Fruit and vegetables in French: Learn French with me!

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself French for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on French. If you'd like to see all of my posts check out my learning French page. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

les fruits- fruits
la banane- banana

la pomme- apple

la poire- pear

la pêche- peach

l'abricot- apricot

la cerise- cherry

le raisin- grape

la prune- plum

la figue- fig

la framboise- raspberry

la fraise- strawberry

l'ananas- pineapple

l'orange- orange

la melon- canteloupe

la pastèque- watermelon

les légumes- vegetables

les pommes de terre- potatoes
les carottes- carrots
les haricots verts- green beans
les petits pois- peas
les épinards- spinach
les asperges- asparagus
le chou- cabbage
les choux de Bruxelles- brussels sprouts
le chou-fleur- cauliflower
les panais- parsnips
les poireaux- leeks
les champignons- mushrooms
les oignons- onions
les oignons de printemps- spring onions

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Numbers in Polish: Learn Polish with me!

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself Polish for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on Polish. If you'd like to see all of my posts check out my learning Polish page. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

zero (ze-ro)- 0
jeden (yeden)- 1
dwa (dva)- 2
trzy (t-shih)- 3
cztery (chte-rih)- 4
pięć (pyen ch)- 5
sześć (shesh ch)- 6
siedem (sh'ye-dem)- 7
osiem (o-sh'yem)- 8
dziewięć (dj'ye vyen ch)- 9
dziesięć (dj'ye sh'yen' ch)- 10
jedenaście (ye de nash ch ye)- 11
dwanaście (dva nash ch ye)- 12
trzynaście  (t shih nash ch ye)- 13
czternaście (chter nash ch ye)- 14
piętnaście (pyet nash ch ye)- 15
szesnaście (shes nash ch ye)- 16
siedemnaście (sh ye dem nash ch ye)- 17
osiemnaście (o sh'yem nash ch ye)- 18
dziewiętnaście (dj'ye vyet nash ch ye)- 19
dwadzieścia (dva dj yesh ch ya)- 20
dwadzieścia jeden- 21
trzydzieści (t shih dj yesh ch ee)- 30
czterdzieści (chter dj yesh ch ee)- 40

pięćdziesiąt (pyen dj ye sh'ont)- 50
sześćdziesiąt (shez dj ye sh'ont)- 60
siedemdziesiąt (sh'ye dem dj'ye sh'ont)- 70
osiemdziesiąt (o sh'yem dj'ye sh'ont)- 80
dziewięćdziesiąt (dj'ye vyen dj'ye sh'ont)- 90
sto (sto)- 100
dwieście (dvyesh ch ye)- 200
tryzsta (t shih sta)- 300
czterysta (chte rih sta)- 400
pięćset (pyen ch set)- 500
sześćset (shesh ch-set shey-set)- 600
siedemset (sh'ye dem-set)- 700
osiemset (o sh'yem set)- 800
dziewięćset (dj'ye vyen ch set)- 900
tysiąc (tih sh'yonts)- 1000

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Animals in French: Learn French with me!

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself French for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on French. If you'd like to see all of my posts check out my learning French page. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

animaux- animals
un animal- an animal

un chat- a cat
un chien- a dog
un lapin- a rabbit
un rat- a rat
une souris- a mouse
un hérisson- a hedgehog
un oiseau- a bird
un pigeon- a pigeon

un canari- a canary

un hibou- an owl
un perroquet- a parrot
un poisson- a fish
une vache- a cow
un cheval- a horse
un canard- a duck
un cochon- a pig
un poulet- a chicken

un coq- a rooster

une poule- a hen
une chèvre- a goat
un mouton- a sheep
un âne- a donkey
un renard- a fox
un loup- a wolf
un pingouin- a penguin

un écureuil- a squirrel
un dauphin- a dolphin
une baleine- a whale

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Polish greetings: Learn Polish with me!

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself Polish for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on Polish. If you'd like to see all of my posts check out my learning Polish page. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

Saying hello
cześć- hi/ hello (informal)
dzień dobry- hello/good day/ good morning/ good afternoon (formal)
dobry wieczór- good evening

Saying goodbye

cześć- bye (informal)

do widzenia- goodbye (formal)
dobranoc- goodnight

pa, pa- bye bye (informal)

do jutra- see you tomorrow (informal)

do zobaczenia- see you later (formal/ informal)

trzymaj się- take care (informal)

Notes- don't ask how are you when greeting someone in Polish (unless they are friends or family and you haven't seen them in a while)

In informal situations, if you haven't seen someone in a long time you can ask:

co słychać?- how are things?
co nowego?- what's new?
co u ciebie?- what's new with you?

