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Talk Dirty French: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to Know when you speak francais
by Alexis MunierLet's be sérieux!Can't quite come up with the right French quip or four-letter word? With Talk Dirty: French, you'll be able to put your (middle) finger on it. Each entry provides an individual foreign gem, a useful French sentence employing the word, the expression's English counterpart, and its literal translation.Whether you're a native-speaker, world traveler, or just looking to tell off those brash Parisians, these naughty words and risqué slang will surely give your tongue a French twist.Les couilles: the balls French Expression: Je l'ai avertie-elle ne m'a pas écoute alors maintenant je m'en bats les couilles.Translation: I warned her--she didn't listen to me so now I'm washing my hands of it. Literal Translation: I warned her--she didn't listen to me so now I'm flapping my balls of it.
Talk Dirty French
by Alexis Munier Emmanuel TichelliCan't quite come up with the right French quip or four-letter word? With Talk Dirty: French, you'll be able to put your (middle) finger on it. Each entry provides an individual foreign gem, a useful French sentence employing the word, the expression's English counterpart, and its literal translation, comme ?a: Whether you're a native-speaker, world traveler, or just looking to tell off those brash Parisians, these naughty words and risquŽ slang will surely give your tongue a French twist.Les couilles: the ballsFrench Expression: Je l'ai avertie-elle ne m'a pas Žcoute alors maintenant je m'en bats les couilles.Translation: I warned her-she didn't listen to me so now I'm washing my hands of it.Literal Translation: I warned her-she didn't listen to me so now I'm flapping my balls of it.Alexis Munier relocated to Europe in her mid-twenties and began teaching English at world-renowned language schools in Russia, Slovenia, and Italy. Now a writer, English teacher, and translator, Munier still finds time to perfect her French slang and swoon from her Swiss husband's flattery now and again. She lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.Emmanuel Tichelli hails from a small town in French-speaking Switzerland, a country with four official languages. Growing up in a feisty French/Italian family, he learned the power of persuasive language at a young age. Tichelli argued with his parents in French, he spoke German at school, watched American TV, and hit on every Italian lady he met, in her native tongue. He lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Talk Dirty French
by Alexis Munier Emmanuel TichelliCan't quite come up with the right French quip or four-letter word? WithTalk Dirty: French, you'll be able to put your (middle) finger on it. Each entry provides an individual foreign gem, a useful French sentence employing the word, the expression's English counterpart, and its literal translation,comme ?a: Whether you're a native-speaker, world traveler, or just looking to tell off those brash Parisians, these naughty words and risqu? slang will surely give your tongue a French twist. Les couilles:the balls French Expression:Je l'ai avertie-elle ne m'a pas ?coute alors maintenant je m'en bats les couilles. Translation:I warned her-she didn't listen to me so now I'm washing my hands of it. Literal Translation:I warned her-she didn't listen to me so now I'm flapping my balls of it. Alexis Munierrelocated to Europe in her mid-twenties and began teaching English at world-renowned language schools in Russia, Slovenia, and Italy. Now a writer, English teacher, and translator, Munier still finds time to perfect her French slang and swoon from her Swiss husband's flattery now and again. She lives in Lausanne, Switzerland. Emmanuel Tichellihails from a small town in French-speaking Switzerland, a country with four official languages. Growing up in a feisty French/Italian family, he learned the power of persuasive language at a young age. Tichelli argued with his parents in French, he spoke German at school, watched American TV, and hit on every Italian lady he met, in her native tongue. He lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Talk Dirty Spanish: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to Know when you speak espanol
by Alexis Munier¿Qué pasa, gringo?Whether at a cantina in Mexico or a discothèque in Spain, you better know how to shoot the s#*!. Luckily for you, Talk Dirty: Spanish dishes all the dirty sayings in a variety of dialects. Packed with plenty of four-letter words, habañero-hot insults, and wicked expressions, this book will have you speaking like a true hombre. The Spanish-to-English translations will help you learn all the latest foreign slang, such as:De puta madre: of the prostitute mother Spanish Phrase:¡Mi tío tiende un coche de puta madre!Translation: My uncle has a fantastic car! Literal Translation: My uncle has a car of a prostitute mother! Talk Dirty: Spanish--all you need for a sharper tongue and set of cojones.
Talk Dirty Spanish
by Alexis Munier Laura Martinez¿Qué pasa, gringo? Whether at a cantina in Mexico or a discothèque in Spain, you better know how to shoot the s#*!. Luckily for you, Talk Dirty: Spanish dishes all the dirty sayings in a variety of dialects. Packed with plenty of four-letter words, habañero-hot insults, and wicked expressions, this book will have you speaking like a true hombre. The Spanish-to-English translations will help you learn all the latest foreign slang, such as: De puta madre: of the prostitute mother Spanish Phrase: ¡Mi tío tiende un coche de puta madre! Translation: My uncle has a fantastic car! Literal Translation: My uncle has a car of a prostitute mother! Talk Dirty: Spanish--all you need for a sharper tongue and set of cojones.
Talk Dirty Spanish
by Alexis Munier Laura Martinez¿Qué pasa, gringo? Whether at a cantina in Mexico or a discothèque in Spain, you better know how to shoot the s#*!. Luckily for you, Talk Dirty: Spanish dishes all the dirty sayings in a variety of dialects. Packed with plenty of four-letter words, habañero-hot insults, and wicked expressions, this book will have you speaking like a true hombre. The Spanish-to-English translations will help you learn all the latest foreign slang, such as: De puta madre: of the prostitute mother Spanish Phrase: ¡Mi tío tiende un coche de puta madre! Translation: My uncle has a fantastic car! Literal Translation: My uncle has a car of a prostitute mother! Talk Dirty: Spanish--all you need for a sharper tongue and set of cojones.
Talk Is Chief: Leadership, Communication & Credibility in a High-Stakes World
by Jack ModzelewskiA public relations expert shares inspirational stories and smart strategies for successful business communication and crisis management. Business leaders spend up to 90 percent of each day communicating with colleagues, customers, shareowners, creditors, regulators, advocates, and competitors. The style and success of those communications has a vital influence on their organization&’s culture, opportunity, and reputation. In this age of heightened transparency, no leader can afford to undervalue to importance of communication—especially during a crisis. With more than three decades of experience working with many Fortune 500 companies, communications consultant Jack Modzelewski teaches leaders to see themselves as chief credibility officers. In Talk Is Chief, he provides sound advice and concrete examples of effective communication. He also shares the &“10 Commandments of Crisis Management&”—essential communication tools for avoiding crises or averting worst-case scenarios when confronted with an existential threat.
Talk Lean
by Alan PalmerThe businessperson's guide to saying what needs to be said and asking questions that need to be askedIn the business world, the first step to great results is good communication. Talk Lean uses original research and a fresh approach to teach businesspeople how to say difficult things and ask difficult questions in a way that is positive, effective, and comfortable for everyone involved. You'll learn how to begin meetings and conversations in a way that is succinct, empathetic, and effective, while putting people in a positive and receptive frame of mind. You'll learn how to listen and respond during meetings to maximise both productivity and empathy and how to close meetings in positive ways that lead to great results.Offers proven techniques for improving communication and making an impact professionallyWritten by Alan Palmer, head of Interactifs UK, which offers communication coaching to major corporate clientsIdeal for executives, team leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone whose success depends on great communication
Talk Less, Say More
by Connie DiekenTalk Less, Say More is a revolutionary guide to 21st century communication skills to help you be more influential and make things happen in our distracted, attention-deficit world. It's loaded with specific tips and takeaways to ensure that you're fully heard, clearly understood, and trigger positive responses in any business or social situation. It's the first book to deliver a proven method to master the core leadership skill of influence. Talk Less, Say More lays out a powerful 3-step method called Connect, Convey, Convince (R) and guides you in how to use these habits to be more influential. This succinct book solves your modern communication issues in today's demanding, distracted world at a time when interaction skills are plummeting. Communication is the single greatest challenge in business today. It takes just 3 habits to conquer it. Talk Less, Say More will help you achieve more with less. Less wordiness. Less tune-out. Less frustration. You'll gain more time. More positive outcomes. More rewarding relationships.
Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
by Carmine GalloTED talks have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking around the world. And yet the techniques that top TED speakers use are the same ones that will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking. Communications coach and bestselling author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, Carmine Gallo has broken down the top TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters to uncover the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations. From 'Unleashing the Master Within' and 'Delivering Jaw Dropping Moments' to 'Sticking to the 18-minute Rule' Gallo provides a step-by-step method that makes it possible for anyone to create, design, and deliver a TED-style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable. Ideas are the true currency of the 21st century, and Talk Like TED gives readers a way to create presentations around the ideas that matter most to them, presentations that will energize their audiences to spread those ideas, launch new initiatives, and reach their highest goals.
Talk Like You Talk: A Public Speaking Primer
by David MclaughlinWhy do so many people fear public speaking? Maybe it’s because they feel like they have to become someone else, someone smarter and funnier. If people can learn to relax and just be themselves, public speaking can be easier. Not perfect, but better. <p><p> Sensory aids and stories really help. <p> Audiences want speakers who are more natural and conversational, so let’s pretend we are with a bunch of friends and we’re all excited about something, and we want to share it: “Hey, guys, you won’t believe what I just learned!” In other words, be normal and try to just talk like you talk. <p> Talk Like You Talk has many helpful hints and clever mnemonic tools to help the reader become a more natural speaker. Students say it is fun to read and that it truly reduces the fear of speaking.
Talk of Love: How Culture Matters
by Ann SwidlerTalk of love surrounds us, and romance is a constant concern of popular culture. Ann Swidler's "Talk of Love" is an attempt to discover how people find and sustain real love in the midst of that talk, and how that culture of love shapes their expectations and behavior in the process. To this end, Swidler conducted extensive interviews with Middle Americans and wound up offering us something more than an insightful exploration of love: "Talk of Love" is also a compelling study of how much culture affects even the most personal of our everyday experiences.
Talk of Love: How Culture Matters
by Ann SwidlerAnalysis of views of love & marriage from a primarily white, middle-class, west coast point of view.
The Talk of the Clinic: Explorations in the Analysis of Medical and therapeutic Discourse (Routledge Communication Series)
by G. H. MorrisThis collection of original papers by scholars who closely analyze the talk of the clinic features studies that were conceived with the aim of contributing to clinical practitioners' insight about how their talk works. No previous communication text has attempted to take such a practitioner-sensitive posture with its research presentations. Each chapter focuses on one or more performances that clinical practitioners -- in consort with their clients or colleagues -- must achieve with some regularity. These speech acts are consequential for effective practice and sometimes present themselves as problematic. Rather than calling for research to be simplified or reoriented in order for practitioners to understand it, these authors interpret state-of-the-art descriptive analysis for its practical import for clinicians. Each contributor delves deeply into clinical practice and its wisdom; therefore, each is positioned to identify alternative clinical practices and techniques and to appreciate practitioners' means of performing effectively. When reflective practitioners encounter these new pieces of work, productive alterations in how their work is done can be stimulated. By reading this work, reflective practitioners will now have new ways of considering their talk and new possibilities for speaking effectively. The volume is uniquely constructed so as to engage in dialogue with these reflective practitioners as they struggle to articulate their work. A practical wisdom-as-research trend has recently emerged in the clinical fields stimulating these practitioners to explore new and more informative ways -- communication and literary theory, ethnography, and discourse analysis -- to express what they do in clinics and hospitals. With the studies presented in this book, the editors build upon this dialectical process between practitioner and researcher, thus helping this productive conversation to continue.
Talk Power: The Mind-Body Way to Speak Without Fear
by Natalie H. RogersA science-backed system guaranteed to turn every fearful public speaker into a confident toast master Do you break into a cold sweat when you have to give a speech? Are work meetings your worst nightmare? Would you rather jump off a ledge than speak in public? Talk Power: The Mind-Body Way to Speak Without Fear is here to help.Talk Power is a mind-body system that integrates neuroscience, behavior modification, performance techniques, speech crafting, and leadership skills to help you master every aspect of public speaking—from gracious toasts to great speeches. Learn how to breathe, sit quietly, maintain concentration, and reduce rapid heartbeat, trembling, and adrenaline rush triggered by speaking in public. From the creator of Talkpower, a Panic Clinic for Public Speaking, learn the TalkPower Action Formula, utilize the Survival Kit for Public Speakers, and master the speech-writing-made-easy speech templates. Everything you need to be an assured and engaging speaker is here. Talk Power will:Eliminate stage fright and fear of speaking in publicProvide exercises and drills to end self-consciousnessEstablish permanent public speaking skillsHelp you think on your feet in front of an audience Perfect proper breathing techniques to reduce anxietyProvide effective templates for speaking at meetingsFor nearly forty years, Natalie H. Rogers has helped people master their fears of public speaking. This new and updated edition offers Rogers's clinically-tested, perfected, and expanded system to a new generation of fearful public speakers, with more than twenty years of new science-backed methods included for the first time.
Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States
by Brian RosenwaldThe march to the Trump presidency began in 1988, when Rush Limbaugh went national. Brian Rosenwald charts the transformation of AM radio entertainers into political kingmakers. By giving voice to the conservative base, they reshaped the Republican Party and fostered demand for a president who sounded as combative and hyperbolic as a talk show host.
Talk Rx: Five Steps To Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, And Happiness
by Neha SangwanDo you say yes when you really mean no? Do you avoid conflict at all costs? Are you waiting for someone in your life to change in order to get what you want? If so, you’re not alone. Most people will do anything to avoid the unpleasant sensations that accompany having an honest exchange – even if it’s as simple as declining an invitation. But not speaking directly in the short term results in a much bigger problem long-term: hurt feelings and passive-aggressive patterns that stress us out, keep us up at night, and literally make us sick.You might be thinking, Communication? I know how to communicate. Don’t be fooled. Communication is simple, but it’s not always easy. Many of us learn from an early age to be guarded about what and how we share with others. Few of us know how to pay attention to our body, thoughts, emotions, and values in order to speak from the heart.In this book, Neha Sangwan, M.D., reveals practical yet profound communication tools that will strengthen your relationships, reduce your stress, improve your health, and even save you time. Having treated thousands of patients in one of the nation’s largest hospital systems, Doctor Neha discovered a theme: her patients’ inability to communicate often played an underlying role in their illness and how well they were able to recover. Once she understood this correlation, she was inspired to create the simple five-step process you’ll learn in this book. Talk Rx will lead you step by step to: • Listen to your body’s signals to better manage stress • Create new outcomes with even the most challenging personalities in your life • Articulate your frustration and disappointment effectively • Talk to people instead of about them • Make agreements that stick"If you’re thinking of someone else in your life who could really use a book on communication," says Doctor Neha, "let me remind you – it only takes one person to change the outcome of a conversation. And that person is YOU."
Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro
by Dean Nelson“The perfect guide to interviewing . . . anyone who speaks with fellow humans to acquire information will find Nelson’s guidance priceless.” —Tom Foster, New York Times–bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a ProfessorInterviewing is the single most important way journalists (and doctors, lawyers, social workers, teachers, human resources staff, and, really, all of us) get information. Yet to many, the perfect interview feels more like luck than skill—a rare confluence of rapport, topic, and timing. But the thing is, great interviews aren’t the result of serendipity and intuition, but rather the result of careful planning and good journalistic habits. And Dean Nelson is here to show you how to nail the perfect interview every time. Drawing on forty-years of award-winning journalism and his experience as the founder and host of the Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, Nelson walks you through each step of the journey from deciding whom to interview and structuring questions, to the nitty gritty of how to use a recording device and effective note-taking strategies, to the ethical dilemmas of interviewing people you love (and loathe). He also includes case studies of famous interviews to show how these principles play out in real time. Chock full of comprehensive, time-tested, gold-standard advice, Talk to Me is a book that demystifies the art and science of interviewing. “One of the best interviewers around.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times–bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow
Talk to Strangers: How Everyday, Random Encounters Can Expand Your Business, Career, Income, and Life
by David TopusConnect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangers Everyday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the connection at the other end. Talk to Strangers explains how to stand out and tap the potential of others by taking notice of who is standing alongside you on the bank line, the latte pickup point, or the ticket counter at the airport. David Topus' life-changing message is that we should "always connect," which means going beyond online relationships and engaging in the random, real-life interactions that have unlimited potential to supercharge businesses, accelerate careers, and enrich your life. Why there is opportunity through the people you meet wherever you go The four key beliefs of successful random connectors Techniques for creating comfort and trust quickly with complete strangers How to optimize and monetize your newly-established contacts When you connect to those in your everyday world, you'll discover the life-expanding potential of random encounters and unlimited opportunities.
