Well, the chit-chat slowed down, the early nights became about sleep and the texts were requests to pick up milk on the way home.

好吧，那些有的没的变得越来越淡，很早就洗洗睡了，短信也是回家路上捎点牛奶的要求。

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Sure, sometimes they're good, but most of the time they're boring, full of chit-chat or useless information, and really can be accomplished through a simple email or phone call.

当然，有时候它们也有好处，但更多的时候它们都是无聊的，全是扯淡或者没用的信息，简单一个电子邮件或电话就能取而代之。

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Everyone in my family is well educated, which is why simple dinner chit-chat usually segues into an exuberant discussion chock full of sarcasm, wit and the occasional clash of opinions.

我家中的每个人都受过良好的教育，所以在我们家，单纯的晚餐闲聊常常演变成充满讽刺、机智与偶尔的意见冲突的热烈讨论。

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But rapturous receptions for writers like Anthony Beevor, author of a tome on wartime Berlin, show that interest in real books at least matches the appetite for chit-chat.

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So far, it's at tech-oriented conferences like this where people are most aware of the "backchannel, " or the real-time electronic chit-chat going on about presentations as they occur.

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There is significant evidence that "work sampling, " the use of tests similar to the work being performed, is a better predictor of future performance than the usual job-interview chit-chat.

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