If you are asked co słychać?, you can reply with:

dziękuję, wszystko dobrze- fine, thank you 

or

dziękuję, wszystko w porzadku- everything is fine, thank you

nic nowego- nothing new

po staremu- much the same

a co u ciebie?- and how are you?

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Animals in Polish

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself Polish for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on Polish. If you'd like to see all of my posts check out my learning Polish page. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

zwierzę- animal
pies- dog
kot- cat
mysz- mouse
ptak- bird
gołąb- pigeon
koń- horse
słoń- elephant
ryba- fish

lis- fox
kura- chicken
indyk- turkey

pingwin- penguin

wilk- wolf
koza- goat
owca- sheep
jagnię- lamb
krowa- cow
świnia- pig
lew- lion
wąż- snake
małpa- monkey
żyrafa- giraffe
krab- crab
homar- lobster
kaczka- duck
delfin- dolphin
wieloryb- whale
żaba- frog

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Getting Through The Tough Times With Your Mental Health Intact

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There are many kinds of tough times that we are all going to go through in our lives, and it is great if we can be as well prepared for them as possible. The truth is that these rites of passage very often sideblind you out of nowhere, which can be quite a worrying situation to find yourself in much of the time. It is then prudent to try and get through those difficult times with your mental health intact, in whatever way you can manage to do that. In this post, we are going to take a look at some of the things you might want to consider when it comes to this.

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6 Ways to Promote Your Business Offline

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Today, everything has gone digital. But this doesn’t mean you can solely rely on social media presence to market your business. It’s no doubt online presence is essential, but offline strategies still play a vital role in promoting a business.

Promoting a business offline means marketing to the target audience using various methods they can feel, experience, and touch.

Here are effective offline marketing strategies you can practice.

 
Posters, Stickers and Banners

Banners and posters are ideal tools for promoting a business offline to prospects and customers. You can add a QR code to the banner for the clients to scan and get access to your website. Branded stickers are also cost-effective and fun to market your business.

Use them as giveaways or to customize your packaging. Stick a branded banner on the side of your business car, and you'll instantly create a stunning mobile ad for your company. 

The Water Dragon

The Water Dragon 

It was another windy chilly day on the coast of Cornwall

A boy no older than ten

Escaped

To look between the rocks

Of a luscious sandy beach

Searching for mysteries

As yet unsolved

Looking for creatures

To behold

He spends an hour

Prodding the beings

Inside the pools

Then he sees something glowing

Between misshaped stones

An oval-shaped treasure

A strange looking egg

What’s it doing in the water?

The boy questioned in his head

Carefully, he picked it

Put it in his pockets

And off home he went

With a secret

When he was alone

He took out the egg

Placed it in front of the fireplace

Whilst his parents were in bed

It didn’t look like a chicken’s egg

And why would it be in water?

Maybe it fell off of a ship in the ocean?

The egg felt cold

Was it meant to be warm?

The boy kept the egg

In a bed made of straw

Three weeks passed

With not even a crack

The boy began to think it was empty

Disappointed

Then one evening

Whilst reading in his blanket

The boy heard a noise

From underneath his bed

Eagerly he looked

And pulled out the box

Peeking inside

At the egg he found by the shore

The boy gasped

It was finally time

A crack ripped the surface

Of his treasured find

The boy stared confounded

Watching the egg

As slowly more cracks appeared

The boy watched it instead of going to bed

It was nearly morning

The boy was falling asleep

When he heard a low roar

He opened his eyes

No one would believe

What the boy saw

On the floor by his bed

A slimy little creature

Scales on its arms

That looked more like wings

Pointy tiny ears

And a long tail

A spike on its end

Two nostrils

And two beady eyes

This certainly was one spectacular surprise

It looked like a dragon

But that could not be

Maybe the boy fell asleep

And began to dream

The boy rubbed his eyes

The creature remained

He pinched his arm

Nothing changed

Not knowing what to do

The boy did what you do

When you meet someone new

“Hello.” He whispered

The dragon let out a caw and stepped closer

Its feet tipped with claws

The boy put out his hand

Not knowing what to expect

He hoped for the best

The dragon tentatively moved closer

The boy felt its breath

Heat on his hand

The dragon edged towards the boy’s shaky hand

It gave a low rumbled and looked at his face

The boy smiled

“It’s ok. I won’t hurt you.” The boy assured the creature

The dragon reached out with it’s nose and nuzzled the boy’s finger

The boy giggled

And gently stroked

The little dragon’s head

“Where did you come from?” The boy questioned.

