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Examples of small talk


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Not one for smalltalk, he did not even bother introducing himself beyond his name.
Exercises include discussion, role-play, simulation, report writing, negotiating budgets and contracts, consumer surveys, smalltalk, social arrangements, telling anecdotes, exchanging opinions, and socializing.
For international companies, it is important that employees can communicate, make smalltalk, and be aware of different cultural conventions.
Manifestations of the former include engaging in smalltalk and social talk, using humor to enter tain and amuse others, and giving approval.
In a large class, topics seldom advance beyond the level of simple descriptions and smalltalk.
The presentation phase then has video clips of people doing smalltalk, during which students focus on the topics of talk and the language involved.
It seems desirable, for example, to gain more insight into party talk for a more comprehensive understanding of smalltalk.
Both appear healthy, rather pretty, calmly enjoying everyday smalltalk.
Badmouthing the theory is undoubtedly one of the safest ways to make smalltalk in bioethical meetings.
Finally, the extension phase sends the learners out into the community (where this is feasible) to observe smalltalk in real settings and then report back to their class.
Smalltalk : analysing phatic discourse.
We used to exchange the usual smalltalk and talk shop.
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We still do not know what was the smalltalk round the dinner table.
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But all this smalltalk is not what the country wants.
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When we met our hosts—their hospitality was legendary—introductions were made and the usual get-to-know-you smalltalk ensued.
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No single subject crops up more often in smalltalk than broadcasting.
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Smalltalk between women who are friends may also involve a greater degree of self disclosure.
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Smalltalk is closely related to the need for people to maintain positive face to feel approved-of by those who are listening to them.
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This type of conversation opener is often referred to as smalltalk and is used to make both people in a conversation feel comfortable.
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He was remembered for awkward laughter and not being able to engage in smalltalk with others.
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He is a loner who doesn't much care for company or smalltalk.
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We kept ourselves to short sentences of smalltalk, and were punctual to our time.
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The scribe should also be professional in manner, neutral and not engage in smalltalk or make comments.
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Graves is highly disciplined operative but is not really the kind of partner for smalltalk or getting along with.
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He made smalltalk for some time with the postmaster and eventually asked the postmaster's name.
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This was surprising to her, since she had just made the comments in the spirit of smalltalk.
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But the movie didn't need to be 2 hours and 35 minutes long: there's too much smalltalk, which doesn't really reveal character.
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These include his smalltalk changing foreign policies, and parallel parking a train.
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This was probably because he had little time for smalltalk and social gossip.
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The ability to conduct smalltalk is a social skill; hence, smalltalk is some type of social communication.
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A boss who asks their employees to work overtime may try to motivate them by using smalltalk to temporarily decrease their difference in status.
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This road that was needed 40 years ago is often in political smalltalk.
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He makes smalltalk with a comrade and looks for a fox hole to rest in.
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He rarely spoke, never engaged in smalltalk, and he would never discuss mission details at the mess table.
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He wears a flannel jacket and a cowboy hat, and makes smalltalk with the fans as he makes his way around the floor.
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This is one of those dramas where colleagues never make smalltalk but instead launch straight into an urgent purposive shorthand.
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Smalltalk brings in a large amount of new users.
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Smalltalk is conversation for its own sake.
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Topics for smalltalk are more likely to include compliments about some aspect of personal appearance.
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He suggests that politeness in smalltalk is maximised by responding with a more substantial answer.
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She is not the type to engage in smalltalk and therefore is mostly seen by herself.
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It is a very small store where business hours are unpredictable and service is always provided with a smile and some smalltalk.
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The introduction is often followed by smalltalk between the parents.
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He could be stinting with praise for his actors and had little smalltalk; but he always got the best out of his cast.
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The manager described the woman as attractive, about 25 to 30 years old, and very calm, making some smalltalk when registering.
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Corobo is also able to converse with his followers whenever he desires, though it usually only produces smalltalk.
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It depicts their apathy towards the society at large while they get away, by the way of smalltalk and prosaic conversations at parties.
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People within that culture decide what they feel is mere communication, smalltalk or normal chitchat. 5.
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In workplace situations, smalltalk tends to occur mostly between workers on the same level.
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They engage in a lot of awkward smalltalk.
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Unused to social situations, his clumsy attempts at smalltalk are ignored by the busy waitress.
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Witty smalltalk about such topics as the wedding party and their own past relationships gradually reveals that they are not strangers, but in fact share an intimate past.
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The only way for them to avoid mentally broadcasting every thought that crossed their minds was to make incessant chattering smalltalk about mundane subjects like the weather.
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His disdain for smalltalk sometimes made him seem remote and cold to those who did not know him well, but he was warmly regarded by his students.
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They exchange smalltalk on the couch.
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Then appeasement: the snap of a lighter as two strangers sat back for a smoke and polite murmured smalltalk, such as they might exchange in a gym.
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Amid the smalltalk, the couple discuss fears that they are being watched and mention a discreet meeting at a hotel room in a few days.
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Where there is already a relationship between the two talkers, their smalltalk serves as a gentle introduction before engaging in more functional topics of conversation.
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The balance between functional conversation and smalltalk in the workplace depends on the context, and is also influenced by the relative power of the two speakers.
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The four of them head over to the bar and manage to make smalltalk, followed by a slow song as they pair off and dance.
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Even the small talking newspapers regularly use about 400 tapes a week.
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Hearty banter and small talks of the times gone by are discussed with nostalgia.
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First, in order to obtain samples of spoken language, the subjects participated in a short smalltalk.
I am the first to admit that that is not after dinner smalltalk stuff; it is wet towel, late night stuff.
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The first layer is the superficial layer where couples make smalltalk.
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Jimmy tends to be very polite and friendly towards others, engaging in smalltalk often to the point of rambling aimlessly.
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Enberg had run out of statistics and began to fill his radio broadcast with smalltalk.
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Roland is not one for smalltalk.
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John makes smalltalk and drinks red wine while trying to figure out his next move, and how to keep his lies from being found out.
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