闲言碎语（歌曲名，IdleChatter）

time charter───定期租船契约

title character───领衔主演；主人公

to chatter───喋喋不休

fiddle pattern───提琴图案

male character───男性人物

simple matter───简单的事情

fiddle patterns───小提琴图案

Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.───布赖恩又无聊地闲扯了5分钟。

someone's upset, don't annoy him with your idle chatter.───别人情绪不安时，不要用无谓的话去吵扰。

The sovereign, he said, was an "unfailing rock" who would not be deterred by the "idle chatter" of critics.───国家，君主说，是一块“永恒基石”，它不会为“夸夸其谈”的批评者们吓倒。

The first step toward spiritual freedom is to control the mind, to stop idle chatter, to keep silent.───迈向精神自由的第一步就是去控制你的心智、停止无聊的闲谈、以及保持沉默。

You can avoid hassles by sticking to your work and refusing to get involved in gossip or idle chatter.───你可以通过坚持工作或者拒绝参与八卦讨论来避免一些困扰。

This is no idle chatter from an armchair pontificator, nor an academic divorced from the pressures of business.───他的话绝非纸上谈兵的保守主义者或是没有业务压力的学者发表的长篇大论。

Try and avoid getting involved in idle chatter or gossip that might get you in trouble.───不要参与散播谣言，这会让你陷入麻烦。

He is such a fool as to think that his idle chatter can influence others.───他真是个傻瓜，居然认为他的一派胡言会影响到别人。

As a family the Hendrys didn't hold with interrupting the serious business of eating with idle chatter.

Believe me, this is not idle chatter.

And so it acquired its contemporary, pejorative connotation of idle chatter.

I sent him away because I was tired lf his idle chatter.

I sent him away because I was tired of his idle chatter.

Other orders, such as Trappist monks, are discouraged from "idle chatter" and will only speak when it is deemed necessary.

I wish you'd stop wasting time in idle chatter.

Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.