Sentences with phrase «n't chitchat»

Not exact matches

Cordial chitchat at the ministerial association won't be enough.

So, we won't waste any more time with the chitchat an...

Most of the chitchat is about Walton, who has not yet arrived.

The two men who stopped by his office one afternoon three years ago were not interested in professorial chitchat, however.

You pass a friend or classmate and glance at her briefly, but you're so preoccupied that you don't manage to stop to say hi and chitchat.

Wearing headphones can signal to others that you don't want to be disturbed, which prevents unsolicited chitchat that can slow down your workout.

This is NOT the place for idle chitchat, casual encounters, or short - term sexual trysts.

Katja's rage (she dresses in black, but more like a punk ninja than a widow) is such that she's not likely to get everything she wants from the legal system — she describes much of what goes on in court as «chitchat» (the movie mixes English with subtitled German).

That said, the first Colbert Late Show... was promising if not perfect, ranging from sharp meta - late - night humor and funny politically tinged bits to the kind of bland chitchat that makes the network late - night talk show an often frustrating genre.

Think how Henchard, and Thomas Hardy, too, might have been rehabilitated, if only the Fab Five had cast a queer eye on his hair, nest, fridge, and chitchat.

Scarpetta doesn't just chitchat with Benton Wesley before their Hilton Head holiday in Point of Origin - she instructs him to stock up on South Carolina pecans, tomatoes, and Vidalia onions!

Mr. Schoonmaker, who is 47 but looks 15 years younger, is not an art - world gabber offering extraneous chitchat.

The phatic function, as a concept, designates speech actions that are not intended to transmit information but carry a social goal: such as greeting rituals or chitchat.

Aaron Street: Yeah, and part of the hook in episode 18 was about how it makes networking really easy when you have something interesting that you're passionate about that you can fall back on when you're making cold introductions to people you don't know, and doing networking chitchat.

While building a relationship between a partner and an associate is important, if the conversation never moves beyond social chitchat, it is not mentoring.

Was his question just idle chitchat — or could he now be thinking that maybe he shouldn't refer a plum piece of work to you?

In addition, be very careful not to waste their time with a long warm up or too much chitchat... get to the point quickly and stick to business.

If so, they probably aren't up for a get - to - know - you chitchat.