. I have corrected them below:
(1) I hope she gets a job soon.
(2) She got a job. I hope she gets along with her new boss.
First, watch your articles. Second, you can 'get along' with people, but not things. As for your question about 'hope', I think you have it! Nice. In the first sentence, you can also say 'I hope she gets a job soon'. I think that the best choice is related to whether or not you feel the thing is happening now (I hope it is), or you want to express that it is the future (I hope it will be).

Q. There is a colleague Who is an English man. It seemed he hadn't had his hair cut since he came Japan. However, he had his hair cut after holiday. So I said, " Have you had your hair cut ?" ,then he said, " About time. My hair was too long." I didn't understand his answer. What does " about time" mean?

A. Good question! I think this is a strange idiom.  I also just noticed that it is missing from our list of time idioms. Perhaps you could add it in a comment! What is means is "late" for something, or "overdue". Sometimes it means "the right time". So what your colleague is saying that he should have cut his hair a long time ago. Some other examples might be: [9 pm] "It's about time I had dinner." [Your friend is late] "It's about time! I have been waiting for nearly an hour!" Sometimes people also use "high time" in the same way. Is it clear?

Q. In Obama's Inaugural Address, he said "we remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. Childish things in Scripture: When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. I want to know "Childish "mean in these sentences. I think child means like fresh, curious, new... Does this childish mean " not- mature"? Please teach me!!!

A. Good question. The meaning of the words of the Bible can be difficult to interpret, and many people have their own understanding. In this case, it means childish emotions like anger, jealousy, cruelty, spite, and judgement. These feelings hurt ourselves and others for no gain and much loss.

So he is saying that America needs to start to act like an adult, who thinks carefully about things, rather than reacts emotionally. "Childish" always has a negative meaning of "weak, silly or purile". If you want to speak in a positive way about the qualities of children, you would say "childlike".