russian-english words

[Irushka]

Originally Posted by nlsmith

irishka, the context is everything!

as for your last question, if you say "you'd like to set your English", I'll read it as "you'd like to improve your English"

You understand me indeed, comarade.


Bobik
Thank You, But why does it sound odd to you?
in my dictionary it is ok.
in context with "English"

[boothling]

Sorry Irushka, but I didn't understand "I want to set my English" either.

I'm looking at the definitions now, and yeah, there are a lot of them! But I can't find any one that means "improve".

You can say "set the pace", "set the standard", "set a record" - which all relate to excellence or good performance - but these are probably phrases in themselves.

[Red5]

You could also try asking your question in our Other Languages forum: http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/other-languages/.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Irushka

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Bobik
Thank You, But why does it sound odd to you?
in my dictionary it is ok.
in context with "English"

I rather like 'Bobik', but I pronounce it as 'bobkay'

I don't think I've ever met 'set' in the context of a language. Maybe in the context of just 'language' it would occasionally be OK. My CELTA teacher might have said to me 'You must set your language according to the level of your students'. But that's an unusual context, and it certainly doesn't mean 'improve' - it means 'grade' or 'pitch': 'set [the level]'.

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