Compliment and compliment responses, as a common and a positive pragmatic speech behavior, are widely used in thanks, apologies, greeting, and opening a conversation, etc.

恭维语，作为一种普遍的、积极的语言现象，被广泛运用于致谢、道歉、问候、以及引出话题，等等。

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This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation.

一个谈话这样开头，听起来不太好。

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This is a standard conversation, like the classic opening moves of a chess game, where what matters, much more than what one says (which is brief and obvious), is the tone in which one says it.

这是个标准的交谈，像传统象棋的开场走法，要紧的是，人说什么并不重要（既简短又明确），重要的是说话人的语气。

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' We are interested in opening a serious conversation on what can be done for families in need.

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Opening up a personal conversation might actually help to build trust and improve your relationship.

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And so instead of doing all the talking, what I want to do is maybe just provide a few opening remarks and then basically have a conversation with you about things that are important to you and important to this community, important to this state.

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