make conversation
To talk with someone out of courtesy, to pass time, or in an effort to engage with…To talk with someone out of courtesy, to pass time, or in an effort to engage with them socially.
» Tom isn't good at making conversation.
Том не умеет поддерживать беседу.
Meaning
1 sensesTo talk with someone out of courtesy, to pass time, or in an effort to engage with them socially.
Examples
10 sentencesTom isn't good at making conversation.
ruТом не умеет поддерживать беседу.
I'm just making conversation.
He's not good at making conversation.
The street noise made conversation impossible.
ruУличный шум делал разговор невозможным.
deDer Straßenlärm machte ein Gespräch unmöglich.
The noise in the street made conversation impossible.
ruУличный шум делал разговор невозможным.
deDer Straßenlärm machte ein Gespräch unmöglich.
Translations
4 languagesForms
makes conversation, making conversation, made conversation, made conversation| Base form | make conversation · to make conversation |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | makes conversation |
| Present participle | making conversation |
| Past simple | made conversation |
| Past participle | made conversation |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle