So if you want to take a page from Kate's book at your next awkward family gathering (or during flu season), keep your clutch in both hands and smile politely.

因此，如果你想要在下一次尴尬的家庭聚会(或者是流感季节)当中效仿凯特，那么就双手提个包包、有礼貌地微笑。

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So, how do you start a meaningful conversation with someone new and avoid embarrassments or awkward moments of silence?

那么你该如何和初次见面的人开始一场有意义的交谈，而且避免尴尬和冷场呢？

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Those awkward silences that so many other personality types hate might be completely normal for an INTJ or ISFJ who have known each other for a long time.

那些很多其他人格类型讨厌的令人尴尬的沉默就一个长期了解对方的INTJ或ISFJ而言可能完全正常。

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The current alternative of carrying an iPhone or strapping an iPod to your shoulder is awkward and less functional so one can see the allure for such a device.

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Initially they were very helpful, assuring us that they would do their best to help and so on, however, when mention of exchange or refund was made they became very awkward to deal with.

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Should Mr Sezer declare, for example, that Turkey's 12m or so Kurds should be allowed to educate their children in their own tongue, the generals might find it awkward to contradict him in public.

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