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[missdaredevil]

Dearest Teachers,
Please help me with the questions.
Thank you all so much.


1.
"Linguistic dexterity" aside, Cuba remainds an easy country to travel in and there are few barriers stopping you......

Does it refer to the similiarity between English and Spanish?

2.
Cuba remains an easy country to travel in and there are few barriers stopping you from wandering around* pretty much how and as you choose.*

What does the last part mean?

3.
A small gratuity will go "a long way" in supplementing their salaries.
To have a long-term effect?

4.I borrrowed a bike, sling it aboard a truck.
or I borrrowed a bike, sling it aboard *onto* a truck.

5....non-American banks....Unfornately few, *if any*, foreign debit cards will work in Cuban ATMs.

I don't quite understand it.

[CP]

1. No, I think it refers to the ability to speak both English and Spanish. If you can speak both, Cuba will be easy. But even if you can't speak both, Cuba is easy to navigate, with few obstacles.

2. There are few things that will keep you from going wherever you want to, and however you choose.

3. A small gratuity (tip) will do a lot to supplement (add to) their earnings.

4. Correct English would be, "I borrrowed a bike and slung it aboard a truck." Slung is the past tense of sling.

5. Few, or perhaps no, foreign (non-Cuban) debit cards will work in Cuban automatic teller machines.
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[redset]

For number 4, aboard and onto are both functioning as prepositions, saying where the bike is being slung. 'Aboard' means onto or into a vehicle, so you don't add onto.