People who meet Mr. Brown say that while he is fun and gregarious with his small inner circle and others he trusts, he can be awkward with strangers.

那些见过布朗的人说，虽然布朗在自己的小圈子里或与他信任的人之间显得风趣与朋友打成一片，但他对陌生人却显得笨嘴拙腮。

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Messing up with the girls in your social circle can be a very awkward and embarrassing experience.

和社交圈里的女孩搞糟关系是一种非常棘手和让人尴尬的经验。

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They treat empty space like an awkward pause in a conversation that should be filled as soon as possible with smalltalk.

他们视空白为谈话中尴尬的停顿，因此总想办法立即补上一段寒暄用语。

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Reality TV may be an awkward admixture of documentary (with its connotations of thousands of hours of footage patiently gathered, redacted by monk-like figures into the purest expression of truth possible in 90 to 120 minutes) and scripted (with its auteurs and Emmys and noble overtones of craft).

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Jessica Dugan, a senior design consultant at Peer Insight, says it can be "totally awkward" conducting project evaluations with the entire office listening in.

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Negotiations with the rebels will be awkward and drawn out.

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