What do the long silences, idle chitchat and serious faces really mean in context?

长时间的沉默、漫无目的的闲聊、认真严肃的表情在不同语境中究竟意味着什么呢？

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The Judge was not one for small talk, hated gossip and idle chitchat, whether written or a spoken.

不管是写信，还是言谈，法官都不是个喜欢说闲话，他讨厌流言蜚语和琐碎的乱侃。

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Now our last phone conversation seemed too routine, too full of idle chitchat; we had talked like people who think they have forever to talk to each other.

这样一来，我们的最后的一次电话通话似乎太过普通了，闲聊的内容太多；我们就像有一辈子的时间来交谈的人那样说了一会儿话。

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Now our last phone conversation seemed too routine, too full of idle chitchat; we had talked like people who think they have forever to talk to each other.

这样一来，我们的最后的一次电话通话似乎太过普通了，闲聊的内容太多；我们就像有一辈子的时间来交谈的人那样说了一会儿话。

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