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Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...Tempe. So that he might omit nothing, he even made a Lower World. He had the following signs of death. On his last birthday [24 January a.d. 138], when he was commending Antoninus, his bordered toga fell down of its own accord and uncovered his head. The ring, on which his own portrait was carved, of its own accord slipped from his finger. On the day before his birthday...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...les: beginners' Spanish, an Open University language course that concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...le gazon It is forbidden to walk on the turf Attention / Glissant Attention / Slippery Frisch gestrichen! Recently painted! Hombres trabajando Men working Al salir tengan cuidado de no introducir el pie entre coche y andén When you leave, take care not to put your foot in between the train and the platform 一箭双雕 One arrow for two birds 软硬兼施 Soft and hard me...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...He once wrote: ‘Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks for ......
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Article 5 mins
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...temp. (°C/°F) Max. temp. (°C/°F) WEATHER Min. temp. (°C/°F) Max. temp. (°C/°F) South and southwest [A sun icon.] 22/72 27/81 [A sun-and-showers icon.] 16/61 21/70 Midlands [A sun icon.] 22/72 28/82 [A sun icon.] 24/75 31/88 Scotland [A sun icon.] 20/68 24/75 [A lightning icon.] 19/66 21/70 Wales [A rain icon.] 15/59 19/66 [A lightning icon.] 17/63 21/70 Northern...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...les rapports de l’art Vénitiens avec l’art Crétois jusqu’à 1500’, in A. Pertusi (ed.) Venezia e il Levante fino al secolo XV, vol. 2 (Florence), p. 69–124. Chatzidakis, M. (1974b) ‘Les débuts de l’école Crétoise et la question de l’école dite Italogreque’, in Μνημόσυνον Σ. Αντωνιάδη (Venice), p. 169–211. Chaztidakis, M....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...les Français’. Although we may represent five cows by the number 5, it remains true that if we say or write that there are ‘five cows’ a French person will not recognise this as the same as ‘cinq vaches’. Think again about a photograph of a cow. If we show it to the French person, they will recognise it immediately as ‘une vache’. An English person will...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol
Education & Development

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol

...le sefydledig am gyfnodau eithaf hir o astudio, ond bydd angen lleoedd eraill arnoch hefyd ar gyfer sesiynau byrrach o astudio - mae’n rhyfeddol beth y gallwch ei gyflawni mewn 10-20 munud, er enghraifft. Gwrandewch ar recordiad sain yn eich car i adolygu deunydd y cwrs. Astudiwch mewn ystafell aros cyn apwyntiad. Meddyliwch ymlaen llaw am y deunyddiau astudio...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs