Sentences with phrase «conversation partner»

Moreover, studies reveal that babies benefit when we treat them as conversation partners — acknowledging their feelings, responding to their implied questions, and offering them support when they are distressed.

Whenever my ideas have changed over the past ten years, it has been because new conversation partners, new critics, have raised new questions.

If conversation partners who have just met are sexually attracted to each other, they might start asking curiosity questions about each other's sexual preferences.

This strength and independence make single women over 40 fantastic conversation partners.

I hope he is sensitive and caring, and a good conversation partner.

First, bishops should consider to whom their decisions are addressed as serious conversation partners and take their insights and judgments into account.

Moreover, studies reveal that babies benefit when we treat them as conversation partners — acknowledging their feelings, responding to their implied questions, and offering them support when they are distressed.

This strength and independence makes single women over 40 fantastic conversation partners.

- Gharabaghi The immediacy of childhood - Freeman New conversation partners for residential services - Gharabaghi Putting the «home» in group home and the «care» in youth care: My journey - Crooks

Was it an adventure game where you had to go from goal to goal like the power lines that were shown in the demo or was it more open world and exploration while having a constant conversation partner at your side?

In Larsen's account of anthropology, we see, to the contrary, that generations of leading British anthropologists have never been able to ignore their slain God, Jesus Christ, but have recurrently and with varying results wrestled with the truth claims of Christianity, often engaging theology as a highly generative intellectual conversation partner.

I had a really interesting experience with a U.K. firm where after an hour conversation the partner said should I bill you for this time because I want to make sure you're getting value for this conversation.

Although Meland's interests did not lead him to a merely individualistic view of religion or salvation, they did lead away from sociology as the major conversation partner of theology.

I thought he might be the right conversation partner to help me to clarify my stubborn refusal, particularly because in a text for an earlier exhibition in Oslo he expressed what seemed to me an ambiguity toward the tropes that had become associated with abstraction.

Phillip Cary replies: On such complex issues Stephen Webb is a terrific conversation partner to have.

It is because of this conviction that I undertook the project I would like to share with you today, a project that draws together two quite unlikely conversation partners for the sake of a world that needs to be known and responded to.

Social scientists like Gilpin are invaluable conversation partners.

In that endeavor Smith is an excellent conversation partner.

In his erudition, Childs is, of course, fully engaged with the critical tradition of scholarship; his primary contemporary conversation partners are W. A. M. Beuken, Christopher Seitz, Marvin Sweeney and Hugh Williamson.

Both commented informally that they found their evangelica1 conversation partners surprisingly open and the discussion stimulating and challenging.

But the effort is almost always worthwhile, for Maritain's true conversation partners were less his contemporary critics than the classics, whose intricate treasures he did not wish to muffle, encrust, or belittle by oversimplification.

Compare his tendency to banish conversation partners with the expansiveness of the Psalmist's encounter with God, or the capacity of Thomas Aquinas or John Paul II to draw on sources outside their own tradition.

Not only do the Christian dialoguers recognize this, but so do their Muslim, Buddhist, Shinto, Hindu and Jewish conversation partners.

The Gandhian leader was curious to know where his Christian conversation partner stood with regard to this matter.

These speakers are performing, whereas Socrates's original conversation partners were more often going about their day, consumed with personal matters, until philosophy butted in.

He'll be able to read the public conversations his partner has with others and he'll be able to witness first hand who likes, favorites, and comments on the things she posts.

Robots could also become full conversation partners, not just electronic textbooks, for language students worldwide.

Visitors also have the opportunity to join the network of English conversation partners to find a partner, personal tutor or friend to practice their conversational English.

This enables me to be an intelligent and knowledgeable conversation partner with the prescribing veterinarian.

Despite only having one consistent conversation partner, the dialogue in Firewatch flows naturally while still offering the player options.

Winkfield's conversation partner throughout is the English - born, New York — based poet Miles Champion.

We depart from a venue and walk for up to two hours, swapping conversation partners and discussion themes.

Siri may be known for her (possibly even his) sometimes amusing, sometimes cheeky responses, but when it comes doing useful things, she / he / it turns out to be a less capable conversation partner.

At least in the on - stage demo, Google Assistant did seem to be as responsive as a human conversation partner.

In addition to anticipating new conversations between biblical scholars and literary critics, Frei's work also pointed to new conversation partners for theologians.

Then select the «Transition Bot» as your new conversation partner (don't expect scintillating repartee but you can look forward to some free coins!)

«C'm on, Mouw,» one conversation partner said recently, «can't you do better than a «slippery slope» argument?»

Be a good conversation partner.

If you're fidgeting, crossing your arms, twisting your hands, leaning away from your conversation partner, all of that is telegraphing to whoever you're speaking to that something is amiss.

«Pretend your eyes are glued to your conversation partner's with sticky warm taffy,» Lowndes advises.

But if you go to the other end of the spectrum and never blink, that could be quite unsettling and even intimidating to your conversation partner.

You can also try counting your conversation partner's blinks.

«Compared to those who do not ask many questions, people who do are better liked and learn more information from their conversation partners,» she adds.

An introvert might also be more likely to stay in the moment, which your conversation partner will no doubt appreciate.

Often you'll find that when you thought you were responding to your conversation partner, you were really cutting her off.

Another great tip from Goman mentions that if you try to align yourself more congenially with a conversation partner you will be able to solve tension in conversations and come to solutions more quickly:

That is, unless, you and your conversation partner are actively focused on finding solutions or learning from your troubles.