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01font00... that my watch is not working? I don't like to use this word ... 02font02br
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01font00I prefer "stop itself every 2-3 hours" ...02font02br
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00There's nothing wrong with 'My watch isn't working', but shorter and more common would be

0I thank you very much for your useful reply and ... sorry for my english ... I hope that I'll improve my language if I make exercise in this forum!02br
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0>if I 01font00make exercise02font00 in this forum02br
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0"practice" without another word? For example "my language"?02br
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00Can I use this verb in other context? (I don't know the plural of "context" ...)0-

0In this context, we understand that it's your language you are practising so you don't need to add "my English" or anything unless you really want to.02br
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00What other contexts were you thinking of using this in?0-

0 If I make a letteral translation for "practice", in my language I can use this verb for lawyer (for example) .... 0-

0 Yes, we use it in English for lawyers, doctors, dentists and other professionals. Is your first language Italian? 0-

0Yes, it is.02br
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00I live in north italy and my second language is german.02br
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00Do you know "Alto Adige - S00üdtirol" ? It's a country near Austria.02br
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00We speak both these languages to work.02br
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00Where are you from?0-

0I was just curious as I had been asked this question before by an Italian speaker.02br
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00I'm from London, now living in the south west of England - which is confusingly known as the West Country.0-

0Mmmmhh ... it's very interesting.02br
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00I think that it's usual for the italian speaker to make letteral translation and to have troubles to use the same word in more contexts, because we are accustom to use different words in different contexts.02br
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00I hope that I was cleat in my explanation ... 02br
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00It's very kind o