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- blather
- chatter
- chitchat
- pleasantry
- babble
- beauty-parlor chitchat
- blab
- casual conversation
- chat
- conversation
- gab
- gossip
- idle chat
- idle chatter
- idle talk
- jabber
- light talk
- polite remark
- prattle
- rumors
- table talk
- trivial conversation
- yakking
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But her flow of small talk, the conversational stop-gap of the woman accustomed to social amenities, went on placidly.
THE HIDDEN PLACESBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
«Your idea of small talk is rather peculiar,» was Iver’s dry comment.
TRISTRAM OF BLENTANTHONY HOPE
She tried to give it a name while Harry’s small-talk trickled vaguely through her brain.
THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINS
That young man was the most correct individual in the matter of clothes, deportment and small talk she had ever seen.
MOLLY BROWN’S SOPHOMORE DAYSNELL SPEED
During the meal itself my solicitor and I indulged in the ordinary small-talk of the pleasure-loving world.
HAPPY DAYSALAN ALEXANDER MILNE
What inane small talk I uttered in the Leslies’ big, over-furnished drawing-room I know not.
THE SIGN OF SILENCEWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Donald was left with the older people, and he sat quietly listening to their small talk.
THE VIKING BLOODFREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE
The day was bright and the world all fair, but there could be no levity, no social small talk, while this grim business was on.
THE WRONG TWINHARRY LEON WILSON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, en.synonym.one, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle.
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small talknoun
Idle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
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pleasantries, foretalk
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chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerienoun
light informal conversation for social occasions
Synonyms:
gab, comment, tittle-tattle, rumormonger, chin-wagging, chin wagging, chin wag, chin-wag, gossipmonger, chit chat, chit-chat, rumourmonger, gossiper, gossip, chitchat, gabfest, causerie, newsmonger, scuttlebutt
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Elizabeth Bowen:
Intimacies between women go backwards, beginning with revelations and ending up in small talk without loss of esteem.
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Julian Castro:
Boy, was I in for a rude awakening, she wasn’t there for small talk. She was there to learn what I was going to do to make sure more people could stay in their homes.
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Dasha Burns:
In small talk before the interview, without captioning, it wasn’t clear he was understanding our conversation.
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Ali Alsanai:
Just small talk, i wasn’t really paying attention because I was busy that day.
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Fred Allen:
During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk.
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- محادثة خفيفة, كلام خفيفArabic
- nezávazná konverzace, tlacháníCzech
- Alltagsgespräch, Smalltalk, Plauderei, PlaudernGerman
- charla, paliqueSpanish
- small talk, rupattelu, jutusteluFinnish
- papotage, courts pourparlersFrench
- társalgás, terefereHungarian
- mas, rabbIcelandic
- 世間話, 話々Japanese
- tūtaraMāori
- småpratNorwegian Nynorsk
- småpratNorwegian
- pogawędkaPolish
- papoPortuguese
- светский разговор, лёгкая беседа, болтовняRussian
- kallprat, småpratSwedish
- boş lâfTurkish
- 短暂聊天Chinese
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small talk
noun
Definition of small talk
as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
at the corporate get-together we made the obligatory small talk with some people from the home office
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— small [adjective]
adjective: небольшой, маленький, малый, мелкий, незначительный, тонкий, слабый, тихий, скромный, короткий
noun: узкая тонкая часть, нижнее белье
- small flare — слабая вспышка
- small-scale test — лабораторное испытание
- small bowel obstruction — непроходимость тонкой кишки
- small crown — маленькая корона
- small denomination stock — акции с низкой номинальной стоимостью
- small falls — небольшой водопад
- small variances — небольшие вариации
- burden on small business — нагрузка на малый бизнес
- small dam — небольшая запруда
- small letters — небольшие буквы
— talk [noun]
verb: говорить, разговаривать, болтать, беседовать, поговаривать, заговорить, переговариваться, читать лекцию, связываться, говорить пустое
noun: разговор, беседа, болтовня, слухи, переговоры, толки, лекция, слух, пустой разговор, предмет разговоров
- talk about — говорить о
- talk at length — говорить подробно
- talk scandal — разговорный скандал
- straight talk — откровенный разговор
- talk the talk — разговаривать разговоры
- flow of talk — поток речи
- heated talk — жаркие дебаты
- set talk — заводить разговор
- superpower arms talk — переговоры сверхдержав о сокращении вооружений
- offensive arms reduction talk — переговоры о сокращении наступательных вооружений
Предложения с «small talk»
Isaac could not think of any more small talk. |
