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Ah! Well, we might like to believe that we're accepting and tolerant of others' beliefs, but for many people it can be difficult to communicate with people who have very different opinions to our own

And this lack of acceptance could be increasing with our use of social media

But some worry that it's becoming more and more common to react with violence when they disagree, than to solve disagreements together peacefully.

So, are we becoming a more divided society?

Paul thinks we should take time to calm down when we feel aroused, which here means to feel anger or strong disagreement

Anger can be motivational and positive emotions actually can be very good for us.

Generally, people make better decisions and are more engaging and more open when they're happier, but much of the time it will be just a case of calming down to try and take some of the heat out of the environment.

Paul says political scientists think the silver bullet is to get offline and meet people. A silver bullet means a simple solution to a complicated problem

She was a bit miffed that nobody invited her.

I’m confused by this explanation.

The weather is a bit cold. It’s not ideal.

Yeah, I love a bit of pepper. I grind pepper onto everything. Well... not everything! But I do like it.

Here, customers can find a huge range of peppers, from fruity red Cambodian Kampot pepper to Borneo's Sarawak black pepper with its woody aroma

It will give a kick and transform it, but you will still have the savour of the different ingredients

Pepper also makes flavours more intense. Mathilde calls it a catalyst – something that causes another action to start or makes it happen more quickly

In fact, she says pepper is like an exclamation mark.

The different colours of pepper though, as Mathilde started to say, do not correspond to the different varieties but to the maturity of the peppercorns and what people do to them

Europeans are big fans of chocolate, just like us!

I do love a bit of dark chocolate. Do you know, I really like the one that's got some chilli in it

Oh, I also love dark chocolate, but chilli is a bit spicy for me. I like it with sea salt.

The process of cutting down trees is called deforestation.

Albert adds that they already know where the cocoa beans come from, as they work with farmers from co-ops or social enterprises

a farm owned by its workers

Albert adds that they already know where the cocoa beans come from, as they work with farmers from co-ops or social enterprises

The problem was traced back to a software error This tradition can be traced back to the Middle Ages. Scientists traced the disease back to contaminated water.

Mapping means that farmers have to actually provide the geolocations of their plantation

Because of these changes, the price of chocolate might go up even more, meaning that chocolate lovers us could really notice the difference in our bank accounts

We can’t just kick the can down the road — we need a decision now. The government keeps kicking the can down the road on this issue.

And it means the same – when you kick something into the long grass, you delay dealing with it. Yes, for example if you know you're leaving a job, you might want to delay some problems for someone else to deal with.