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com Hello, this is the English we speak this is Rob and this is Faye Faye so

Faye Faye how did the blind date go not great a disaster in fact. Oh no, why didn't you just follow my advice?

I did. Wear something nice, turn up late and make small talk. Yes, make small talk exactly well when I started making small talk the guy looked at me in a

strange way and then walked off oh no what did you say? Things like high good yes no great small words but

no sentences I think you've got the wrong end of the stick here. I mean you misunderstood.

Making small talk means making informal conversation about unimportant things.

If you're meeting someone for the first time, it's a good way to make

them feel relaxed, you know, break the ice.

Right. Make small conversation.

I guess we should hear some examples.

I didn't know anybody at my cousin's wedding, so I tried to make small talk with the guests.

I'm shy and not very good at small talk that's why I hate going to

parties. At the office party we all had to stand around making small talk but all I really wanted to do was go home.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning about the expression small talk.

That's informal conversation which is meant to make people feel more relaxed and stops any

embarrassing silence.

Actually, Rob, I do know about small talk.

It's just that...

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