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break silence [3 records]

Record 1 2021-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Communications
OBS

break of silence; BofS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions militaires
OBS

bris de silence; BdeS : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
CONT

Native needs [include]: healing, then protecting the vulnerable; need to break silence and denial ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leadership Techniques (Meetings)
CONT

silence: the state of being or keeping silent; not talking: to keep or break silence, to listen in silence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'animation des réunions
DEF

le faire cesser par un son, et spécialt. par la parole : Se décider à rompre le silence : à parler.

CONT

Les silences du groupe. L'animateur doit résister à la tentation de rompre le silence. Il doit (...) comprendre la signification du silence du point de vue de la dynamique du groupe, mais il est absolument nécessaire qu'il laisse à un participant le soin de le rompre.

Spanish

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