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What does President Macron mean for Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

What does President Macron mean for Brexit?

...Le Pen. Where these two candidates also differed markedly, therefore, was on their attitude to how the UK should leave the EU. During the tetchy drama of the presidential TV debate, Macron was at pains to explain to Le Pen that leaving the EU – which she had threatened to do by calling a British-style In/Out referendum – inevitably carries a large exit bill. In other...
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Park Hill Estate
History & The Arts

Park Hill Estate

...De La Warr Pavilion and Highpoint One are good examples. Conversely, there is more than a handful of buildings that have achieved iconic status for all the wrong reasons: buildings which are so widely loathed that they have come to symbolise what the public at large dislike about Modernist architecture: for years, Trellick Tower held this dubious honour. Not far behind...
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Carbon process: Photosynthesis
Science, Maths & Technology

Carbon process: Photosynthesis

...the tiny green structures called chloroplasts. These give leaves their colour, and capture light energy from the Sun. What happens next is a complex chain of reactions that can be summarised very simply. Water and carbon dioxide are converted, using the sun's energy, into simple sugars. The oxygen released in the reaction is now available for other organisms to respire....
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Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...de Télesphore et ‘Tit Edvard dans le grand Nord, the second tale in a trilogy by Cajun poet and singer-songwriter Zachary Richard, which also includes Conte cajun: L’histoire de Télesphore et de ‘Tit Edvard and Les aventures de Télesphore et ‘Tit Edvard au Vieux Pays. Likewise, Cajun culture and French in Louisiana seem very much alive, for the ......
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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 the election look from Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

How did the election look from Europe?

...Le Monde saw the upswing in Conservative popularity as an opportunity for the party to “shake off Thatcher’s legacy” and to “smother” the Labour opposition. Its centre-right counterpart Le Figaro pointed to May’s opportunism. It saw the election as a chance for her to strengthen her hand in the fractious leadership relations within the Conservative Party. The...
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Los sonidos del Español en su historia
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Los sonidos del Español en su historia

...de recibir la noticia de que les han perdonado sus deudas. Transcripción Siglos XX y XXI - Cien años de soledad La literatura en español cuenta con una amplia nómina de autores destacados en los siglos XX y XXI. Entre ellos, las novelas y relatos cortos escritos por el colombiano Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), ganador del Premio Nobel de ......
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Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
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Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...le pongo? —Me da cien gramos de queso. —Sí. ¿Algo más? —Sí, un cuarto de jamón. —¿Otra cosita? —Sí, un kilo de zanahorias y un kilo de plátanos. —¿Algo más? —Hmm… Ah sí. Un litro de leche y media docena de huevos, por favor. —¿Es todo? —Eh… sí. ¿Cuánto es, por favor? Shopkeeper and customer [Milk, bananas, cheese, ham, carrots, eggs]...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs