If you find it hard to start a talk, you can say something nice about people around you.

如果你发现很难开口，你可以对你周围的人说些好话。

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Being used to keep silent, I prefer the girl to start a talk at first.

被用来保持沉默，我更喜欢女孩开始谈话放在第一位。

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It's reported that both sides have signalled their willingness to start a new round of talk.

据报道，双方都表示愿意开始新一轮会谈。

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When you go to a concert of classical music and the music is played and you start to talk what happens?

比如当你们去听古典音乐会,在演奏进行时,你们开始讲话,那会发生什么

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We're going to talk about various aspects of food and I'd like to start off with a little pop quiz.

我们将讨论有关食品的方方面面,我将以一个小测验来开始这门课

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Let's talk a little bit about what we think about other people and start by talking about why we like other people.

我们再来谈谈,我们对他人的看法,先开始讲为什么我们会喜欢他人。

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And also, if you could also talk about START a little bit and where you think the state of play is on that would be great.

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Small talk at the start of a meeting may centre around the weather (Toronto has excessively cold winters and hot and humid summers).

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