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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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chit-chat about new cars
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A total shut down of loose chit-chat on the air waves.
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And voice your own opinions on afterlife chit-chat by joining in the debate below.
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At the turn of a switch, an emotional tirade could become jocular chit-chat .
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But enough of all this chit-chat .
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Now you may be thinking that these options sound very dramatic and limited in the context of social chit-chat .
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She attempts a snarl, lost in the chit-chat .
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The nature of social chit-chat , then, and indeed of the bulk of our talk, must be tentative and indirect.
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Unproductive meetings, domestic rows and uncomfortable social chit-chat can all be caused by status needs being ignored and camouflaged.