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Complimenting looks and personality

because i don't want to offend anyone say like i wanted to give you a compliment about your hair or about how in terms of like physical in terms of like the character traits or...

Course: Confident real-life conversationsSection: Small talk topics and complimentsSubtitles: en

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it

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because i don't want to offend anyone

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say like i wanted to give you a

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compliment about your hair or about how

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in terms of like physical in terms of

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like the character traits or

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yeah character traits let's say yeah

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where where could you draw where would

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the line be what's exactly

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is that okay i think definitely i think

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compliments personally i think

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compliments are always good okay you'll

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find uh i find that british people are

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very

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uh they don't take compliments very well

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so for example if you said yeah i like

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your hair i would go oh it's a mess it's

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a mess oh no it's oh i need it it needs

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cutting or it's dry or it's this are

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there any subjects you just can't

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approach when it comes to small talk

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well you wouldn't get too personal would

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you in what way

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well about your life too much about your

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life what goes on in your life you

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wouldn't ask someone about what like

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their parents or about there and if i

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knew them yeah not small talk with

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someone at a bus stop no no just okay

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how are you doing and

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off you go what you up to today

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basically is a good one yeah that's nice

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keep it

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simple and then how far is too far in

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terms of small talk you think well

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obviously two farms say oh you look sexy

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in that or

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