noun · uncountable · common

small talk

плітка, поговір, сплітка

лёгкая беседа, светский разговор

Plaudern, Smalltalk, belanglose Unterhaltung, belangloses Gespräch

Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually…Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.

» I'm not good at small talk.

Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic, uncountable)Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
Alltagsgespräch, Plauderei, Smalltalk
лёгкая бесе́даljóxkaja beséda, све́тский разгово́рsvétskij razgovór

More definitions

light informal conversation for social occasions

Examples

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I'm not good at small talk.
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I find making small talk difficult.
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Tom isn't very good at small talk.
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Tom is terrible at small talk.
Том не дуже добре вміє підтримувати розмову.
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Tom's no good at small talk, and finds it hard meeting new people.
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