What about a refreshing break? Sit down, lay back and relax. Feeling comfortable? Now push play. Watch and enjoy ! Now go through the following questions, taking a moment to answer them for yourself, each in turn : How did you feel watching this process? What thoughts crossed your mind? Any judgements
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One of the key differences across cultures lies in how people relate to power. In some cultures, power tends to be concentrated in the hands of some key individuals. “Power distribution is extremely visible in the way people use space.” They’re called hierarchical cultures. In others, power is more equally distributed among people and we
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Welcome to the delights of international English! Yes, indeed, there is American English, British English, South African English… and “international English”, this daily work life English spoken by non-natives all over the globe, with different accents and an incredible variety of grammatical twists and mysteries. Like any language it’s got its own rules, tricks and traps.
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Quel classique ! Quelle légèreté ! Et pourtant, quelle tragédie… Difficile de ne pas se tordre de rire à l’écoute des déconvenues successives de notre chère Marquise, et ce d’autant plus dans un pays où l’on entretient un rapport ambivalent à la particule… Mais avez-vous déjà prêté attention à l’enchaînement exact des couplets ? Aux
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The last weeks have been just incredible but a bit surprising – typically wonderful, sunny days, with temperature up to 28°C… yet some fresher moments and really cold, treacherous wind, so this morning I was wondering whether or not I should take my jacket with me when going out. Since Ryan had been out about
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- Garçon! Garçon?!… Garçon, s’il vous plaît ! … Excuse me ?! Excuse me pleeeeaaase? … Hellooo? (Tourist in perplexity). – I’m busy! (Garçon frowning) – Hellooooo? Excuse me? … Please ? (Tourist in perplexity, getting more than a bit annoyed) – I’m coming, can’t you see I’m busy? (Garçon with furious who’s-that-crazy-one-kind of
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J’ai toujours été tentée. J’ai admiré mon grand-père pour avoir fait son baptême de l’air à 70 ans… et aujourd’hui j’ai rencontré un cadre de l’industrie amateur de sports de glisse tous terrains qui m’a offert ma métaphore de la journée ! Doté d’une forte expérience de conduite du changement sur différents sites industriels, Guillaume
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