Category: English posts
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5 Ways You Can Combine Elegance & Fun.
Elegance is often seen as boring and rather neutral. Elegance actually comes from behavior and given that fact, here is how you can be elegance and original/yourself at the same time.
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5 Things You Can Do As A Student To Have A FLATTERING Online Presence (& get that job).
As students, we are often told to make sure future employers won’t see horrible things about us online (or even not-so-horrible ones) but you can’t really be a “ghost” either. I personally think that an online presence IS important. Here is how you can make sure you have a flattering one.
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5 Major Differences between French & Canadian Universities. (collaboration)
* 5 Différences Majeures Entre les Universités Françaises et les Universités Canadiennes. Today’s post is in collaboration with Pooja from LifesFineWhine; check out her website if you are interested in the 5 Main Similarities Between our Universities. University is a major period in our lives and the choices we make while we are in will…
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8 Areas In Which You Can Save A LOT Of Money.
Our relationship with money gets easier when we are actually aware of the areas in which we spend way too much. Here is a list of the 8 areas in which you are probably spending far too much money without even realizing it. There are lots of things we consider to be “essential” when actually,…
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You Can Be a Minimalist and Still Own “Real” Books (or any item you love).
Minimalism is a lifestyle, a state of mind and that it has absolutely nothing to do with the number of things you own. Minimalism is about making you a more fulfilled, happier person and here is how.
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Breaking News: You Can Love Books & Not Read 50+ Books A Year.
I feel like Youtube and, overall, the Internet is full of titles that look like “How I Read 50+ Books This Year”. DO not get me wrong, those titles and the tips people give through that content can be very useful in motivating you to read more, but there is quite a gigantic side-effect.
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Book Review: Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
When the word “vampire” crosses our minds, we more or less naturally think “Dracula”. But according to you, who inspired Bram Stroker? Was he the first to write stories about vampires? He was not, for sure. Vampires have been crowding myths and fiction for centuries and one of the first writers to use “vampires” as…
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If you Are Considering Adopting a Pet, Please Read That Before.
Before adopting a pet (“adopting”, not “buying”, when using the word “buying” I always feel like it is about mistaking pets for goods…), there are a few questions you may ask yourself and a few options you should be aware of.
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Comparison with Men At Work: the Hidden Truth about the effects it has on women.
Have you ever compared yourself to men? To how much easier it all was for THEM? If yes, let me show you why you should stop that behavior that hurts you and how stopping it will literally CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Avez-vous déjà comparé vos chances de réussite à celles des hommes? Si oui, laissez-moi vous…
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Book Review: Translations, Brian Friel.
Irish literature is not the most well-known in the English-speaking world. Here is a book review that will have you want to read more Irish books.
The English-speaking Frenchie 