Sentences with phrase «as if talking»

Even ones private OB / GYN info is discussed in a casual manner, as if talking about the weather.

Chaucer cleverly provides us with a prologue in which the Pardoner, as if talking off the record, explains his activities and motives and exposes his hypocrisy.

E-mail, messenger and live chat serve to bring single hearts together and allow enjoying communication as if talking in person.

«The switch,» he added, almost as if talking himself through the agreed sequence of events.

The child will start imitating the things he sees you doing like pushing buttons on the remote control, brushing his hair and blabbering on the phone as if talking to someone.

««The reason I love it is that it gives me so much power,» says one anonymous corporate professional in Sleeping With Your Smartphone, as if talking about Frodo's ring.

Just as if the talk could not ask in generalities, but rather asks you as an individual.

Based on who you might engage with the most in chat, such as if you talk to a bunch of airlines or use a related chatbot from the likes of KLM, a rival brand (say, United) could target you with an ad to attract you to their business instead.

It should be written in a manner as if it talks to your interviewer.

Not exact matches

«We hope that when we're talking to this disembodied assistant that we have the same amount of privacy as we would if we were hiring our own personal assistant,» says Christopher Parsons, research associate at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab.

If she were to write the Democrats» autopsy for 2016 - and she'll have a hand in it as one of the newly elected co-chairs of the House Democrats» policy and messaging arm - she says her message would be to «not only talk about jobs and the economy, but do something about it.»

«As a matter of fact, for those of you who are still using email, one of the things that I've done in my business is I've said, «If you talk about somebody in the company on email to me, then copy them on it,»» she says.

In an editorial, the official China Daily said Beijing wanted the talks to produce «feasible solutions to put an end to the ongoing feud» and that they could go well if the U.S. delegation genuinely wanted to listen as well as talk.

What followed was an amazing episode for humanity; enemies who were just hours ago slaughtering each other at a level unseen in human history, were talking, singing, dancing, and eating together as if they were friends.

«People talked about the demise of physical books as if it was only a matter of time, but even 50 to 100 years from now, print will be a big chunk of our business,» Penguin Random House chief executive Markus Dohle told the Times.

If you think your small business could be just as effective in Mumbai as it could be in Miami, then think about talking to some potential clients in that region before taking the plunge.

«If you're talking about somebody's willingness to do or try something, you're now focusing on their character as a person, as opposed to their preferences,» she says.

They can talk about neural pathways and neurotransmitters as if those big words definitively concluded anything, which they don't, at least with our current understanding of such things.

As for the Republican leadership, Walker said, «I would hope they come to us and begin to talk about solutions from here and what kind of energy there would be to ask him to say, «Listen, if you can't fulfill this role that you accepted, then maybe we need to look a different direction.»»

The company talks about selling beds and pillows as if it were Facebook, Uber, or Airbnb — not Dreams or John Lewis.

The summer started with a reasonable (if clumsy) attempt by the government to stop incorporated individuals from taking advantage of the lower small - business tax rate, and ended with people such as Arlene Dickinson, the investor and Dragon's Den star, talking about an assault on entrepreneurship.

If it goes the same way as the recently concluded Let's Talk TV review, there could be radical changes in store for internet service in Canada.

If you are a woman and / or racial minority, chances are you have been interrupted or talked over by a colleague in a meeting (a circumstance often referred to as «mansplaining.»)

Folks, if you've ever flown in or out of San Francisco, you know what I'm talking about — the bitter resentment growing in your belly as the fog settles in once more and delays your flight for two hours.

Plus, by letting people talk about themselves — by helping people talk about themselves — you become seen as a great conversationalist, even if you actually say very little.

Contingent motivators (such as «if you do this, then that») narrow thinking and block creativity unless the tasks at hand are simple and rote, Daniel Pink said in a TED Talk «The Puzzle of Motivation.»

«If two women each talk to their friends the same amount of time, but one of them spends more time reading about friends on Facebook as well, the one reading tends to grow slightly more depressed,» Burke says.

If not, talk to your hosting provider ASAP, as there may be some other things that can be done before Santa's Reindeer head back to the North Pole.

This makes each person in the audience feel as if you were talking to him or her personally, even if you «target» only a few people.

But as we get more used to talking to our gadgets as if they're human, a shakeout seems inevitable.

When people ask me what it's like to work with KP, I always talk about how, they are the kind of the company that if you want to build something that is a company as vast as Google or Amazon, basically, KP is a must.

Do talk about who is eligible, whether only full - time employees or if part - time employees are offered a pro-rated benefits package, address that, as well.

Let's all just agree to this: if we're talking about an autonomous agent intended to behave and interact and reason, I'm totally fine labeling that as AI.

Whether you're pitching your product or networking with others in your field, you may be seen as a more reputable colleague if you use the right terminology when you're talking.

If Trump stands by what he said about women as «locker room talk,» he's clearly not sorry.

If you find you have something in common, use it as a way to break the ice with a little small talk before you move on to business.

He talks about Shpeel missteps paternally, as if comforting a son who's lost the big game.

If history is our guide, he'll likely kick off his talk with how well Apple has done at getting its customers to run the latest versions of iOS and OS X, how many apps are available in the company's App Store, uptick in Apple TV usage, and perhaps most importantly to developers, how much the iPhone maker has doled out to the software makers as part of their revenue - sharing agreement.

«It was the first time I'd seen him in person,» Dorsey says, as if he were talking about a celebrity he had never considered a real person.

Most people have addressed audiences who appeared bored and as if they couldn't wait for the end of a talk.

Even if a person is simply talking about your brand and not necessarily asking a question or expecting a reply, it's important for companies to listen and chime in as much as they can.

«If two Turkish people in suits walk through the door and they're not smiling, talk as much English as possible,» he says.

As Carnegie put it, «Even people with only mediocre speaking ability may make superb talks if they will speak about something that has deeply stirred them.»

«I think, in hindsight, we talk about those days as if we had this grand plan and we were executing flawlessly,» Joe McCambley, a member of the creative team that came up with the AT&T banner ad, says in the podcast episode.

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia found that those who talked to service providers — like a barista or a package deliverer — as if they were an acquaintance were left happier by those interactions.

If you already have a specialty skill, such as plumbing, veterinary medicine or property law, you could make some quick and serious side cash by selling your expertise on already existing consulting and coaching platforms, such as Clarity.fm, where experts get paid by the minute to talk to clients over the phone or online.

While there are nods to the next installment of the Call of Duty franchise, theLEGENDofKARL is primarily talking about Activision's new Elite product, described as «like if organized sports and social networking had a baby and they gave that baby a flamethrower.»

In part two, Carter talks about the Iran hostage crisis he faced during his time as president and how he could have been re-elected easily if he had been able to rescue the hostages.

The best talk in the world will land flat if it's introduced at a moment when the audience isn't ready to hear it (just as, entrepreneur readers will note, even excellent, groundbreaking products fall flat if they're out of the sync with the market).

We've been gradually getting used to reading onscreen, in part because we increasingly read short texts, such as e-mails, blogs and Facebook updates, but also because today we use our cellphones as much (if not more) for reading and writing as talking.