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Small Talk
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Small Talk
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Small talk — is conversation for its own sake; the ability to conduct small talk is a social skill.Small talk is sometimes referred to as phatic communication , a term coined by Bronisław Malinowski in 1923.Small talk, Small Talk or Smalltalk may also… … Wikipedia
Small Talk — Small Talk, der, auch: das; s, s, Small|talk, der, auch: das; s, s [engl. small talk, zu: talk = Gespräch, Unterhaltung] (bildungsspr.): leichte, beiläufige Konversation: der übliche S. T. auf Partys war ihm zuwider. * * * Smalltalk [ smɔ:l tɔ:k] … Universal-Lexikon
Small talk — Small Small (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[ae]l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
small talk — UK US noun [U] ► polite conversation about things that are not important, often between people who are meeting for the first time: »I soon learned how to make small talk with people at formal receptions … Financial and business terms
small talk — n [U] polite friendly conversation about unimportant subjects ▪ We stood around making small talk … Dictionary of contemporary English
small talk — small ,talk noun uncount informal conversation about things that are not important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Small Talk — Infobox Television show name = Small Talk caption = Small Talk logo format = Game Show picture format = runtime = 24 minutes creator = Reg Grundy Organisation starring = Wil Shriner channel = The Family Channel first aired = September 30, 1996… … Wikipedia
Small Talk — Als Alltagsgespräch (Plauderei, auch Smalltalk, im Dialekt u. a. Schwatzen, Plauschen) bezeichnet man ein Gespräch, das spontan, zufällig, locker und in einem umgangssprachlichen Ton geführt ist, in dem es zumeist um Themen der privaten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
small talk — n. to make small talk * * * [ smɔːltɔːk] to make small talk … Combinatory dictionary
small talk — N UNCOUNT Small talk is polite conversation about unimportant things that people make at social occasions. Smiling for the cameras, the two men strained to make small talk … English dictionary
small talk — {n. phr.} General idle conversation. * /At the party there was the usual kind of small talk about the cost of living increase and the war in Africa./ … Dictionary of American idioms
