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On Church Hill Road on Saturday, residents were going out for breakfast, getting haircuts and making small talk with neighbors.
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Sitting within toasting distance of the bartender, our party of four filling the bar to capacity, we polished off a few carafes of steaming sake while making small talk.
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She was so unlikely, Nana thought, though perhaps Pete needed such a girl to keep him in line to provide cover for him by making small talk, uttering pleasantries.
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They keep pushing ahead, even if it means hauling plywood on a construction site or making small talk with whatever big shots they might be driving around in a borrowed limo.
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Like almost all the other novices, I started washing my hands more, checking in with my wife several times during work and making small talk about scary-looking people whom I'd seen on the street, or the prospects of war.
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More worldly friends will stop off here for dinner in cool Mimasu-ya, reserving tables overlooking the water, or in the sublime French kaiseki restaurant, Misoguigawa, where a girl in kimono sits by your table throughout the meal, making delectable small talk in impeccable English.
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He, meanwhile, was squirming in his seat, desperate to escape, but stuck with making three hours of small-talk with his recent and best-forgotten conquest.
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When you talk to military families, these are the small things that make them feel appreciated without making them feel helpless.
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