{"id":8914,"date":"2016-04-17T00:07:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T08:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=8914"},"modified":"2022-12-22T07:40:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:40:42","slug":"925-english-lesson-3-how-to-keep-a-conversation-going-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/17\/925-english-lesson-3-how-to-keep-a-conversation-going-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"925 English &#8211; Lesson 3: How to Keep a Conversation Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_2-NjXQYse0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>In our last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/925-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">925 English lesson<\/a>, we had a look at how to start a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2016\/02\/14\/925-english-lesson-2-how-to-start-a-conversation-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conversation in English<\/a>. 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