talk idly
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Imagining herself in Chelsea's predicament, Monica used to talk idly, Ginsburg says, about "poor Chelsea" having to live in a college dorm with Secret Service agents nearby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prate, prāt, v.i. to talk idly: to tattle: to be loquacious.—v.t. to speak without meaning or purpose: to let out, as a secret.—n. trifling talk.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Chat, chat, v.i. to talk idly or familiarly:—pr.p. chat′ting; pa.p. chat′ted.—n. familiar, idle talk.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
He knew that now he must tend this monster forever, grease and wipe the ugly metal of it, and sit and talk idly to MacNamara, its keeper.
From The Hell Ship by Palmer, Raymond Alfred
Chatter, chat′er, v.i. to talk idly or rapidly: to sound as the teeth when one shivers.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
