In a high "context culture", most of the intonation is..., explicitly stated and written down, communicated through contracts and legal documents, in the physical context or internalized in the person, considered private and not shared with strangers, if someone from a "peach culture" is compared to a coconut, what are they likely like?, sweet and soft on the inside from the very beginning, tough and not very friendly at all, friendly at first, but difficult to get to know deeply, hard on the outside but warm and friendly once you get to know them, you accidentally ask your colleague about their recent divorce, not knowing it was a sensitive topic. You have..., put them at ease, made small talk, put your foot in it, hit it off with them, when two people meet for the first time and immediately discover they share the same hobbies and sense of humour, they..., have a row, have an awkward silence, dominate the conversation, hit it off, which of the following is the best example of a "lingua Franca"?, Latin used only in the vatican, English used by a Japanese pilot and a Brazilian air traffic controller, a local dialect spoken in a small village in Italy, an accident language that no one speaks anymore, in the "language pyramid" of global English, which level is at the very top (spoken by the fewest people)?, supercentral languages, peripheral languages, hypercentral language (global English), local/obscure languages, if a language "absorbs vocabulary" from English, it is most likely taking in..., grammatical rules, anglicisms, pronunciation guides, ancient slang, a language conservationist or purist would probably be most concerned about..., the evolution of their language and the coining of new terms, the influence of English "infiltrating" and posing a threat to their native tongue, promoting universal understanding through a constructed language like Esperanto, making their language easier for foreigners to learn, what does it mean "to dust off one's language skills"?, to clean a dirty book, to forget everything you learned, to practice and revive a language you haven't used in a while, to learn a completely new language from scratch, if someone is "at pains to explain a difficult concept," they are..., finding it very easy and natural, refusing to explain it at all, making a strong effort and trying very hard, accidentally offending the other person.

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