topic of conversation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftopicandconversation
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topic
noun[C]
uk/ˈtɒp.ɪk/us/ˈtɑː.pɪk/
a subject that is discussed, written about, ...
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conversation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/
(a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information ...
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(Definition oftopicandconversationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The standard transition sequence that we have described represents the sequence in which co-par ticipants collaborate to close onetopicofconversationand begin a next topic.
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Moreover, the adult selects a different form in a context which could hardly be more conspicuous, since child and adult are jointly focused on the sametopicofconversation.
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The idea of using highly conventional interactions allows us to control potentially significant independent variables, such astopicofconversation, familiarity between interlocutors, and length of interaction.
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Since education is a commontopicofconversationin our data, we encountered such expressions quite often.
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Their relationship often emerged as atopicofconversation, whether it was with office workers, management, or maintenance staff.
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These are essentially related to the "information sharing" and "evaluating" activities, whereas "management" activities are easily tracked by looking at the parties involved and thetopicofconversation.
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Given the choice of atopicofconversationin human-computer interaction, users of a spoken dialogue system could be expected to immediately want to access some sort of information.
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Appropriate run-time checks are required so that the entering and host ambients agree on atopicofconversation.
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This is the openingtopicofconversation.
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Language switching can be a communicative tool to highlight specific information or express an attitude towards atopicofconversation.
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I believe that this will betopicofconversationtomorrow and the day after that.
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They were not the burningtopicofconversation.
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These days they are the maintopicofconversation.
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Criticisms and ideas for improvements were a maintopicofconversationat all levels.
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Nor in my locality has the maintopicofconversationbeen the importance of local accountability.
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Three or four months ago it was almost the onlytopicofconversation.
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It is atopicofconversationthroughout the nation.
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That is always the maintopicofconversationduring a period of leisure.
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They hear it as atopicofconversationin their own homes.
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