Talk Your Way To The Top: How to Address Any Audience Like Your Career Depends On It
by Laura Daley-Caravella Kevin Daley<p>Field-proven presentation tips and communication skills, from two of today's top corporate coaches. <p>Every business situation is both a presentation and a chance to leave a positive impression. In <i>Talk Your Way to the Top</i>, corporate communications gurus Kevin Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella give readers the know-how to recognize and maximize the opportunities they face throughout the day. <p>Each chapter represents a specific situation, from running a meeting to disagreeing with the boss, and outlines the steps needed to handle it with poise, skill, and success. <p>Communication has a tremendous impact on how professionals are judged. <i>Talk Your Way to the Top</i> gives them the skills they need to: <p> <li>Know when and where to speak up--versus when to shut up <li>Convey passion and make it contagious <li>Connect with an audience on multiple levels</li>
Talking About People; A Multip: A multiple case study on adult language acquisition
by Peter BroederFirst Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Talking About Right and Wrong
by Cecilia Wainryb Holly E. RecchiaThough it is generally acknowledged that parents are directly implicated in how and what their children learn about right and wrong, little is known about how the process of moral socialization proceeds in the context of family life, and how it gets played out in actual parent-child conversations. This volume brings together psychological research conducted in different countries documenting how parents and their children of different ages talk about everyday issues that bear on right and wrong. More than 150 excerpts from real parent-child conversations about children's own good and bad behaviors and about broader ethical concerns that interest both parents and children, such as global warming or gender equality, provide a unique window into the moral-socialization process in action. Talking about Right and Wrong also underscores distinct psychological and sociocultural processes that explain how such everyday conversations may further, or hinder, children's moral development.
Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World
by Justin LeeA guide to learning how to communicate with people who have diametrically opposed opinions from you, how to empathize with them, and how to (possibly) change their mindsAmerica is more polarized than ever. Whether the issue is Donald Trump, healthcare, abortion, gun control, breastfeeding, or even DC vs Marvel, it feels like you can't voice an opinion without ruffling someone's feathers. In today's digital age, it's easier than ever to build walls around yourself. You fill up your Twitter feed with voices that are angry about the same issues and believe as you believe. Before long, you're isolated in your own personalized echo chamber. And if you ever encounter someone outside of your bubble, you don't understand how the arguments that resonate so well with your peers can't get through to anyone else. In a time when every conversation quickly becomes a battlefield, it's up to us to learn how to talk to each other again. In Talking Across the Divide, social justice activist Justin Lee explains how to break through the five key barriers that make people resist differing opinions. With a combination of psychological research, pop-culture references, and anecdotes from Justin's many years of experience mediating contentious conversations, this book will help you understand people on the other side of the argument and give you the tools you need to change their minds--even if they've fallen for "fake news."
Talking at Work
by Lucy Pickering Eric Friginal Shelley StaplesThis book offers original corpus research in a range of workplace contexts including office-based settings, call center interactions and healthcare communication. Chapters in this edited volume bring together leading scholars in the field of corpus analysis in workplace discourse and include data from multiple corpora. Employing a range of qualitative and quantitative analytic approaches including Conversation Analysis, Linguistic Profiling and Register Analysis, the book introduces unique specialized corpus data in the areas of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, nursing, and cross-cultural communication, among others.
The Talking Cure: A Memoir of Life on Air
by Mike FederAs a kid growing up in Queens, Mike Feder identified with Scheherazade of The Thousand and One Nights: "The idea of someone having to tell a new tale every night to prevent their head getting chopped off seemed sadly familiar to me." Back then, the author's audience was his mentally ill mother, who used to stay in the house all day with the shades drawn, and then insist that her son tell her stories so that she might vicariously experience the world outside. Eventually she committed suicide, and Feder grew up to be a relentless, comic storyteller on the radio. The Talking Cure tells the story of his ridiculous jobs, first failed marriage, the string of psychiatrists, and the misery of reluctant fatherhood; throughout he maintains a kind of bizarre balancing act--hilariousness and deep seriousness, conventionality and strangeness. An ironist and a comic, Feder looks unflinchingly at his own foibles and frailties, enabling him to connect to other people's stories. The reader emerges from this book with a sense of forgiveness for the human condition, and awe at the mystery of human life. Deeply funny, and at the same time breathtakingly dark, this is a book to provoke, amuse and, in some strange way, reassure: God loves a challenge.