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small talk

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small talk
n.
Casual or trivial conversation.
small talk
n
light conversation for social occasions
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Noun1.small talksmall talk - light informal conversation for social occasions
causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle
chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
Translations
small talk n → conversazione f mondana, chiacchiere fpl
small talk n → conversazione f mondana, chiacchiere fpl


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In those days conversation was still cultivated as an art; a neat repartee was more highly valued than the crackling of thorns under a pot; and the epigram, not yet a mechanical appliance by which the dull may achieve a semblance of wit, gave sprightliness to the small talk of the urbane.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
"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.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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