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Small talk at work: 21 English phrases for the coffee break
21 phrases4 topicsevery phrase with momentsfrom 45 videos
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This pack has 21 phrases that Talk picked to greet coworkers, ask how things are and keep a chat going, in 4 topics. Every one comes with moments from real videos, so you hear each phrase the way people say it at work and beyond.
All 21 phrases in Small talk at work, by topic
It starts with phrases like nice to meet you, good to see you and good morning, each said in real videos. Its moments come from videos such as “The art of misdirection” and “Strong Island”.
Tap any phrase to hear it and play its moments from real videos.
Saying hello
3 phrases · 01/04- nice to meet youphrase3 momentsin 65 videos
- good to see youphrase3 momentsin 37 videos
- good morningphrase3 momentsin 76 videos
How are things
6 phrases · 02/04- how are you doingphrase3 momentsin 50 videos
- how's it goingphrase3 momentsin 29 videos
- how have you beenphrase2 momentsin 2 videos
- how's everythingphrase2 momentsin 4 videos
- I'm doing wellphrase1 momentin 5 videos
- busy dayphrase2 momentsin 7 videos
Keeping it going
7 phrases · 03/04- by the wayphrase3 momentsin 338 videos
- what do you dophrase3 momentsin 56 videos
- where are you fromphrase2 momentsin 10 videos
- what brings youphrase1 momentin 4 videos
- sounds goodphrase3 momentsin 52 videos
- catch upphrase2 momentsin 70 videos
- I know what you meanphrase1 momentin 3 videos
Saying goodbye
5 phrases · 04/04- see you laterphrase3 momentsin 63 videos
- have a good onephrase3 momentsin 51 videos
- have a great dayphrase3 momentsin 22 videos
- talk to you laterphrase3 momentsin 7 videos
- I've got to gophrase3 momentsin 53 videos
Where the phrases in Small talk at work come from
- Phrases
- Picked by Talk.
- How Talk picked them
- We drafted 39 phrases for small talk at work (greetings, how-are-yous, keeping a chat going and goodbyes), plus the other ways people say them (contractions, British and American forms), counted how many of Talk's spoken videos say each one, and kept those heard in at least three lines across two or more videos, with at least one clear moment.
- What Talk changed
- Grouped into 4 topics, with the forms Talk looks for in captions, how many Talk videos say each phrase and up to three video moments. This list is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Meanings
- From Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Princeton WordNet, used under the WordNet licence. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
How to practice with Small talk at work
- Try any phraseTap a phrase to hear it and play its moments from real videos. No account needed.
- Start the packPick 5, 10 or 20 new phrases a day. Talk adds them to your daily review, after the ones you have due.
- Keep what you needKeep a phrase to practice it, or mark one you already know. A kept phrase comes back over the days ahead, with another of its moments.
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No. You can read every phrase, hear it and play its moments without signing in. A free account is only for starting a pack: Talk then adds 5, 10 or 20 of its phrases a day to your review and keeps your progress.
How did Talk pick the phrases in Small talk at work?
We drafted 39 phrases for small talk at work (greetings, how-are-yous, keeping a chat going and goodbyes), plus the other ways people say them (contractions, British and American forms), counted how many of Talk's spoken videos say each one, and kept those heard in at least three lines across two or more videos, with at least one clear moment.
Where do the phrases in Small talk at work come from?
Talk picked them. We drafted 39 phrases for small talk at work (greetings, how-are-yous, keeping a chat going and goodbyes), plus the other ways people say them (contractions, British and American forms), counted how many of Talk's spoken videos say each one, and kept those heard in at least three lines across two or more videos, with at least one clear moment. The list is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
How were the moments in Small talk at work picked?
Each moment is one caption line from a video in Talk's catalog where the phrase is said. A phrase gets up to three, each from a different video, and a moment is dropped when its line no longer matches the video's captions. All 21 phrases in this pack have at least one moment, 13 have all three.
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