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Let’s talk about the word finance today. Finance: noun The CFO manages finances in a company. 2. Finances: the money earned by a company or a person; revenue In our family, my mother manages our finances. Finance: verb The provincial government has refused to finance the project. 2. to provide or lend money to pay …
How to motivate your kids to study better? That is the question. It is the question the answer to which the future of our kids depends on. If we, as parents, can motivate them better, we can ensure they achieve goals they set for themselves and get ahead in life. To understand how to motivate …
Let’s talk about the word ‘motivate.’ Motivate: verb He was motivated by the prospect of profit. 2. simulate someone’s interest or enthusiasm for something My mother tried to motivate me to study biology by doing experiments with me. Related verbs: Demotivate: cause someone to lose motivation to do something Motivation: noun It is not always …
What is an information interview? We all have heard the term ‘interview,’ but what is an information interview? Let’s make it clear, it is not a job interview. An information interview is a conversation with someone you admire or whose job you would like to do where you ask them questions to get their story. …
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Let’s talk about the word interview today. Hare are the meanings with example sentences for nouns, verbs, the adjective and the most frequent collocations: Interview: Noun I had a job interview this morning. 2. a meeting or conversation in which a writer or reporter asks someone questions the answers to which are to be material …
Canadian Thanksgiving traditions date back to November, 1879, when Thanksgiving was made an annual holiday. Canadians have been celebrating it on the second Monday of October since 1957. Canadian Thanksgiving Origins It was the Indigenous peoples who held the first communal feasts to give thanks for the fall harvest well before the arrival of European …
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What is tradition? Tradition (Noun) is: 2. something that is handed down: We learned the Christmas traditions from our parents and they had acquired them from their parents. Adjective: traditional: The children wore traditional Ukrainian clothes during the festival. Adverbs: traditionally: Traditionally, we baked turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Collocations: Verbs that go with ‘tradition:’ Ascribe, …
What are basic life skills? Basic life skills are a set of psychosocial and interpersonal skills that help people have fuller lives both professionally and personally. They make it possible, among other things, to think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, solve problems, build healthy relationship, understand others by empathizing with them, understand and manage oneself, …
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Let’s talk about life skills today. What are they and, grammatically, what words do they go with? What are Life Skills? Life skills are abilities that make it possible for people to deal effectively with the challenges of life. Life skills can be divided into behavioural (connected with the way people act), cognitive (connected with …
What is Rosh Hashanah? Rosh Hashanah is Jewish New Year. It is the birthday of universe; the day God created Adam and Eve. Even though it is the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, people celebrate it as the beginning of the year. It is both a time of joy and a serious look at …
