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Small Talk Mastery
Weather, weekends, jobs, and graceful exits.
The hardest English to fake. Practice opening lines, the "how was your weekend" loop, asking about jobs without being weird, and how to politely end a conversation. Real small talk for parties, conferences, and lifts.
Key vocabulary
how have you been?
как дела (давно не виделись)
catch up
наверстать общение
long time no see
давно не виделись
icebreaker
разговорный заход
awkward silence
неловкое молчание
wrap up
закругляться
Useful phrases
“Hi, I don't think we've met — I'm…”
“How was your weekend?”
“What do you do for work?”
“It's been great chatting — I should head off.”
“Let's catch up properly next week.”
