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Do Americans work too much?

Americans might work long hours, but does mean they work too much? In Head-to-Head (Business Spotlight 2/2012), two experts discuss this topic. Business Spotlight Premium members can read the full article online.

Snapshot from Corfu

In the taverna, the whole family sits down together for lunch at 3 p.m., enjoying their own Greek dishes. It seems like a snapshot from the past. Maybe this is rather deceptive, as there are signs of change, not all of them positive.

Gerichte

Schnappschuss

trügerisch

The company is operating with a _______ staff during the holidays.

skinny, skipping or skeleton?

Emails: out-of-office

Whenever you take a break from work there are many things you have to think of, especially during the holidays. One other thing we mustn’t forget before we leave the office is to set up our “out-of-office” emails.

Holiday small talk

Have you recently been on holiday? Make sure you can make holiday small talk by learning these useful expressions — including a few humorous ones. Even if you haven't been away, you can try to build a rapport with your business partners by focusing on better times.

gutes Verhältnis

Alternative travel guides

I recently ordered a whole set of the guides, which arrive in a smart box, and I look forward to dipping into them before I set off on my next travels.

Reiseführer, Leitfaden

sich vertiefen in, eintauchen in

sich auf den Weg machen zu

Holiday cultures

Have you ever come across the British zoologist Desmond Morris? As children, we were fascinated by his TV series called Zoo Time. Among other things, the programme showed how apes could ingeniously get grapes out of highly complex machines.

stoßen auf

(Menschen-)Affen

auf raffinierte Weise

Weintrauben

Plain sailing?

How can a multilingual, multicultural team best work together — when they only know the necessary jargon in one language? I'll find out this week, but I know it won't be plain sailing.

mehrsprachig

Fachsprache

glatt über die Bühne gehen

Happy birthday, part one

What would you do if you invited a friend to your birthday party every year but she never came? Would you decide to stop inviting her, even though you like her? Britain clearly still doesn't want to join the euro party.

vacation

"We're here on vacation, so put that laptop back in its case!"

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