chit-chat

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But I am horrible at chit-chat and gossip.
但是我害怕闲谈和聊天。
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When I was having a chit-chat with my colleague, she asked me all of a sudden, “How did your husband propose to you at that time?
和同事聊天时,她突然问我:“当时,他是怎么向你求婚的,浪漫吗?”
After you've used that technique, then you just might have a bit of general chit-chat.A bit of fluff talk, like ‘How have you been?
你采用了“揣测谁的来电”技巧之后，你也许会要话一下家常，闲谈一下，比如“最近过得怎么样”“你最近在做么”之类的。

Second, Armitage did not slip me this information as idle chit-chat, as he now suggests.
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So Kazakh films tend to be short on unnecessary chit-chat, and there is no tradition of film comedy.
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In Iran, where references to the blood of martyrs are part of everyday political chit-chat, this debate is causing considerable soul-searching.
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