casual conversation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcasualandconversation
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casual
adjective
uk/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl/us/ˈkæʒ.uː.əl/
Casual clothes are not formal or not suitable for ...
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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 ofcasualandconversationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcasual conversation
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It can frequently be heard in newscasts as well as incasualconversation.
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In a transcribed corpus ofcasualconversation, there are 35 tokens.
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Coffeehouses and restaurants are seen as especially conducive tocasualconversationfor a number of reasons.
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Interjections, for example, are undoubtedly interactional practices that are employed in other institutional situations and also incasualconversation.
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I challenge anyone to discover a friend who, duringcasualconversation, prepares for a remark by taking a breath.
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The data consist of forty hours of tape-recordedcasualconversation, and all 300,000 words of the data have been transcribed.
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It focuses on the exploration of questions as a possible means to exercise power in bothcasualconversationand institutional dialogue.
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The turn-taking organization used in the kyoojukai, thus, did not allow the interaction to proceed as it would in ordinarycasualconversation.
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These exclusions contradict the neoliberal claims of both coffeehouse marketers and some sociolinguists, who, for different reasons, promote an image ofcasualconversationas politically and economically unconstrained.
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These are the overheard sounds of work and play, of aeroplanes, of trains, of factories and of fragments ofcasualconversationin a variety of settings.
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He is able to holdcasualconversationin the language.
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Incasualconversation, people may omit middle names.
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Acasualconversationwill probably not be a work, whereas an impromptu dissertation or statement may be.
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In even the mostcasualconversationwith those affected by this legislation someone will raise this point.
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This goal-determined structure should be apparent in terms of the amount of accuracy and cognitive load required, both of which are greater than what is required in muchcasualconversation.
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The bilingualism of the children was assessed during the first meeting throughcasualconversationin both languages with the bilingual experimenter about such topics as favorite foods, movies, and books.
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Marriage, natural birth, parenthood, and pregnancy are considered too obscene to be mentioned incasualconversation.
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Incasualconversation, however, the phrase is used simply as an exclamation of joy.
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Aftercasualconversationfor the majority of the interview, they then focus on specific segments.
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He told us he did not remember it, it was merely acasualconversationsuch as he has hundreds of times.
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In the past, incasualconversation, we have used the dinosaur as an example of something which became extinct because it was unable to adapt.
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Anycasualconversationwith some of the long-term inhabitants of the village confirm what the farmer said in his letter to the district council in 1967.
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It is not acasualconversationwhere you pick up information, as you may do when you go round a care home and converse with someone.
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