The dragon only roared

“I’d like to be friends.” Said the boy

The dragon again nuzzled his finger

“Is that a yes?” He asked

The dragon cawed

The boy laughed again

He’d made a friend

From hope and belief

He’d found something special

An adventure was about to begin

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Books available on Scribd

Hi everyone! So in a vlog on my YouTube channel I looked at books on Scribd (audiobooks and ebooks) and saved all of the books that I am interested in reading to see if it would be worth using Scribd again. And I was unexpectedly surprised by the large number of books available. So I decided to make a list of all of the books that I have found so far that I personally want to read. 

You can get a free 60 day trial of Scribd if you use my referral link and I also get a free 30 days, then it is 9.99 a month and you can read as many books as you like. (I have heard of Scribd limiting some people but it sounds like you can still read quite a few books a month so I think it's definitely worth it). Please note that these are books available in the UK so check the website if you're based in a different country as some books aren't available in different countries. These are just some of the books available:

Ebooks:

• The Thief- Megan Whalen Turner
• This Savage Song- V. E. Schwab
• The Archived- V. E. Schwab
• The Unbound- V. E. Schwab
• The Near Witch- V. E. Schwab
• The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Sadie- Courtney Summers
• The Crown's Game- Evelyn Skye
• If We Were Villains- M. L. Rio
• The Diabolic- S. J. Kincaid
• Hunted- Meagan Spooner
• Temeraire- Naomi Novik
• Snow Like Ashes- Sara Raasch
• Ice Like Fire- Sara Raasch
• The Deepest Blue- Sarah Beth Durst
• Ruined- Amy Tintera
• The Demon King- Cinda Williams Chima
• Flamecaster- Cinda Williams Chima
• Ink and Bone- Rachel Caine
• The Winner's Curse- Marie Rutkoski
• Prince of Thorns- Mark Lawrence
• The Library of the Unwritten- A. J. Hackwith
• The Gilded Wolves- Roshani Chokshi
• The Bone Witch- Rin Chupeco
• The Gilded Ones- Namina Forna
• Crown of Feathers- Nicki Pau Preto
• Daughter of the Siren Queen- Tricia Levenseller
• Warrior of the Wild- Tricia Levenseller
• All the Stars and Teeth- Adalyn Grace
• The Traitor's Kiss- Erin Beaty
• Ever Cursed- Corey Ann Haydu
• The Glass Spare- Lauren DeStefano
• Dark Shores- Danielle L. Jensen
• Radiance- Grace Draven
• Labyrinth Lost- Zoraida Cordova
• An Unkindness of Magicians- Kat Howard
• Flames of Chaos- Amelia Hutchins
• Ashes of Chaos- Amelia Hutchins
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter- Theodora Goss
• Ashes of the Sun- Django Wexler
• Eragon- Christopher Paolini
• The Grace of Kings- Tracy Deonn
• Sawkill Girls- Claire Legrand
• The Last Magician- Lisa Maxwell
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children- Ransom Riggs
• Firekeeper's Daughter- Angeline Boulley
• Akarnae- Lynette Noni
• Jackaby- William Ritter
• The Element of Fire- Martha Wells
• Isle of Blood and Stone- Makiia Lucier
• Balance Keepers- Lindsay Cummings
• The Cloud Roads- Martha Wells
• Touch of Power- Maria V. Snyder
• Splinters of Scarlet- Emily Bain Murphy
• The School for Good and Evil- Soman Chainani
• The Princess Curse- Merrie Haskell
• Venturess- Betsy Cornwell
• Between Burning Worlds- Jessica Brody
• We Are Blood and Thunder- Kesia Lupo
• Song of the Current- Sarah Tolcser
• Sky Without Stars- Jessica Brody
• Mechanica- Betsy Cornwell
• The Death of the Necromancer- Martha Wells

Audiobooks:

