chat away
To keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each otherTo keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.
» She's still chatting away.
Sie quasselt immer noch.
Вона все ще балакає.
Meaning
1 sensesTo keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.
Opening the carriage door, I was confronted with a carriageful of people dressed to the nines, all chatting away, some holding empty champagne glasses.
Examples
6 sentencesShe's still chatting away.
Вона все ще балакає.
deSie quasselt immer noch.
The wine loosened tongues, and soon everyone was chatting away freely.
deDer Wein lockerte die Zungen und bald plauschten alle in zwangloser Unterhaltung.
The students chatted away cheerfully.
deDie Studenten plauderten fröhlich.
The students chatted away happily.
deDie Studenten plauderten fröhlich.
Ziri and Rima were chatting away like they were best friends.
Forms
chats away, chatting away, chatted away, chatted away| Base form | chat away · to chat away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chats away |
| Present participle | chatting away |
| Past simple | chatted away |
| Past participle | chatted away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbs- chat upTo talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
- chat awayTo keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb