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“Well listen, I'm going to go mingle a bit.”
You're at a party with lots of people. You've been standing and talking with someone for a few minutes, but now you want to end the conversation so that you can talk to other people as well. You say this to be polite.
“I'm sure it'll pick back up soon.”
A coworker asks you if you've been busy this week. You say no, but then make this prediction because you think you'll be busy again soon.
“If you ask me, the real problem is the way that the media has handled this.”
There's a controversial political issue that's causing a lot of problems. You're discussing this issue with a group of friends. One of your friends blames one of the people involved in the issue. You think that newspapers, TV news programs, radio ...
“Actually it's been kind of slow this week.”
You're talking with someone you know who works in another part of your company. She asks if you've been busy lately. You're not busy, so you say this.
“I finally had to just cut him off.”
Your boss likes to talk a lot. You wanted to leave work earlier today but he started to tell you a long story. It was so long that you couldn't listen to all of it, so you interrupted him. Now you're at home and you say this to your girlfriend to ...
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