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Meanings of idle talk in anglès

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Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.

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Examples for "prattle"
Examples for "prattle"
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Rick listens to her prattle on for several minutes, and then apologizes.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
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Another week and time again for you to indulge my incorrigible prattle.
Hemlock Grove
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Even babies echoed the names of our two heroes in their prattle.
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
4
He pauses seriously to thank them in the midst of his prattle.
The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
5
But to my pleasing task; again let me prattle to my friend.
Anna St. Ives
1
We prate much of the family as the unit of the state.
The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture
2
We prate a lot about the fair sex and its sweet vanities.
The Soldier of the Valley
3
The hardest part for a soldier to play is to prate well.
The Noble Spanish Soldier
4
Quoth the Khalif, Thou shalt not forestall me with talk and prate.
Tales from the Arabic — Volume 01
5
But we prate like gossiping river-men.-Wiltsee the Skimmer of the Seas?
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
1
All the blether about how strong unions will destroy the economy?
The Guardian
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Much blether about comradeship and passion and commitment, beslobbered with overstatement and pseudo-specialist gibberish.
The Irish Times
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But we blether about one or two wee things.
The Irish Times
4
It is more damneder nonsense than poor Rousseau's blether.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
5
He went over to win a penalty against Mexico the other day, and blah blether blah.
The Guardian
1
Ole man allee time make chin music to Missy.
Openings in the Old Trail
2
Archer can flatten them with his chin music, then kill them softly with his words.
News.com.au
3
Sometimes he even gave the fast bowlers some chin music of their own, belabouring life-threatening straight drives.
The Guardian
4
And all the rest is nothing but... chatter and chin music....
The Quest
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Then came the chin music.
The Guardian
Usage of idle talk in anglès
1
The traditional period was seven: no fucking, no idle talk, no steam.
Doctor Sleep
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The impulse came from Percy Darrow and his idle talk of voodoos.
The Mystery
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But there is no need of stabbing or idle talk of stabbing.
The God of Love
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Much of it was idle talk, based largely upon her mysterious life.
54-40 or Fight
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As it was, Rhoda listened with savage contempt of his idle talk.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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Away, Brunhild, with such idle talk, if we would still be friends.
Heroes Every Child Should Know
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Yes; I would lay down my life for her; but that's idle talk.
Evan Harrington — Complete
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But I was interested; I sensed this was no idle talk.
The Blood Ship
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Reports that Iceland was mulling adopting the Canadian dollar were not idle talk.
Reuters
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Neither did he encourage discussion and idle talk about the work.
Masters of the Guild
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Take heed of idle talk, that thou neither hear nor join with it.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
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A very idle talk, by the dining-room fire, after raisin-and-almond time.
The Ethics of the Dust
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Do not worry the sick with unnecessary questions, idle talk, or silly gossip.
A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
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Balzajette cut short this conversation, which was idle talk to him.
Conscience — Volume 3
15
Or, if not a speech, idle talk about the orange crop, or cock-fighting.
The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
16
See how people's mere gossip and idle talk pass into history.
Tales Of Hearsay
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