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Meanings of desultory talk in inglês

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Usage of desultory talk in inglês
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Nor did Mrs. Pottinger disdain to mingle in their desultory talk.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
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The two men exchanged news, and gradually slid into desultory talk.
Stories by English Authors: The Sea
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John Taylor after a little desultory talk, followed his host up-stairs.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
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But, without a doubt, something would come out of the desultory talk by-and-by.
Mary Gray
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Mabel did not join in the desultory talk that engaged the others until supper-time.
At Last: A Novel
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They had a good deal of familiar, desultory talk.
Roderick Hudson
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Miss Hamilton kept up this desultory talk all tea-time.
Uncle Max
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I'm in and out, see him at meals, and we've had a little desultory talk.
The Breaking Point
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Then followed a pleasant half-hour of desultory talk.
The Fortunate Youth
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After some desultory talk, they asked me:
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
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Rowland, on his side, was not without provision for reflection, and they lingered on in broken, desultory talk.
Roderick Hudson
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After some desultory talk, interesting family.
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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Then, after some desultory talk, I expressed a hope that her beauty would yet win happiness for her.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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Next day, at the lunch hour and in the washroom, there was a little desultory talk about the stag.
One Basket
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Nevertheless, for all his feverish denial, his desperate attempts to keep to the thread of desultory talk were pitiful.
Diane of the Green Van
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He found himself hanging upon her desultory talk with Fanny about the set of things and the agreement of colors.
A Chance Acquaintance
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