Айзек не мог придумать решительно никакой темы для разговора. |
You can dispense with the insufferable small talk, Jafar. |
Ты можешь обойтись и без невыносимой болтовни , Джафар. |
She had the habits now of long silences, no small talk, and sudden, unexpected statements. |
Она теперь приобрела привычку делать длинные паузы во время беседы, или делать внезапные неожиданные высказывания. |
Would she risk breaking a century of taboo to have small talk? |
Станет ли она нарушать вековой запрет только ради светской беседы? |
So you’d rather have a tense reunion filled with boring chitchat and unimportant small talk? |
И тебе нравится напряжённая атмосфера, утомительные разговоры на скучные темы? |
The short journey to Honor’s quarters was silent, without the casual small talk which would normally have filled it. |
Краткое путешествие до каюты Хонор прошло в тишине, без обычной болтовни ни о чем. |
Is there a point, or are you just brushing up on your small talk? |
В этом есть смысл или ты просто оттачиваешь разговорные способности? |
We understand that this small talk upset Carlton and made him leave early. |
Как мы полагаем, эти пустяки так расстроили Карлтона, что он вскоре ушёл. |
Look, I’m not jumping at the prospect of awkward Small talk with a guy who hates me, OK? |
В любом случае, меня не прельщает идея разговаривать с парнем, который меня ненавидит. |
I refuse to sit in a room that smells of disinfectant and lime Jell-O, making small talk with a woman who doesn’t remember me. |
Бри, Я не хочу сидеть в комнате пропахшей хлоркой и лаймовым желе, и болтать с женщиной, которая меня даже не помнит. |
Yeah, look, could we just skip the small talk and cut to the part where you toss me out of here? |
Да, слушайте, мы можем пропустить пустой разговор и перейти к сцене, где вы выгоняете меня отсюда? |
His daring rarely exhibited itself in reckless rashness; while as rarely did his speech degenerate into small talk. |
Его отвага редко бывала безрассудной, а разговоры не превращались в пустую болтовню . |
The baseless fabric of a vision, then, shall furnish my theme-chosen with apologies and regrets instead of the more limited field of pretty Polly’s small talk. |
Итак, сюжетом моего рассказа будет сновидение, за что приношу свои искренние извинения попугаям, словарь которых уж очень ограничен. |
And yeah, he’s not one for small talk, but this boy’s production is out of sight. |
И да, он не из тех, кто будет вести светские разговоры но производительность этого мальчика выходит за рамки видимости |
Indeed, whenever he embarked upon anything that in the least exceeded the limits of daily small-talk , he left unfinished what he was saying. |
Если наш генерал начинал о чем — нибудь говорить, хотя капельку позначительнее обыкновенного обыденного разговора, то никогда не договаривал. |
I could have been inside eating mini-sliders and making small talk with the king of Nicaragua. |
Я мог бы быть внутри, есть мини — гамбургеры и разговаривать с королём Никарагуа. |
But, Hicks, we can sit here making small talk about your last day and what it is I’m going to do once you’re gone, or we can treat this like any other workday. |
Но Хикс, мы можем сидеть здесь, говорить о твоем посленем дне и о том, что я буду делать после твоего отъезда, или мы можем провести его как обычный рабочий день. |
Really sorry for messing up the obligatory small talk portion of the evening, but… |
Извини, что испортил обязательную разговорную часть вечера, но.. |
Instead of the obligatory awkward small talk, let me just kick this off by saying I’m really, really sorry. |
Вместо принудительного, неловкого обмена любезностями позволь мне сразу перейти к сути, сказав, что мне очень, очень жаль. |
It’s all small talk and schmoozing. |
Это светская беседа и сплетни. |
All right, maybe, uh, we have a little small talk, chitchat. |
Хорошо, возможно, мы поговорим немного, о том о сем. |
Let’s dispense with the small talk and get to what promises to be a problem. |
Давайте обойдемся кратким разговором и обсудим, что нам обещает стать проблемой. |
I’ll be a footnote in political history because I didn’t have an anecdote about puppies. We can brainstorm small talk ifyou want to. |
Я не войду в анналы истории из — за того, что анекдоты рассказывать не умею. |
After the anecdote the conversation broke up into insignificant small talk about the last and next balls, about theatricals, and who would meet whom, and when and where. |
Разговор после анекдота рассыпался на мелкие, незначительные толки о будущем и прошедшем бале, спектакле, о том, когда и где кто увидится. |
For some reason, the part of me that goes for you ducks out for the small talk… and leaves me to pick up the wet patches. |
Почему — то частичка меня, западающая на тебя, не любит с тобой болтать… и вешает на меня чистку обкончанных простыней. |
Small talk’s really easy, Hammond. |
Вести светскую беседу действительно легко, Хаммонд. |
Raikes said: I’m not in the mood for small talk, Jane. |
Джейн, я не очень — то склонен к светской беседе. |
You have such a gift for small talk. |
У тебя прям талант к светским беседам. |
Is no one making small talk because this is Derek Shepherd on the table? |
Никто не ведет светскую беседу, потому что Дерек Шеппард на столе? |
I’m, uh, not here for small talk. |
Я здесь не для светских бесед. |
You think I’m gonna make small talk with you? |
Ты думаешь, я буду с тобой вести светскую беседу? |
