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Conversation
conversation
(conversations) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you have a conversation with someone, you talk with them, usually in an informal situation. He’s a talkative guy, and I struck up a conversation with him... I waited for her to finish a telephone conversation. N-COUNT 2. If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together. When I arrived I found her in conversation with Mrs Williams. PHRASE: v-link PHR 3. If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to. He had been trying to make conversation. PHRASE: V inflects
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noun Etymology: Middle English conversacioun, from Anglo-French conversacion, from Latin ~-, conversatio, from conversari to associate with, frequentative of convertere to turn around Date: 14th century 1. obsolete conduct, behavior 2. a. (1) oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions, or ideas (2) an instance of such exchange ; talk a quiet ~ b. an informal discussion of an issue by representatives of governments, institutions, or groups c. an exchange similar to ~ • ~al adjective • ~ally adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words. 2 an instance of this. Phrases and idioms conversation piece 1 a small genre painting of a group of figures. 2 a thing that serves as a topic of conversation because of its unusualness etc. conversation stopper colloq. an unexpected remark, esp. one that cannot readily be answered. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L conversatio -onis (as CONVERSE(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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разговор – intercommunication conversations – phone conversation – separate conversation – telegraph conversation ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1. разговор, беседа conversation classes —- занятия по разговорной практике to have a conversation with smb. —- вести разговор с кем-л. to make conversation —- вести светскую беседу; говорить, только чтобы не молчать to enter into conversation —- вступить в разговор to resume a conversation —- возобновить разговор to give a conversation another turn —- перевести разговор на другую тему; переменить тему разговора to keep up a conversation —- поддерживать разговор to conduct groups in conversation —- вести разговорные кружки 2. неофициальные переговоры I had several conversations with him —- я имел с ним несколько неофициальных встреч 3. жанровая картина 4. комп. работа ЭВМ в режиме диалога conversational mode 1. комп. режим диалога ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) разговор, беседа - make conversation 2) pl. переговоры 3) paint. жанровая картина (тж. conversation piece) Syn: chat, colloquy, dialogue, discussion, tally, tete-a-tete ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts (a telephone conversation | He stood silent in the doorway, unwilling to interrupt their conversation. | have/hold a conversation) (I had a long conversation with my brother on his birthday. | carry on a conversation (=have a conversation)) (It's impossible to carry on a conversation with all this noise in the background. | turn a conversation to sth (=begin talking about something)) (The conversation turned to the subject of Sarah's new boyfriend.) 2 informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts (the buzz of conversation | make conversation (=talk to someone in an informal way that actually needs some effort to think of what to say)) (I'm not very good at making polite conversation. | be in conversation with (=be talking to someone)) (In today's programme, three well-known artists are in conversation with Jenny Murray.) 3 get into conversation especially BrE also get into a conversation especially AmE to begin to talk to someone, especially someone you do not know (I got into conversation with the bus driver today, and he told me that fares are going up again soon.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1340, from O.Fr. conversation, from L. conversationem (nom. conversatio) "act of living with," prp. of conversari "to live with, keep company with," lit. "turn about with," from L. com- intens. prefix + vertare, freq. of vertere (see convert). Specific sense of "talk" is 1580. Used as a synonym for "sexual intercourse" from at least 1511, hence criminal conversation, legal term for adultery from late 18c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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