Sentences with phrase «ordinary conversation»

The rest of us live with the impression others take from ordinary conversation.

A 1981 study showed that preschoolers use more complex language while playing make - believe than during ordinary conversation.

There is much to be said for ordinary conversation, for discussing the question with one's friends.

In ordinary conversation we speak of the heating system in a house, the respiratory system in the body, and the family as a social system in a society.

You daydream about having ordinary conversations with your children, in a world free of autism, epilepsy and hyperactivity.

I live in West LA, so I don't feel weird about dropping terms like «my calling» into ordinary conversations.

Ordinary conversations follow the same trajectory.

Many viewers will be turned off by the film altogether, as it is surreal and stylized, with even ordinary conversations about ordinary things getting the Wes Anderson treatment.

But unlike his sober, stentorian - voiced father, the eventual George VI (father of Queen Elizabeth II) is hopelessly tongue - tied when it comes to public speaking, the victim of an acute stammer that turns ordinary conversation into a humiliating succession of false starts and too - long pauses.

To teach a conditioned reinforcer, select a marker word (one you don't use in ordinary conversation like «yay» or «YESS!»)

VERNACULAR: A painterly conversation about abstraction Art and Film: Elizabeth Murray and the splendor of the ordinary

It was eliminated from ordinary conversation and social space, but it still lives in the obituary pages, where living family members congratulate Mom and Pop, who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in heaven.

In your reply the simplicity of being Christ to someone else is clearly reflected and as you said it happens in ordinary places, in simple ways during ordinary conversations.

Now he thrusts a camera between himself and life, videoing his two — and only — friends in ordinary conversation.

One may need to look up words not used in ordinary conversation to understand what Berger means when he writes: «the problem of theodicy was solved in terms of eschatology» or «one should not confuse epistemology (i.e., knowledge) with historical gratitude.»

In a news interview, there's a special turn - taking system at work that is different from ordinary conversation; it's our adhering to that simple question - and - answer rule that defines the boundaries of what can and can not occur in a news interview.

In ordinary conversation, that's a friendly action; it's a way of showing that you're listening, that you accept what the person is saying.

Ordinary conversation is filled with that stuff, right?

When Provine and his team of undergrads recorded the ostensible «punch lines» that triggered laughing in ordinary conversation, they found that only about 15 percent could be called humorous.

It's tempting to lubricate some ordinary conversations with the glug of wine pouring into a glass, or an ill - timed Sambuca shot.

It takes a lot of efforts for them to come up to a person and start an ordinary conversation.

At some point, though, the cloud of harsh reality puts a shadow over an ordinary conversation.

I'll be having an ordinary conversation with friends and an idea will spark.

We did love the phone, its serious weight likely to lend gravitas to any ordinary conversation.

Locate the person you found attractive and start an ordinary conversation.

As with ordinary conversation, it is sometimes a facial expression rather than words themselves that tell the story.

Examples of such systems or economies can be found in, for example, Aboriginal cultural property, Open Source software, the fashion industry, blogging, academic citation, ordinary conversation, journalism, historical publishing practices, and the world of libraries and education.

Generally, in ordinary conversation and even in formal testimony if someone says something that they clearly don't mean and you want to be sure of their true meaning anyway, you ask a question that makes the kind of distinction that you are making clear and confirm that this is really what the person meant to say or is really not what the person meant to say.