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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
take up one's end of the dialogue
What does it mean?
Imagine that you are in a meeting. Your party and the other party are sitting across a table. You ask a question on a particular subject and the answer is unsatisfactory. What would be the best response? It is none at all. So if you are seeking more information or a different kind of information, ask for it by remaining silent. When there is a long pause in the conversation, people feel an overwhelming need to fill it. If someone has finished speaking and you do not play along by taking up your end of the dialog, that person will automatically start to elaborate. Eventually, they may say what you want to hear.
Imagine that you are in a meeting. Your party and the other party are sitting across a table. You ask a question on a particular subject and the answer is unsatisfactory. What would be the best response? It is none at all. So if you are seeking more information or a different kind of information, ask for it by remaining silent. When there is a long pause in the conversation, people feel an overwhelming need to fill it. If someone has finished speaking and you do not play along by taking up your end of the dialog, that person will automatically start to elaborate. Eventually, they may say what you want to hear.
Top answer
speaking when the other person thinks it is time for you to speak
- speaking when the other person thinks it is time for you to speak
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To what does 'not' negate, 'play along' or 'play along by taking up your end of the dialog'?
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To what does 'not' negate, 'play along'
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'play along by taking up your end of the dialog'?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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