a talking shop

  • 21shop talk — noun talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand • Hypernyms: ↑talk, ↑talking * * * shop talk noun Talk about one s own business, esp when carried on outside business hours • • • Main Entry: ↑shop * * * ˈshop… …

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  • 22Talking Heads (series) — Talking Heads is a series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett. The two series were first broadcast in 1988 and 1998, respectively. The pieces have since been broadcast on BBC Radio,… …

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  • 23Talking Rocks Cavern — (originally called Fairy Cave) is a cavern system in Branson in the US state of Missouri. It is a privately operated tourist destination and is only a few minutes drive from the city of Branson.Guided cave tours are offered at regular intervals.… …

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  • 24Talking Cock the Movie — Infobox Film name = Talking Cock the Movie image size = caption = director = Colin Goh producer = writer = narrator = starring = music = cinematography = Colin Cheong editing = distributor = Shaw Organisation released = Flagicon|Singapore 22 May… …

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  • 25talking —    A sudden lull in the conversation is not random, some believe, but usually occurs at twenty minutes past or to the hour, and is occasioned by angels passing by. Opie and Tatem give several references to this idea, starting with one from Wales… …

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  • 26talk shop — verb discuss matters that are related to work (Freq. 1) As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop • Hypernyms: ↑discourse, ↑talk about, ↑discuss • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 27talk shop — talk about things in one s work Everyone at the restaurant decided that they would not talk shop during the dinner. (from Idioms in Speech) to speak of business matters; to talk of the business that concerns one; to talk about one s everyday work …

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  • 28talk shop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./ …

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  • 29talk shop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./ …

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  • 30talk shop —    If you talk shop, you talk about work matters, especially if you do this outside work.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you talk shop, you talk about your work or business in a social situation with someone you work with, and make… …

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