- to make conversation
- вести светскую беседу/пустой разговор
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
to make conversation
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make conversation — phrasal : to talk or converse for the sake of conversing, with no particular purpose, and usually under some social compulsion he was only making conversation while they waited for the train * * * make conversation phrase to talk to someone that… … Useful english dictionary
make conversation — to talk to someone that you do not know well, in order to be polite, not because you really want to talk to them. This type of conversation is also called small talk Nice party, isn t it? I said, trying to make conversation … English dictionary
make conversation — {v. phr.} To talk with someone just so that there will be talk. * /John made conversation with the stranger so that he would not feel left out./ * /Mary didn t really mean what she said about Joan. She was only making conversation./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make conversation — {v. phr.} To talk with someone just so that there will be talk. * /John made conversation with the stranger so that he would not feel left out./ * /Mary didn t really mean what she said about Joan. She was only making conversation./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ conversation — v. phr. To talk with someone just so that there will be talk. John made conversation with the stranger so that he would not feel left out. Mary didn t really mean what she said about Joan. She was only making conversation … Словарь американских идиом
conversation — See: MAKE CONVERSATION … Dictionary of American idioms
conversation — See: MAKE CONVERSATION … Dictionary of American idioms
conversation — See: make conversation … Словарь американских идиом
conversation — n. talk 1) to begin, strike up; carry on, have a conversation 2) to make conversation (we had little in common, and it was difficult to make conversation) 3) to bug, monitor, tap a conversation 4) to monopolize; stimulate a conversation 5) to… … Combinatory dictionary
conversation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ lengthy, long ▪ We engaged in a long conversation. ▪ endless, pointless … Collocations dictionary
conversation — con|ver|sa|tion W2S1 [ˌkɔnvəˈseıʃən US ˌka:nvər ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin conversatio, from conversari; CONVERSE1] [U and C] an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts ▪ a telephone conversation … Dictionary of contemporary English