• A Song Below Water- Bethany C. Morrow
• Howl's Moving Castle- Diana Wynne Jones
• The Poppy War- R. F. Kuang
• Legendborn- Tracy Deonn
• Dragon Mountain- Katie Tsang
• Malamander- Thomas Taylor
• The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Elantris- Brandon Sanderson
• Warbreaker- Brandon Sanderson
• The Black Prism- Brent Weeks
• The Fellowship of the Ring- J. R. R. Tolkien
• Shattered Realms- Cinda Williams Chima
• Age of Myth- Michael J. Sullivan
• Kings of the Wyld- Nicholas Eames
• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin- Roseanne A. Brown
• Star Daughter- Shveta Thakrar
• The Black Witch- Laurie Forest
• Blood Metal Bone- Lindsay Cummings
• Crier's War- Nina Varela
• A Tangle of Spells- Michelle Harrison (all 3 of the books in the series are on there)
• Tilly and the Bookwanderers: Pages & Co.- Anna James
• Serpent & Dove- Shelby Mahurin
• Bone Crier's Moon- Kathryn Purdie
• Descendant of the Crane- Joan He
• The Last Magician- Lisa Maxwell
• Neverworld Wake- Marisha Pessl
• Night Film- Marisha Pessl
• Sawkill Girls- Claire Legrand
• An Ember in the Ashes- Sabaa Tahir
• Snow Like Ashes- Sara Raasch
• The Last Magician- Lisa Maxwell
• Daughter of the Pirate King- Tricia Levenseller
• The Devouring Grey- Christine Lynn Herman
• Nimona- Noelle Stevenson
• Never Let Me go- Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Raven Boys- Maggie Stiefvater
• All the Crooked Saints- Maggie Stiefvater
• The Scorpio Races- Maggie Stiefvater
• The Gilded Wolves- Roshani Chokshi
• The Thousandth Floor- Katharine McGee
• Ink- Alice Broadway
• Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard
• These Rebel Waves- Sara Raasch
• Circle of Shadows- Evelyn Skye
• Hunted- Meagan Spooner
• The Darkest Minds- Alexandra Bracken
• Ruined- Amy Tintera
• Carve the Mark- Veronica Roth
• The Fates Divide- Veronica Roth
• Shadow of the Fox- Julie Kagawa
• The Reluctant Queen- Sarah Beth Durst
• Grim Lovelies- Megan Shepherd
• Warrior of the Wild- Tricia Levenseller
• Onyx & Ivory- Mindee Arnett
• Shadow & Flame- Mindee Arnett
• The Great Hunt- Wendy Higgins
• The Darkest Star- Jennifer L. Armentrout
• White Hot Kiss- Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Storm and Fury- Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Magician- Raymond E. Feist
• Ink, Iron and Glass- Gwendolyn Clare
• Final Draft- Riley Redgate
• Men Without Women- Haruki Murakami
• The Strange Library- Haruki Murakami
• Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World- Haruki Murakami
• Dance Dance Dance- Haruki Murakami
• The Siren- Keira Cass
• Murder on the Orient Express- Agatha Christie
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd- Agatha Christie
• The Murder on the Links- Agatha Christie
• The Hand on the Wall- Maureen Johnson (all 3 books in the series are on there)
• Where Dreams Descend- Janella Angeles
• The Shadows Between Us- Tricia Levenseller
• Failosophy- Elizabeth Day
• The Song of the Marked- S. M. Gaither
• The Way of Shadows- Brent Weeks
• The Glass Spare- Lauren DeStefano
• To Best The Boys- Mary Weber
• Courting Darkness- Robin LaFevers
• Eragon- Christopher Paolini
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon- Kelly Barnhill
• The School for Good and Evil- Soman Chainani
• Ikigai- Hector Garcia
• The Cerulean- Amy Ewing
• Set Fire to the Gods- Sara Raasch
• Master of One- Jaida Jones
• Rebel of the Sands- Alwyn Hamilton
• Ever Cursed- Corey Ann Haydu
• The Never Tilting World- Rin Chupeco
• The Memory Thief- Lauren Mansy
• Sweet & Bitter Magic- Adrienne Tooley

Five Expert Time Management Tips for Business Owners

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Running a business is very hard in modern society. Activities such as web updates, chasing gigs, managing employees, responding to clients’ feedback, and general administration duties can take a toll on your mental health. You must set aside time to unwind and explore self-care techniques.

Sadly, this reality will have to be your daily routine to attain success for your business in its early years. This practice is necessary because you do not have the capital to outsource skills and expertise. However, what time you will create wealth and have the capacity to hire help from professionals.

One of the areas you could outsource skills in is a specialist payroll team. Paying employees is a long process of counter-checking and endless calculations. You can outsource payroll management skills without worry.

Until that day comes, you will have to muster some time management skills to create time for family and personal development. Some of the tips include the following: