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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If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all.

假如你不会说什么好听的话，就干脆别说。

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If you say something nice about somebody, you figure, 'Well, that is boring, I am not interested.

假如你说别人好话，你知道，他们就觉得没意思，不感兴趣。

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But this does not say something nice about a person.

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You can tell a conflict is intractable when you ask the parties to say something nice about the other and all you get is a stream of invective.

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