small talk
US /smɔl tɔk/
・UK /smɔ:l tɔ:k/
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n. (u.)Uncountable NounLight conversation about unimportant things.
I hate making small talk at parties.
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7 YEARS IN JAPAN // MY REGRETS AND WEIRD EXPERIENCES
- but I actually just think of that as a like 'small talk', and especially after spending seven years here
but I actually just think of that as a like 'small talk', and especially after spending seven years here
- it's just, you know, it's just small talk, getting to know you
it's just, you know, it's just small talk, getting to know you
How to Get Good at Small Talk, and Even Enjoy It
- Small talk, I think, is actually a misnomer.
Small talk, I think, is actually a misnomer.
- We refer to small talk as any chit-chat or just conversation that we don't put a lot of import on.
We refer to small talk as any chit-chat or just conversation that we don't put a lot of import on.
20 Essential English Phrases for Daily Conversation
- On the other hand, in small talk, when you want to ask someone briefly about some recent event, like a holiday, Christmas, or an interview, or an exam, or the weekend, you can just simply say, how'd your Christmas go?
On the other hand, in small talk, when you want to ask someone briefly about some recent event, like a holiday, Christmas, or an interview, or an exam, or the weekend, you can just simply say, how'd your Christmas go?
- Some kind of quick answer for small talk.
Some kind of quick answer for small talk.
When someone is more introverted than you
- Yeah, I don't really like small talk.
Yeah, I don't really like small talk.
- Yeah, I don't really like small talk.
Yeah, I don't really like small talk.
Speak With Me: English Speaking Practice
- All right, let's go on to some other common things that you will hear in these types of small talk, easy casual conversations.
All right, let's go on to some other common things that you will hear in these types of small talk, easy casual conversations.
- Let's go on to some other common things that you will hear in these types of small talk, easy, casual conversations.
Let's go on to some other common things that you will hear in these types of small talk, easy, casual conversations.
How to Master Networking in 14 Minutes
- And the first one is just nailing the small talk, where a lot of people who are super efficiency minded and what have you are just like, John, what is the point of small talk?
And the first one is just nailing the small talk, where a lot of people who are super efficiency minded and what have you are just like, John, what is the point of small talk?
- But at the end of the day, all small talk really is, is just an initial modulation of getting to know each other's energies and where someone's at.
But at the end of the day, all small talk really is, is just an initial modulation of getting to know each other's energies and where someone's at.
Ella Emhoff on Political Dressing, Knitwear & the Perfect White Tee | The Good Buy | Harper's BAZAAR
- I'm buying secondhand only, but you know, there's always a piece, and my piece is this brand, Small Talk Studios, makes these hand-drawn, very similar to the, what are they called, the varsity pants, the college pants, where the senior cords, that's what they are.
I'm buying secondhand only, but you know, there's always a piece, and my piece is this brand, Small Talk Studios, makes these hand-drawn, very similar to the, what are they called, the varsity pants, the college pants, where the senior cords, that's what they are.
- And my piece is this brand, Small Talk Studios, makes these hand-drawn very similar to the what are they called?
And my piece is this brand, Small Talk Studios, makes these hand-drawn very similar to the what are they called?
Story time! 7 phrasal verbs for Business English
- We use them all the time in small talk and casual conversations, in serious meetings and discussions, but also outside of work in everyday conversations with friends, family, or just the person at the supermarket.
We use them all the time in small talk and casual conversations, in serious meetings and discussions, but also outside of work in everyday conversations with friends, family, or just the person at the supermarket.
- We use them all the time in small talk and casual conversations, in serious meetings and discussions, but
We use them all the time in small talk and casual conversations, in serious meetings and discussions, but
What do you do? | British & Australian Conversation & Filler Practice
- Yeah, introductions and small talk was our first video.
Yeah, introductions and small talk was our first video.
- yeah introductions and small talk with
yeah introductions and small talk with
This is How I Overcame My Social Anxiety (Animated Story)
- And then I would make more and more small talk.
And then I would make more and more small talk.
- And then after that, I would ask them, "How's your day going?" And then I would make more and more small talk.
And then after that, I would ask them, "How's your day going?" And then I would make more and more small talk.