Sentences with phrase «like being in a conversation»

Laura's writing style is so uniquely heartwarming and honest, like being in a conversation with a dear old friend, and that tone is very much echoed in the very well - considered, homey recipes and beautiful photography in The First Mess cookbook.

The learn more interaction typically has some sort of text that makes it appear like you're in conversation with the app, as you can see in the screenshot below: Each story usually has a few levels of this, and you skip forward to the next story at any time.

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Bring it up in conversation with a Brit and you'll probably be met with an eye - roll — as noted in Fraser McAlpine's new book, «Stuff Brits Like.»

«Social skills» represents behaviors you can learn that are useful in social situations, like to introduce yourself to someone new, to carry on a mutually interesting conversation, to shake hands, and so on.

It's about finding like - mindedness in our differences and placing our unique differences at the center of conversations to be able to grow and build inclusive teams.

Some 800 pages came back containing information such as my Facebook «likes,» my photos from Instagram (even after I deleted the associated account), my education, the age - rank of men I was interested in, how many times I connected, when and where every online conversation with every single one of my matches happened...

That's because, as he explains in more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck at your desk, «you're getting a lot of stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other people's conversations and phone calls.

VCs are dying to invest in women & minorities just so they don't have conversations like this».

After that, my date prep sheet lands in my inbox, which has the results of a quick Internet / Facebook search of Lily's imprint, info on tonight's venue (a divey - but - not - too - divey bar that's just far enough away from my apartment that it doesn't look like I'm trying to get her to come home with me), and finally some conversation fodder and jokes.

The key is for advisors to turn the conversation around and show the Gen Xers how they can get what they want in retirement without having to feel like they are missing out on today.

If you can't directly survey the people you are trying to reach, you can gain insight into their language online: Read the same publications or blogs they do; listen in on conversations on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn; and use keyword research tools (like Google AdWords or Keyword Discovery) to see exactly what terms people are using in searches.

«While trying to extract information from (Apple) management is like squeezing «water from a rock,» we did speak with AAPL CFO (Peter Oppenheimer)... and found the conversation helpful,» ISI analyst Brian Marshall in a note to clients a few weeks ago.

While I'll leave it to the pundits to unpack the ramifications of the current drama, there is one largely overlooked element of the story that I'd like to flag for your watercooler conversations: Comey learned of his dismissal while visiting with FBI agents in Los Angeles, the purpose of which was to prepare for a diversity recruiting event later that evening.

Like Google, Microsoft has been investing heavily in artificial intelligence, and boasts some of the most advanced technologies for having human - like conversations with virtual agents like its own Cortana, which comes with every installation of WindowsLike Google, Microsoft has been investing heavily in artificial intelligence, and boasts some of the most advanced technologies for having human - like conversations with virtual agents like its own Cortana, which comes with every installation of Windowslike conversations with virtual agents like its own Cortana, which comes with every installation of Windowslike its own Cortana, which comes with every installation of Windows 10.

Engage your colleague in a conversation about that: «I'd like to discuss our collaboration, and I realize that what I think collaboration is and what you think it is might differ.

«There are always conversations going on, but nothing like a serious discussion,» he said in February.

The conversations may be about Amazon taking a role in drug purchasing, competing against distributors like McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health

In an ideal world, all of your employees would be like the Spanish - learning sales rep, leading the conversation about his or her role.

It's almost like an immediate conversation with your followers and you can say to them very quickly in shorthand, «This is the look and this is why we love it.

They are motivated by the desire to learn what it's like to live in another's shoes and they thrive on learning about others — some of their best ideas come from these conversations and really listening.

The school is already weighing in on important conversations about education, like whether multigrade classrooms enhance learning.

Though like any military service, the marines are broken down for administrative purposes into divisions and battalions and the like, such traditional segmentations rarely seem to come up in conversations about how the marines function.

There's a juicy conversation you'd like to join on LinkedIn or a question in a meeting you'd like to answer, but you fear you may sound lame.

So we started having conversations, and the more I learned about Pangaea and the types of companies they were looking at investing in and were already invested in, it just really seemed like a great fit.»

«It was like listening to all the phone conversations in New York at once and trying to pull a few of them out,» says Snyder.

Often, the tone of an organization is set by the little things -; conversations by the water cooler, friendly exchanges in the elevator, and even a shared sense of «office humor,» like little games played among co-workers.

