Today we're talking about the noun "tangent" and the adjective "tangential" and how we often end up wasting time in meetings! 

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You've been working for weeks on a project and finally get it finished, but someone else takes the credit — what could be more annoying?

Nothing, according to a new workplace survey! It found that people who steal your credit are the most annoying colleagues to work with.

Jobs site Kickresume asked almost 2,900 people around the world about the things that annoy them at work, and they had a lot to talk about!

Around 85% of people said they've worked with an annoying person.

And annoying colleagues don't just make people roll their eyes — they actually affect productivity too. In fact, almost six out of 10 people said that having annoying colleagues has a big effect on their productivity.

Thirty percent of people have a problem with colleagues who complain too much, while the same number get annoyed by those who don't respect personal space — they always stand a little too close!

Colleagues who steal other people's food from the fridge are also a source of annoyance.

Another common annoyance is bosses who micromanage — watching every move you make.

So what can we do about annoying behavior at work?

Many people say they'd like to talk to the person about it, but most don't have the courage.

Instead, 32% of people said they just try to stay away from the person who is annoying them. But that's not always easy, especially if they're stealing your credit — or your lunch!

Experts suggest speaking to a manager about workplace problems.

But here's a question: how do you know if you're not one of the people annoying your colleagues yourself?

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Annoying Colleagues Affect Productivity, Say Workers

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En este episodio, junto a Martin, profe de español de México (https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013), les contamos un poco sobre qué tipos de transporte público existen en nuestras ciudades y algunas de sus características. ¡Info valiosa para estudiantes y turistas también!



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El transporte público

The "th" sound is the hardest sound for everybody. You need to give it special attention.

Tongue twisters with “th”
		The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
		
		I thought a thought. But the thought I thought Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought, Had been the thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought I thought.
		
		Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug – although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty-year-old thug thought of that morning.
		
		Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.


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The th Sound in English

摩根大通资产管理公司表示，由于美国银行业危机将引发全球经济放缓，欧洲央行可能停止加息。
该公司固定收益投资组合经理Jason Davis表示，硅谷银行倒闭后，人们对美国银行业的信心不断恶化，这可能会变成一个“慢性”问题，迫使主要国家的央行比多数人预期的更早停止加息。对欧洲央行来说，这意味着本周可能是其最后一次加息，而对美联储来说，这意味着其下周将暂停加息。Davis预计，未来几个月美国和欧洲将出现贷款条件进一步收紧的迹象，从而提高全球经济硬着陆的可能性
