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Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...le stazioni e collegano i piccoli centri. Hanno solo la seconda classe e costano poco ma viaggiano lentamente, a circa 100 km orari. Però c’è anche un regionale veloce, economico ma meno frequente. Su molti treni si può portare la bicicletta pagando il supplemento bici. I treni nazionali (Intercity e Frecciabianca) collegano città grandi e medie su tutto il...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?

...Le Pen. How did a man without an established party land the top job?...[A child celebrates Emmanuel Macron's victory in the 2017 French Presidential election] A child outside the Louvre celebrates Macron's victory After a tense and often antagonistic election campaign, Emmanuel Macron is to become the next president of France. The result is, of course, in all sorts of...
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Article 5 mins
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...verbs. Nouns typically denote objects. Book, chair, man, cloud and water are all nouns. Verbs typically denote actions or processes. Go, come, ask, eat, harass are all verbs. Verbs have a subject, the person or thing doing the action, and they may have an object, the person or thing to which the action is done. A verb with no object is called intransitive. To sleep......
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...verbs and nouns. Now, match the following nouns with the appropriate verb. hànzì 汉字 xiě 写 fàn 饭 zuò 做 wǎng 网 shàng 上 Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 3 items in each list. hànzì 汉字 fàn 饭 wǎng 网 Match each of the previous list items with an item from...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...le bhith a’ toirt seachad cùl-fhiosrachadh riatanach airson tòiseachadh, eisimpleirean de luchd-atharrachaidh brosnachail, comhairle air mar a bheirear buaidh taobh a-staigh agus taobh a-muigh poilitigs pàrlamaideach traidiseanta na RA, agus na buadhan a dh’fheumar gus soirbheachadh. Ciamar as urrainn dhutsa atharrachadh a dhèanamh gu poilitigeach no gu...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...le a tha nise san dùthaich, uile a’ toirt buaidh air mar a tha sluagh Alba a’ bruidhinn ri chèile agus ris a’ chòrr dhen t-saoghal. Chaidh an t-aonad seo - a tha ri fhaotainn an Gàidhlig agus am Beurla - a chruthachadh le misneachadh bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig agus le taic bhon a’ BhBC. Tha e na ghoireas do dhuine sam bith aig a bheil ùidh phearsanta no...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...le ma?) was actually one of the common greetings amongst neighbours. An appropriate response is to say ‘Chī le’ for ‘Yes’ or ‘Méi chī’ for ‘No’. Zăo ān (lit. morning peace), a common greeting in the morning in Taiwan. When parting from people, you say: Zàijiàn (lit. again see) Goodbye Note that although there are expressions in Chinese for ‘good...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...verbs, which define the activities essential to achieve whatever it is that the system is required to do. So, to take an extremely naive and simple example, let's consider the situation in which I find myself as I write this, in the room that I use as an office at home. It is freezing outside, and my room is not at what I consider to be a very comfortable temperature. I...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs