"foretalk" meaning in All languages combined

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      "expansion": "fore- + talk",
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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + talk.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "1872, Mary T. Tardy, The living female writers of the South",
          "text": "But before reading the poems, we look at the preface — it is rude to skip the preface, the little, private, confidential foretalk the author wishes to have with the reader […]",
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        "A foreword; preface."
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        {
          "ref": "1970, Medical aspects of human sexuality",
          "text": "He goes on, \"The most feminine error during the period of foretalk is to subject her partner to withering cross-examination.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Bryan Holme, The Journal of the century, Viking Press",
          "text": "In determining whether the male is ready for conversation, the woman should not hesitate to employ the delicate techniques of foretalk.",
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        "Small talk used prior to more meaningful conversation."
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + talk.",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "In determining whether the male is ready for conversation, the woman should not hesitate to employ the delicate techniques of foretalk.",
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