She merely… Conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Bates in church.
Such an appeal to religion is, as Richard Rorty once put it, merely a "conversation stopper".
"The challenge will be for the teachers to talk more broadly so that it's not merely a conversation about 4 percent," he said.
That's a lot of money!" I'm not blowing smoke or merely making conversation.
In places like Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Israel, interfaith dialogue is not merely a conversation; it is a practice of mutual empowerment for people of varied faith traditions that can bring about a culture of peace and effect positive change in society.
All of these folks are possible clients (although respect those who are not interested in being marketed at but merely seek conversation).
What had once merely lubricated conversations became the subject of conversations, in much the same way that dinner parties, with the rise of foodie-ism in the '90s, became more about the dinner and less about the party.
Some listed individual rapes, sexual assault and harassment, broken down by year; some listed merely "confidential conversations with harassment advisers where incidents of this nature were discussed".
Shifts of meaning do not merely occur between conversations; they also occur within conversations — in fact conversations are often designed to help this shifting take place.
Rather than giving a straight answer, Warren smiled and said merely that the conversation had been a long one.
