"It's too late, Roger - they've seen us."
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street, on the street, in the street, bump into, bumped into, couple, couples, double, double up, double date, dating, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, out, downtown, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, unfriendly, companion, companions, dislike, like, disliked, annoyed, annoy, annoying, annoyance, married, married life, hide, hiding, dread, dreading, dreaded"Before Prozac, she loathed company."
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antisocial, anti-social, anti-socialness, social skill, social skills, socialize, socialise, socializing, anti-socialness, company, cat, cats, feline, felines, pet, pets, pet cat, pet cats, cat owner, cat owners, unfriendly, friendliness, antidepressant, antidepressants, drug, prescription, prescriptions"Would you mind talking to me for a while? I forget my cell phone."
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cellphone, cellphones, mobile, mobiles, cell, cells, cell phone, cell phones, smartphone, smartphones, gadget, gadgets, gadgetry, loneliness, lonely, conversation, conversations, conversing, chatterbox, human interaction, human interactions, socialising, socializing, socialise, socialize, socialises, socializes, socialised, socialized"Well, folks, looks like we're going to be together here for a bit, so how about each of you turning to your neighbor and saying 'Howdy'?"
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subway, subways, tube, the tube, underground, the underground, underground train, underground trains, commute, the commute, commuter, commuters, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, antisocial, anti social, anti-social, unsocial, unsociable, conductor, conductors, broken down, braking down, howdy, socialise, socialize, socialising, socializingNarrow Escape
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narrow escape, narrow escape, surprise, surprises, surprise party, surprise parties, introvert, introverts, antisocial, unsociable, modern life, birthday, birthdays, birthday party, birthday parties, overhear, overhearing, overheard, socialising, socializing, cloak and dagger, annoy, annoyed, annoyance"Bob just came directly from work."
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deep-sea diver, deep-sea divers, deep-sea diving, deep sea diver, deep sea divers, deep sea diving, cocktail party, cocktail parties, house party, house parties, party guest, party guests, work clothes, work outfit, working clothes, outfit, outfits, socialising, socializing, socialises, socializes"You look as if you don't expect fireworks, you act as if you don't expect fireworks, you say you don't expect fireworks. But something tells me you expect fireworks."
"What might you have written that I might say I've read?"
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cocktail party, cocktail parties, cocktail, cocktails, martini, martinis, dinner party, dinner parties, party guest, party guests, socialize, socialise, socialising, socializing, social skill, social skills, author, authors, novelist, novelists, writer, writers, literary ambition, literary ambitions, small talk, small-talk, small talks"You're on our 'to do' list."
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couple, couples, double, double up, double date, dating, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, companion, companions, plan, planned, planning, plans, to do, to do list, to-do, to-do list, lists, productivity, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinating, catch up, catch-up, swinging, schedule, schedules, visit, visiting, visits, modern, modern life, modern world, busy, poly, polyamory, poly-amorous"This time when they show us their latest acquisition, we'll gush regardless."
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dinner party, dinner parties, parties, party, couple, couples, double, double up, double date, dating, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, out to dinner, eating out, out to eat, fine dining, restaurants, restaurant, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, unfriendly, companion, companions, dislike, like, disliked, annoyed, annoy, annoying, annoyance, wining and dining, acquisition, flatter, flattering, pander, panders, pandering, dinner party, dinner parties, show, showing, show, showing offExtreme Socialzing
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, extreme, extreme sport, extreme sports, social event, social events, socializing, socialising, alcohol, social drinking, social drinker, socail drinkers, over the limit, alcohol, alcoholics, alcoholic, alcoholism"I'm not anti-social; I'm just at a point in my life where I find all your friends really, really annoying."
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married, married life, marriage, dinner party, dinner parties, parties, party, couple, couples, double, double up, double date, dating, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, out to dinner, eating out, out to eat, fine dining, restaurants, restaurant, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, unfriendly, companion, companions, dislike, like, disliked, annoyed, annoy, annoying, annoyance, introvert, introverted, cut the crap"Now, Mrs. Stevens, go to work, relax, and leave the social engineering to us."
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kid, kids, child, children, toddler, toddlers, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, modern parents, modern parenting, modern parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, working mom, working moms, working mum, working mums, working mother, working mothers, daycare, day care, daycares, day cares, childcare, childcare centre, childcare centre, childcare center, child care centers, nursery school, nursery schools, preschool, preschools, kindergarten, kindergartens, babysitter, babysitters, babysitting, child-minding, child-minder, child-minders, teacher, teachers, school, schools, schooling, education, teaching, socialising, socializing, socialisation, socialization, social engineering, psychology, raising kids, raising children, modern life"Russ is the sort of person who never wants to be alone with his thoughts."
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opinion, opinions, opinionated, political view, political views, political opinion, political opinions, party, parties, socialize, socializing, socialise, socialising, centre of attention, center of attention, thought, thoughts, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, philosophical, philosophy, philosophies, chatterbox, chatterboxes, conversation, conversations"Clark and Denise are our closest neighbors."
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dinner party, dinner parties, parties, party, couple, couples, double, double up, double date, dating, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, out to dinner, eating out, out to eat, fine dining, restaurants, restaurant, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, unfriendly, companion, companions, strange, deer, wolves, wolf, countryside, country, rural"We know them socially - not politically."
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politician, politicians, political belief, political beliefs, political affiliation, political affiliations, political view, political views, party politics, socializing, socialize, socialise, socialising, social skill, social skills, friend, friends, acquaintance, acquaintances, social connection, social connections"Oh, great! Here comes Valerie to raise the bar."
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women, women's group, mothers, mother, mom, moms, mum, mums, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, baking, bake, bakes, bake sale, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, unfriendly, companion, companions, dislike, like, disliked, annoyed, annoy, annoying, annoyance, raise the bar, standard, standards, charity, fundraiser, community, communities"His volumes speak silences."
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silence speaks volumes, cocktail party, cocktail parties, cocktail, cocktails, small talk, social skill, social skills, socializing, socialising, socializes, socialises, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, martini, martinis, nonverbal communication, nonverbal communications, non-verbal communication, non-verbal communications"If we don't go, do you suppose anyone is going to assume we weren't invited?"
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invite, invites, invitation, invitations, party, parties, dinner party, dinner parties, social party, social event, social events, party guest, party guests, popularity, popularity contest, socializing, socialising, socialise, socializes, unpopular, unpopularity, keeping up appearances, keep up appearances, snob, snobs, elitism, elitist, elitists, social circle, social circles"I did not ram Preston Sturges down their throats."
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married, marriage, married life, taste, tastes, music taste, music tastes, music, musically, musician, musicians, musical, movie, movies, film, films, cinema, cinemas, argue, argued, argument, dinner party, party, parties, dinner parties, movie night, movie nights, social, socially, socialise, socialize, socialising, socializing, antisocial, anti social, anti-social, force, forced, forcing, preston sturges, film buff, classic cinema"My social networking groups aren't doing for me what I thought they would do for me."