Salut tout le monde ! 
In today’s episode, I’m sharing the 3 biggest culture shocks I experienced when I moved from Serbia to France. Even though I’ve lived here for several years now, I still remember those first moments of confusion... especially when it came to la bise, strict meal times, and how hard it is to survive without a car in some cities!

Salut tout le monde !
Dans l’épisode d’aujourd’hui, je partage les 3 plus grands chocs culturels que j’ai vécus en arrivant de Serbie en France.
Même si je vis ici depuis plusieurs années maintenant, je me souviens encore très bien de ces premiers moments de confusion…surtout en ce qui concerne la bise, les horaires de repas très stricts, et la galère pour survivre sans voiture dans certaines villes !

Serbian in France 

Le choc culturel 

italki online Japanese teacher Tatsuki and Akari talks about International marriage! イタリアの女性とご結婚されたTatsukiさんと国際結婚についておしゃべり。

Akari Talks Japan

Talks about international marriage! 国際結婚についておしゃべり

こんにちは、あかりです。イタリアのラッパー、Caparezzaを知(し)っていますか？私(わたし)のおすすめです！
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Slow Japanese

Episode #54 - Italian rapper Caparezza

En este episodio te recomiendo 7 libros que te ayudarán a mejorar tu español, no importa tu nivel actual.

Spanish Shortcut

EP 21. 7 LIBROS PARA MEJORAR TU ESPAÑOL

If you want to encourage someone to do something then maybe you can give them an incentive, or incentivise them to do something! This is a formal word that we can use to talk about giving people reasons to achieve their goals and rewards as encouragement toward certain behaviors. Another great piece of professional, business English vocabulary that you can use at work!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

If you succeed, I'll give you this!

Hoy te enseño dos refranes populares en español que usamos para decir que debemos aceptar las cosas de buena gana, con buena actitud o tolerando los defectos.

Kaizen Spanish

A CABALLO REGALADO... ¿NO HAY PAN DURO?

Reviewing Japanese Grammar via Genki1

Let's Review Lesson 2, Genki 1

Taking care of one's mental health requires optimism and constant work and effort. Life's challenges, whether it is internal or external is only won when you are able to fix your internal mindset, when you are able to win against  the side of you that wants to give up.

FLO TALKS 

OPTIMISM IS A STATE OF MIND 

If you're doing online dating in the English-speaking world, you might see people talking about their "icks."

This is a slang word — icks are things that give you "a sudden feeling that you dislike someone" or are no longer attracted to them, according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

Icks are not always really big things. Being rude to an employee at a store, for example, might be an ick for someone, or eating with your mouth open.

People will often say they "got the ick" when they noticed something about a person that made them feel they were no longer attracted to them.

If they get to that point, it may be hard for them to feel attracted again!

If you're looking through dating profiles on an app, the most common ick is people who are negative or bitter.

That's according to a survey for Forbes Health. One thousand Americans who had used a dating app in the last year were asked about their dating habits.

And about 70% said people who are negative or bitter in their bios, perhaps about a previous relationship, give them the ick.

Other common icks include people with edited photos, people who are too interested in their possessions, and people with bad spelling or grammar.

And when using the apps, daters often make their decisions quite quickly.

According to the survey, the average person takes about two-and-a-half minutes to make a decision about whether they like a person or not.

So what makes daters attractive to others? Having a profile that shows a good sense of humor is a good thing, according to 80% of people.

The same number said they like people who have hobbies and interests, while many others like people who are interested in travel — or who show a pet in their photo!