We’ve been making small talk about Mussolini for 15 minutes. |
Мы вели светский разговор о Муссолини уже 15 минут. |
Not really feeling like small talk. |
Не похоже на светский разговор. |
Yes, I’ve always been bad at small talk. |
Да, у меня никогда не получались светские разговоры. |
Yes, but I did not ask you here for small talk, Theron. |
Да. Но я позвала тебя не для светского разговора, Ферон. |
I’m afraid Tom’s small talk is very small indeed. |
Я боюсь легкая беседа у Тома получается уж очень легкой. |
I don’t get paid for small talk. |
Мне не платят за болтовню |
Enough small talk… where’s the exit? |
Хватит болтовни . Где тут выход? |
What say we cut the small talk? |
Как насчёт того, чтобы прекратить болтовню ? |
I have a hard time with small talk. |
Я с трудом переношу болтовню . |
I told her I wasn’t in the mood for small talk, she made me get out of bed and shower, shave, get dressed. |
Я сказал ей, что у меня нет настроения на болтовню . Она заставила меня вылезти из постели, принять душ, побриться, одеться. |
We don’t have much time for small talk. |
У нас нет времени на болтовню . |
Okay, enough of this dipshit small talk. |
Ладно, хватит этой глупой болтовни . |
Skip the small talk and get down to business. |
Пропустим небольшой разговор и перейдем сразу к делу. |
They’re fishing for small talk. |
Они вытягивают небольшой разговор. |
And butter him up with some small talk. |
И задобрим его небольшим разговором. |
I was really just making small talk. |
Вообще — то я просто поддержал разговор. |
Nothing deep, mostly small talk. |
Ничего такого, в основном разговоры ни о чём. |
The small talk, the body parts. |
Разговоры ни о чем, части тела. |
I’m just trying to make small talk. |
Просто пытаюсь поддержать разговор. |
I’m just making small talk. |
Просто пытаюсь поддержать разговор. |
Unfortunately, I have no small talk. |
К сожалению, я не так хорош на разговоры. |
Now that princess is awake we can move right along from small talk to dinner. |
Принцесса проснулась и теперь мы можем перейти от разговоров до ужина. |
Not much for small talk, are we? |
Не любим мы пустую болтовню , верно? |
I assumed it included freedom from small talk. |
Я думал, она исключает пустую болтовню . |
Why don’t you stick to small talk? |
Почему бы вам просто не поболтать? |
We can small talk on way to El Paso. |
Мы можем поболтать по пути в Эль — Пасо. |
I knew you wanted to make small talk. |
Я знал, что ты захочешь поболтать. |
I am not skilled in small talk, Bishop, the secretariat said, so let me be direct about the reason for your visit. |
— Я не большой любитель светской болтовни , епископ, — начал секретарь, — а потому позвольте сразу перейти к делу и объяснить, зачем вас сюда вызвали. |
I love that we just skipped the small talk. |
Мне нравиться, что мы упустили всю это светскую болтовню . |
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chin wag
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They present the same rosy complexions and straw-colored mustachios, the same plump cheeks, vacant eyes and low forehead; and they utter, with the same stolid gravity, the same imbecile small talk. On sofas facing each other sit the two remaining guests, who have not joined the elders at the card-table in another room.
«Do tell me something amusing but not spiteful,» said the ambassador’s wife, a great proficient in the art of that elegant conversation called by the English, small talk. She addressed the attache, who was at a loss now what to begin upon.
HIGGINS [hastily] Oh, that’s the new small talk. To do a person in means to kill them.
I find the new small talk delightful and quite innocent.
Be sure you try on that small talk at the three at-homes.
I know I have no small talk; but people don’t mind.
I haven’t any small talk. If people would only be frank and say what they really think!
[USA], Aug 31 (ANI): Singer Katy Perry has chosen a rather special one to star in her ‘Small Talk‘ music video and it is none other than her dog Nugget.
The pop star, 44, has relaunched her music career this year and her latest track, Small Talk seemingly details her personal turmoil after splitting from her husband of almost 20 years.
Small talk isn’t just small talk; it is about the eyes, the handshake, the body language, the gesture, the slight snicker or laughter, the silence and the timing.
Joanne, described as a «reluctant hero» by colleagues, said what had happened showed the importance of the Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign which encourages every one of us to trust our instincts and to engage in small talk with people who may be having suicidal thoughts.
Gaby is supporting the Small Talk Saves Lives campaign GABY Roslin’s blend of bubbly, unaffected and infectious enthusiasm, seemingly boundless energy and ability to chat to anyone has made her one of the nation’s most popular and enduring radio and TV presenters.
He’s referring to the small talk that news anchors engage in with each other and the offhand comments they make between stories.The small talk is known in the industry as banter or happy talk.
Other tests showed how she hated small talk in a social situation and avoided bright lights by wearing sunglasses when she was out.
‘Small Talk‘ by Huang Hui-chen received a nomination in the former category, while ‘City of Jade’ by Midi Zhao and ‘Goodnight and Goodbye’ by Adon Wu are competing in the latter.