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Meanings of conversational powers in English

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Usage of conversational powers in English
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At the supper table the Governor gave his conversational powers free rein.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
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He was a man of fine personal appearance and great conversational powers.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
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He is certainly a man of vast information and great conversational powers.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
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She was gifted with fine conversational powers, and was an excellent reader.
History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
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After he had got the money, Severne's conversational powers relaxed-shortanswers-longreveries.
A Woman-Hater
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But he did not speak, his conversational powers not being his strong point.
L'Assommoir
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His manners were natural and elegant, and his conversational powers unequalled.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
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He intended it as a satire upon the conversational powers of British society.
Three Men on the Bummel
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Her good temper and her charming conversational powers kept all the company amused.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
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He passed the port again, hoping thus to damp down my conversational powers.
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914
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They were both admired and sought out for their conversational powers.
Samuel Johnson
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His education was far superior to mine, and his conversational powers were wonderful.
Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
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His extraordinary conversational powers led him into peril wherever he went.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
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But his genial disposition and great conversational powers won friends wherever he went.
Pushing to the Front
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Her conversational powers were not great so she substituted singing.
The new yorker
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It must be owned, that the conversational powers of our small society were limited.
Border and Bastille
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