Using expression "small talk"

[nq:1]Can someone please tell me if the expression "make small talk" sounds good here or should I say "small talk ... has many friends from her childhood. She visits them from time to time and they make small talk. thanks, Anna[/nq]
That sounds fine. A friend invites me to a business function where I'm not likely to know anyone. She say to me, "I didn't want to go alone and I know you don't mi

[nq:1]Can someone please tell me if the expression "make small talk" sounds good here or should I say "small talk conversation" (if there is such a thing) :[/nq]
There isn't.
[nq:1]Sara has many friends from her childhood. She visits them from time to time and they make small talk.[/nq]
That's fine. As to language. I hope they do more than make small talk. Or maybe I mean, it sounds so

[nq:1]Can someone please tell me if the expression "make small talk" sounds good here or should I say "small talk ... : Sara has many friends from her childhood. She visits them from time to time and they make small talk.[/nq]
"Small talk conversation" is redundant. Small talk is conversation.

I'm not crazy about your sentence, though. "Make small talk" sounds artificial in that conte

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[nq:2]Can someone please tell me if the expression "make small ... them from time to time and they make small talk.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not crazy about your sentence, though. "Make small talk" sounds artificial in that context. Try "...and they engage in small talk".[/nq]
No! No! You make small talk, you engage in dialog.

Small talk is typically artificial in nature, made

[nq:2]Can someone please tell me if the expression "make small ... them from time to time and they make small talk.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Small talk conversation" is redundant. Small talk is conversation. I'm not crazy about your sentence, though. "Make small talk" sounds artificial in that context. Try "...and they engage in small talk".[/nq]
"Make smalltalk" is fairly common in CanE, although "sma

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[nq:2]I'm not crazy about your sentence, though. "Make small talk" sounds artificial in that context. Try "...and they engage in small talk".[/nq]
[nq:1]No! No! You make small talk, you engage in dialog. Small talk is typically artificial in nature, made to fit. Dialog requires effort and engagement. "Those two made small talk to avoid the usual but soon they were enga

[nq:2]"Small talk conversation" is redundant. Small talk is conversation. I'm ... in that context. Try "...and they engage in small talk".[/nq]
[nq:1]"Make smalltalk" is fairly common in CanE, although "smalltalk" tends to be spelled as one word. Another word I've come across is "chitchat," again spelled as one word. (I think "chitchat" also has meaning as a technical term referring to electri

[nq:2]"Make smalltalk" is fairly common in CanE, although "smalltalk" tends ... has meaning as a technical term referring to electrical noise.)[/nq]
[nq:1]You've chopped the context. I was commenting on "She visits them from time to time and they make smalltalk". That ... more like what friends do than "make". I can find a use for "make smalltalk", but not in this context.[/nq]
If I choppe

[nq:2]You've chopped the context. I was commenting on "She visits ... a use for "make smalltalk", but not in this context.[/nq]
[nq:1]If I chopped too much I apologize. Other people doing it is one of my pet peeves. What is it about the particular sentence, "She visits them from time to time and they make smalltalk," that bothers you? I have no issue with it.[/nq]
I said I wasn't crazy abo

[nq:1]Can someone please tell me if the expression "make small talk" sounds good here or should I say "small talk ... has many friends from her childhood. She visits them from time to time and they make small talk. thanks, Anna[/nq]
Anna - Your sentence is fine. Small talk, as someone else mentioned, means a small, friendly conversation. Sometimes Americans like to use the term "chit-chat".