French-English translations for tailler une bavette

• chew the fat
  Were not supposed to waste time chewing the fat with the customers.
• chit-chat
• shoot the breeze
  We were just standing around shooting the breeze
• shoot the shit
  We didnt do much besides stand around and shoot the shit, but it was fun to see him again.

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