If you're faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment.

如果你在宴会上遇到了尴尬的沉默，唯一能让所有人再次说起话的办法就是说句恭维主人的话。

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I realised children can hold grudges for a long time too. As the silence prolonged, I began to feel awkward too and did not know how to befriend him again.

原来小孩子也可以赌气这么久，时间久了我也开始觉得尴尬，不知如何再跟他作朋友。

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