One scene had Alba bringing Jane a sandwich as the prelude to a conversation among the three Villanueva women.
Instead, they engage people with ice-breakers such as "How did you become interested in this charity?" In the world of social affairs, effective small talk is often a prelude to deeper conversations that can lead to friendships or business relationships, say communication experts such as Fine, author of "The Fine Art of Small Talk" (Small Talk Press).
This quiet ceremony is a prelude to a business conversation.
"I don't think dolphins just go around saying, 'peanut butter,'peanutut butter;'rhubarbrb,'rhubarbrb;'jellyly,'jellyly.'" Instead, Clark considers whistle-matching a prelude to more complicated conversation.
Getting clear on all of the above can be a prelude to future career conversations.
The conversation is a prelude to "Something for Everyone: Sondheim Tonight!," featuring television productions and radio broadcasts of Sondheim crowd-pleasers.
The end of conversation was a prelude to violence.
Pasternack speaks in a soft Long Island bark that turns any conversation into an intimacy, a prelude to something possibly criminal and certainly fun.
Distracted, King shifted the conversation to Ron Paul, a predictable prelude to bringing the discussion to a close.
'And what is the use of a book,' asked Alice in that sultry prelude to her adventures in Wonderland, 'without pictures or conversations?' Forget Jordan.
Which is to say, all of the episode's anxious conversation turned out to be a prelude to our first real battle in the war between Cersei and Daenerys.