So the main thing is look for a lull in the conversation where you are kind of like, «Well, anyways.»

To think like business owners, employees will need access to the same information that owners receive; they need to be included in important conversations; they need a clear understanding of the big picture, strategic goals, and changes of direction.

When I started the conversation, the lawyers said to me, putting World Bank data in the cloud would be like putting our data in a paper box, writing «Free» on it and placing it on the curb.

Readers of USA TODAY are affluent professionals who actively engage in conversations about products and the brands they like.

All too often, social media marketing advice comes from greasy, snake oil hucksters selling platitudes like «engage in the conversation,» or worse, «be awesome.»

When AllNovaScotia started, «you really felt like, that if you weren't reading it, then you weren't necessarily prepared for conversations during the day,» says Gordon Stevens, a retail executive in Halifax.

In that first conversation with Laura I was like, «Will you be my friend?

Help Scout pulls customer profile information (like IP address, location and browser / OS) into a separate note in your mailbox, and the conversation will be marked as a chat for future reference - making sure no piece of conversation slips from your notes.

«This is really part of a broader conversation across America about what a 21st - century social compact should look like,» Thomas E. Perez, the labor secretary, said in an interview.

In the 30 - and 60 - second spots, Veterans like Brotherton, a Starbucks barista in Santee, California, and Veteran spouses are paired with civilians, who are real - life co-workers, for conversations about military lifIn the 30 - and 60 - second spots, Veterans like Brotherton, a Starbucks barista in Santee, California, and Veteran spouses are paired with civilians, who are real - life co-workers, for conversations about military lifin Santee, California, and Veteran spouses are paired with civilians, who are real - life co-workers, for conversations about military life.

When you reach out to them to initiate a conversation, that act alone is the first step in establishing a relationship that will make them feel like their opinions matter.

Get into the conversation about the future of transportation — don't be like the record companies who got smacked in the face by new technology

I wanted to splice his conversation in two just because I feel, just like his company's namesake, it's good in doses.

I have heard this conversation many times behind closed doors in Hollywood, and it goes something like this: «It's boring to show young upstarts typing away on computers, so how can we spice this up for TV?»

By constructing the introduction like so, I've started what's almost like a conversation with my reader which engages them in the content, but I've also included my keyword so that my readers (and Google) are both aware that this content is highly relevant to title.

This doesn't have to be a long, heartfelt conversation, in case you're worried your kid brother is just going to start bringing up bands you've never heard of with names like «Nightmares of Fallen Empires.»

Based on notes of conversations he had with Chanel in 1946, Morand gives us Chanel's observations on friends and rivals like Picasso («He destroyed, but then he constructed»), Misia Sert («Misia is to Paris what Kali is to the Hindu pantheon), Diaghalev («he traveled through Europe in the role of a penniless patron»), Stravinsky (««You're married, Igor,» I told him... and he, very Russian: «She knows I love you.

Just let her go, I sort of like the comments she makes because a) they help illustrate the reason why atheists are around in the first place and why we must actually get up and say something and b) she sometimes starts stimulating conversation (obviously she doesn't mean to nor participates).

I appreciate your apparent openess to discussion and the ability to recognize a superior literary intellect:) I also consider myself to be open to divergent thought and conversation, and would like to think I'm capable of change when my views are in error.

So in the example of the crusader, it is meant as a way of opening up a discussion about what Christ's lordship should look like in faithful practice assuming that everyone in this conversation is already committed to the truths we all confess in the creeds.

For him, scenes like that are important, not only because they feature conversations that can't be found anywhere else in primetime, but also because he feels called «to impart the gift I've been blessed with.»

I think awfully difficult conversations like this in a forum that requires no transparency (how do we know any of us is who we are unless we practice some disclosure) and involves kids that will have access to this whole conversation, especially amongst Christians, ought to be marked by caution, prayer, discretion and deliberation.

So many of my seminary friends talk like this and I am constantly asking them how these conversations and 10 dollar words help lay people in the congregation.

Second, «a group of qualified and mature people» to review the evidence — Brian is saying here that everyone participating in the conversation here are neither qualified (despite the many who say they are survivors of experiences just like this one, not to mention Julie herself), nor mature (this follows the party line that people here are mere internet rubberneckers taking voyeuristic pleasure in watching the train wreck of a marriage).